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Qantas, like all the world’s airlines in the mid-1950s, was looking at the jet with awe and apprehension. They held fantastic promise – the holy grail of flying – yet the risks were enormous as evidenced by the Comet disasters. The British Government was relentless in its pressure to buy both Comet 4s the greatly
New Allocations REGISTRATION/TYPE/SERIAL NUMBER/DATE/OWNER OR OPERATOR/PREVIOUS REGISTRATIONS AIU Robinson R44 Raven II 12643 22/4/09 Helicopter Flight Centre (Australasia), PO Box 1100 Airlie Beach Qld 4802 AMQ Beech B200 Super King Air BB‑1813 27/4/09 Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, Hangar 91 Nomad Rd Essendon Airport Vic 3041 VH‑MVS N61913 DIU Diamond DA20‑C1 Katana C0531 4/5/09
Setter of standards, safety guardian, mentor, enforcer, even father and/or mother figure – the chief pilot has to be many things to many people – but where do they get the skills to support their responsibilities? CASA regulations describe the role of chief pilot – or head of flight operations (HOFO) – in Part 137
The Third Battle for Guadalcanal. Japanese forces lost the first, while the now defunct Ozjet and SkyAirWorld (both dead due to wounds) lost the second due to overcapacity as Solomons Airlines flights operated by Air Vanuatu’s (later Our Airline) 737 and Pacific Blue’s services. The third will see Pac Blue take on Solomons’ Strategic Airlines
January 31 has come and gone. That date was when the International Cospas-Sarsat satellites stopped receiving signals from Emergency Locator Transmitters (ELTs) operating on the 121. 5 and 243 MHz frequencies. Not everyone, however, has changed to a unit that can transmit on the 406 MHz frequency. Beacons like ELTs have been around in one
Emq Aw139s in the Spotlight Emergency Management Queensland’s (Emq) Fleet of Three Aw139s Will Have Their Left-hand-side Mounted Nitesun Searchlights Replaced With a New Lightweight Model Reinstalled on the Right Side, Offering Pilots Optimum Visibility During Remote Location Night Landings. According to a Report in Brisbane’s Courier Mail in Early June the Queensland Government Will
