It’s understood that Australia has approached NH90 operator countries and independent parties with none interested in acquiring whole aircraft; however, processes continue to find any parties interested in spare parts or the entire military transport helicopters.
Ken Kanofski, who ran NSW RMS from 2016 to 2019, will join the board of Sydney’s second airport alongside two other non-executive directors: seasoned director and adviser Donna-Maree Vinci, and Tim Eddy, who first joined the WSA board in 2017.
The Cessna R182 Skylane RG VH-EHM, operated by Executive Helicopters, was carrying two passengers and a pet dog from a property near Roma to Brisbane’s Archerfield Airport when it crashed in the D’Aguilar Range in August 2022, killing all on board.
Ray Merrill, 101, donated a signed letter from General Dwight Eisenhower – later the 34th US president – as well as framed photos and a biography to the base, which have been placed on display in the officers’ mess.
Parafield, which was Adelaide’s first airport and is now the main general aviation aerodrome for the city, expects to expand its airfield infrastructure, as well as continue industrial and commercial development, in the first eight years of the plan to 2031.
Ten people, including the pilot, were on board VH-NWJ when it reportedly overshot the runway and crashed into bushland on the remote resort island at around 7:30am on 8 January. All nine adults and one 14-year-old girl escaped the overturned Cessna and were airlifted to Cairns Hospital.