Spanish Red Bull Air Race pilot Alejandro Maclean has died in an accident during a training session in Spain on August 17. 41 year old Maclean was a former captain of the Spanish national aerobatic team before joining the Red Bull Air Race in 2003, and became a key figure in the development of the
Gulfstream Aerospace has announced that the G500 and G550 have been awarded type certificate validation in New Zealand. This clears the way for the types to be operated on the New Zealand register.
Quickstep Holdings has announced two new executive appointments which it says will help its push into production contracts and further development of the Quickstep Process. The Perth based composites manufacturer has appointed Sebastien Godbille to the position of general manager of Quickstep Process systems. Godbille joins Quickstep from Daher Australian Aerospace where he was CEO.
The US FAA has granted provisional approval for Boeing Training and Flight Services’ 787 pilot training courses, which will allow pilots rated on the 777 to transition to 787 flying in as little as five days due to the commonality between the two aircraft. “Gaining FAA approval for our courses is a significant milestone as
The latest report from the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) on domestic airline activity showed continued strong growth in passenger traffic during June. For the month there were 4.24 million passengers carried by Australia’s domestic and regional airlines, an increase of 9.6 per cent on June 2009. That pushed revenue passenger kilometres
Bell’s new 429 light twin helicopter is currently on a two week sales tour of Australia where it is being demonstrated to various potential Defence, EMS, police and private customers. Bell 429 demonstrator aircraft N10984, which features a standard seven-seat configuration, has so far visited southeast Queensland, Sydney (Bankstown) and Canberra, and later this week is
