CASA has released new draft regulations on maintenance of aircraft under Civil Aviation Safety Regulations Parts 42, 66, 145 and 147 for public comment. CASA originally opened public comment on its proposed “Maintenance Suite” or regulations across the various CASRs in 2006, but the draft regulations were not available. The Authority has now made them
Airbus Military has successfully conducted the first series of wet contacts from the wingtip hose and drogue refuelling pods on the RAAF’s first KC-30A MRTT tanker. The tests were conducted from the tanker’s Cobham 905E pods with a Spanish air force F/A-18 Hornet, and six contacts were made during which 4000kg of fuel was transferred.
Airbus Military handed over the first A400M transport to its flight test organisation on November 12 in preparation for the aircraft’s planned first flight by the end of the year. The aircraft will undergo a series of ground tests including engine run-ups and various other systems and telemetry tests as the flight test team build
Three survivors and two widows of the victims of the crash of a Cessna 404C Titan at Jandakot Airport in 2003 have won the right to sue an engineer and the pilot of the aircraft for negligence over the crash, the WA Supreme Court ruled on November 11. Justice Michael Murray ruled that the plantiffs,
Hawker Pacific has completed a two month sales tour which showcased the Diamond DA20 C1 and DA40XLS aircraft at a number of airports around the country. “We decided to roadshow the aircraft following the high level of interest shown by private pilots, training schools and charter operators and as an indication of our commitment to
Qantas CEO Alan Joyce has outlined his airline’s ‘Airport of the Future’ initiative, which plans to speed up the check-in and baggage claim processes for domestic passengers while at the same time increasing terminal efficiency. “Our research with our domestic customers has told us that airport check-in today is nothing less than ‘a point of
