US based Blackhawk Modifications has obtained FAA Supplemental Type Certification for its XP engine upgrade for the Piper Cheyenne I, which sees the engines retrofitted to higher performing Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-28s. Blackhawk says that the upgraded engines offer greater climb rates, lower time, distance and fuel to climb and faster cruise speeds.
The Royal Flying Doctor Service Western Operations Section’s Hawker 800XP Rio Tinto LifeFlight Jet was officially launched at a ceremony at the RFDS’s Jandakot base on October 14. The jet, which is registered VH-RIO, is fitted with a Lifeport PLUS specialist aeromedical interior and will be used to transport urgent care patients from around WA
October 6 witnessed the passing of an era with the undertaking of the last spreading of superphosphate by a DHC-2 Beaver in Australia, writes Lenn Bayliss. For some years the only Beaver that has carried out superphosphate spreading in Australia has been the Beaver VH-WOZ of Walcha Aerial Service. Owned by Barry Christie of Walcha,
Dublin based Macquarie AirFinance has chosen to open an Asia Pacific office in Singapore. The Singapore office will be staffed initially by Australian Harry Forsythe, vice president marketing, Asia Pacific. John Willingham, chief executive officer of Macquarie AirFinance, commented, “We are excited to have an established office presence in Asia/Pacific and are eager to assist
Airbus has denied claims that it plans to outsource up to 20 per cent of its engineering work to India by 2012, but maintains that its long term plan is to seek more global partnerships. The speculation came after Indian newspaper The Mint reported that Airbus would move one fifth of its engineering and design
Embraer’s vice president airline market Mauro Kern says that the company is considering establishing a second E-Jet final assembly line in China. Kern told Aviation Daily at the European Regions Airline Association’s annual meeting at Interlaken that the manufacturer was expected to have a firm view on whether to assemble E-Jets in China in the
