(Airservices Australia)

Airservices to check nav aids

Airservices Australia has announced its Flight Inspection Service (FIS) will carry out a raft of checks on navigation aids throughout the country this month.

(Polytechnic West)

AeroSpace Training Centre opens at Jandakot

Polytechnic West has opened its new AeroSpace Training Centre at Jandakot Airport.
The Gulfstream G650 business jet. (Gulfstream Aerospace)

G650 screams to Mach 0.995

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp claims its new G650 business jet has set an unofficial speed record by reaching Mach 0.995 during its 1800-hour flight-test program.
New Daher-Socata boss Stephane Mayer in the cockpit of a TBM 850. (Daher-Socata)

Daher-Socata names new CEO

European-based aircraft manufacturer Daher-Socata has appointed Stephane Mayer as its new Chief Executive Officer.
(John Absolon)

CASA advises on fire fighting tools

CASA has issued new advice for aircraft owners, operators and maintainers on aircraft fire fighting equipment and systems.
(Jandakot Airport)

CASA finds support for Golden oldies

CASA has discovered that a range of people still prefer to operate older General Aviation aircraft to newer, safer models.

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Little holes – big trouble

What would you think of an instructor who did this to your aircraft before a flight test? Saving your life, or pissing you off?

Doing a proper pre-flight is a crash/don’t crash decision you make every time you fly. Here Jim Davis tells four stories of disaster, or near disaster, caused by pilots failing to check various tiny orifices.

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