All articles by Emma Kelly – Page 2
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AVALON: Business jet manufacturers expand presence in Australia
A number of business aircraft manufacturers have boosted their presence at this year’s Australian International Airshow, acknowledging that the small but growing local market is a significant one in the region.
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AVALON: Mahindra works towards Airvan 10 certification
Mahindra Aerospace is aiming to submit certification documents for its new Airvan 10 to Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority in the third quarter of this year.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: India-owned Mahindra extends its footprint from Australia to North America
With a manufacturing base in Australia, a marketing and assembly operation in the USA, a growing global sales and support network and ownership by an Indian conglomerate, Mahindra Aerospace is truly a global company.
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ANALYSIS: Slow-down for Australia's formerly booming rotorcraft sector
Growth in Australia’s once-booming helicopter sector is slowing down at a time when the industry is grappling with a series of obstacles ahead of it.
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Australia's Royal Flying Doctor Service selects heavier King Air 350Cs
The Queensland section of Australia’s Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) has ordered two heavy weight versions of the Beechcraft King Air 350C. The order, signed late last month with Beechcraft’s Australia and New Zealand distributor Hawker Pacific, is the first for the type from an Australian operator.
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CASA accused of 'misconduct' by Australia's light aircraft association
The industry body representing Australia’sultralight,recreational and light sport aircraft sectors, Recreational Aviation Australia (RA-Aus), has accused the Civil Aviation Safety Authority of “misconduct” with regards to its treatment of local manufacturer Jabiru Aircraft over proposed limitations on aircraft equipped with Jabiru engines due to reliability issues.
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Voluntary community flight operator Angel Flight details closure fears
Australian community services flight operator Angel Flight Australia warns that it would be forced to cease operations if the Civil Aviation Safety Authority goes ahead with its preferred option of an approved self-administering aviation organisation (ASAAO) overseeing such charity operations.
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With enough wind up your skirts, YouFly
Another antipodean take on personal flying vehicles comes from Australia’s Entecho, which is launching the sales campaign for its YouFly vehicle following successful unmanned tethered flights.
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Jetpacks set to become practical reality
A science fiction vision dating to the 1920s but never realised beyond short demonstrations may soon become commonplace if a New Zealand inventor’s 30-year quest to make a jetpack proves a commercial success.
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Australian scramjet bid ends with splash - in sea
Australia’s SCRAMSPACE bid to study hypersonic flight with an eye to informing development of Mach 5-plus scramjet-powered vehicles to orbit satellites has generated a big splash but little data – after a launcher failure left the 1.8m spacecraft too low achieve the gravity-powered M8 flight that was to have provided ...
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NewsStopRotor eyes success in bid to transform vertical lift
An Australian bid to combine the vertical lift capability of rotorcraft with the level flight speed of fixed wing aircraft is claiming a significant step forward with the successful inflight transition between fixed and rotary wing flight for a prototype of its Hybrid RotorWing concept.
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Pacific Aerospace P-750 XSTOL clinches Russian validation
New Zealand aircraft manufacturer Pacific Aerospace has secured validation for its P-750 XSTOL single-engined turborop in Russia, paving the way for deliveries...
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NewsAVALON: GippsAero GA10 faces delay
Mahindra Aerospace manufacturer GippsAero is aiming for certification of its new 10-seat, multirole turboprop, the GA10, in the first quarter of 2014 following...
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NewsAVALON: Hawker Pacific in talks on more Chinese FBOs
Australian aircraft sales and services company Hawker Pacific is in "detailed discussions" with a potential partner on opening a second fixed-base operation...
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NewsAVALON: G280, G650 make Australian debuts
Gulfstream's super-midsized G280 and ultra-large-cabin, ultra-long-range G650 made their debuts in Australia, appearing on the static line at the Avalon...
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AVALON: OneSky ATM tender release set for mid-year
Airservices Australia and the country's Department of Defence are expected to release their long-awaited request for tender for OneSky - a new combined civil-military...
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NewsIN FOCUS: Surging growth propels Australian rotorcraft sector
Australia's helicopter sector is growing faster than any other in the country's aviation industry, states its Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA). It is hardly surprising helicopters are popular in a country surrounded by water, with vast tracts of wilderness, and annual outbreaks of bush fires and floods.
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NewsIN FOCUS: Australia closes in on regulatory reform
This year is set to be a particularly significant one in the history of Australian civil aviation regulations, with the country's long-running regulatory reform programme nearing a conclusion, according to the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA).
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NewsEurocopter sets its sights on Australian expansion
Eurocopter has opened a new centre in Perth, Western Australia to support the growing Eurocopter fleet of helicopters deployed in the booming resources industry in the state.
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NewsAustralian Helicopters secures Rio Tinto transport contract
Canadian Helicopters Group's subsidiary Helicopters Australia will operate three new AgustaWestland AW109SP GrandNew helicopters on marine transfer flights for resource company Rio Tinto in Western Australia from next March.