Side by side luxurious cockpit
315 km/h top speed for speed freaks
2400 km range for real travellers
+15/-6 G ultimate factors for safety
Stall speed 36kts
Hand built to your satisfaction and requirements
THE NEW STANDARD IN
Light Sport Aviation
Ticking all the boxes:
http://www.gap.aero[email protected]1300 659 2280415 072 498INDUSTRY NEWS
The Civil Aviation Safety Authority
(CASA) has launched a scholarship
for current and aspiring professional
pilots in South Australia in honour of
its former employee Stephen Guerin.
The CASA operations inspector was
on board a Rossair Cessna Conquest II
that was conducting a training flight
alongside Rossair chief pilot Martin
Scott and experienced pilot Paul Daw,
who was undergoing a check flight,
when it crashed near Renmark. There
were no survivors.- Federal Parliament’s Joint Standing
Committee on Foreign Affairs,
Defence and Trade has launched
an inquiry into the Commonwealth
Government’s management of per-
and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
contamination in and around Defence
bases. The chair of the committee’s
PFAS sub-committee Andrew Laming
said on May 30 the inquiry would
examine how the Commonwealth
was managing and coordinating its
response to PFAS contamination to
ensure the best outcomes for those
affected communities.
Airservices said on May 29 it planned
to roll out the Aerobahn collaborative
decision-making platform from Saab
Air Traffic Management that aims
to reduce taxi times at airports by
about seven per cent, or one minute
per aircraft, in busy peak periods. The
product covers a range of services
such as departure management
sequencing, traffic flow management
and resourcing. The first Australian
airports to feature the platform will
be Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and
Sydney.- Still on Airservices, the federal
government has elevated lawyer John
Weber to chairman of the air traffic
manager’s board for a three-year term,
replacing Sir Angus Houston, who
steps down after seven years in the
role. Weber has been an Airservices
director since April 2017, when he
was appointed to the board as deputy
chair. Separately, current board
member Fiona Balfour has been
reappointed for a fresh two-year term.
Satellite launch company Arianespace
managing director and head of sales
for Asia Pacific Vivian Quenet believed
the growing trend in smaller satellites,
particularly among universities and
entrepreneurs was bringing a lot
of new potential customers. “Our
challenge is to adapt to these new
customers,” Quenet told Australian
Aviation on the sidelines of the
Australasia Satellite Forum in Sydney
on May 21.- The Australian Government on
May 18 announced plans to build a
paved runway near the Davis Research
Station on Antarctica, which would
allow for better access to the continent
during the winter months. It said
the cost of the proposed new runway
would be determined through a
detailed business case.
The first Pilatus PC-24 for the Royal
Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) has
made its first flight, with images of
the aircraft released at the European
Business Aviation Convention and
Exhibition trade show in Geneva in
late May. The Perth-based RDFS
Western Section has three PC-24s on
order, while Adelaide-based Central
Section has one on order. First
delivery is expected later in 2018.
Debrief