Palmerston North-based satellite tracking solutions company spidertracks announced at the end of September that it has reached an agreement with the Cessna Aircraft Company to have its new product distributed through Cessna’s global aircraft support network. Spidertracks uses GPS coordinates and the Iridium satellite network to track aircraft or other vehicles in real-time, enabling the whereabouts of an aircraft or vessel ...

Hawker Pacific has been appointed as the distributor for the all-composite range of Diamond Aircraft throughout Australia and New Zealand. The agreement covers the twin engine DA42, the single engine DA40 and DA20, and the soon to be released DA 50 Magnum. The DA42 is available with either TDI (diesel) or Avgas engines, and features the fully integrated Garmin G1000 glass flight ...

In the recent TUANZ (Telecommunication Users Association of New Zealand) Awards, TracPlus Global Ltd won the Telecommunication Innovation of the Year Award for the most innovative product, service or initiative overall developed in New Zealand and delivered electronically to New Zealanders. TracPlus was also awarded winner of the Initiative of the Year category for a product, service or application facilitated or ...

As Lynn Tilton, MD Helicopters’ CEO, has promised ever since she took over the company in 2005, MD Helicopters has consistently been improving its service and delivery performance to customers. Ms Tilton has always said that it would be the company’s priority to first focus on spares for the global MD fleet, and that airframe deliveries would increase once the ...

The seeds of the jatropha plant, sometimes known as the purging nut, which are poisonous to humans, contain 30%–40% oil that may be refined at a significantly lower cost than crude oil and will soon supplement Jet-A to run one of four engines powering an Air New Zealand 747. Test flights are currently scheduled for November. Boeing, Air New Zealand, ...

Grob Aerospace GmbH, which originally had an agreement with Bombardier to develop the composite fuselage for the new Learjet 85, will no longer be involved in the project. Bombardier elected to terminate its agreement with the Swiss company after Grob was forced to file for insolvency after a lead investor pulled out in August. Bombardier will now continue to develop ...

By Rob Neil. It was at midnight in France on the 19th of September that a new era in Australian aviation began when VH-OQA—the first of the 20 A380s ordered by Qantas—departed Toulouse for its new home on the other side of the world. Twenty-five hours later, the white and red “green” giant touched down gently, exactly on time at 9:00 ...

New regulations came into force in Australia on 22 September that allow the introduction of random alcohol and drug testing of Australia’s 120,000 aviation workers.The new regulations will bring the aviation industry into line with other sensitive sectors such as rail, maritime and mining.Aviation organisations, such as airlines and maintenance companies, have six months to implement detailed drug and alcohol ...

A New Era For Qantas—First A380 Delivered When Qantas received the first of 20 Airbus A380s it has on order, Pacific Wings was one of those invited to attend the delivery ceremony in France and join the delivery flight home to Australia. Vision and Excellence—General Flying Services’ Story When Rob Neil visited Melbourne recently, he spoke to Ross Carrington, the owner of General ...