Flightcell International has announced the launch of what it describes as “the world’s most compact satellite voice, tracking and data system.” Flightcell’s DZM3 is the latest addition to the company’s well-established range of satellite and cellular communications products. The new Flightcell DZM3 offers an all-in one, panel mounted satellite phone and tracking system, which the company’s CEO, John Wyllie, describes as ...

At the end of March, the RNZAF’s Central Flying School at RNZAF Base Ohakea announced that after a comprehensive evaluation of aircraft tracking solutions, it had chosen TracPlus Global as its tracking service provider. The RNZAF has fitted its fleet of CT4 Airtrainers with TracPlus tracking units, which allow the aircraft to be tracked and monitored in real time using the ...

On the 20th of April, Air New Zealand launched a specialist Aviation Institute, which will provide a comprehensive range of training covering most airline industry roles within a single organisation. The event was attended by the Minister of Transport, the Hon Steven Joyce. Air New Zealand’s training organisation has a 70-year track record as a specialist post-employment aviation training provider, with ...

The Northland Emergency Services Trust (NEST) announced recently that it would be buying a third helicopter to supplement its Northland operations. The additional helicopter—another Sikorsky S-76—will alleviate some of the increasing pressure placed on emergency services and organisations like NEST caused by the steady population growth in Northland during recent years. Since the service was established in 1988, NEST’s helicopters have ...

Bloody Gorgeous—the Tecnam P2008. The Tecnam P2008 is the latest and, according to Rob Neil, who flew the P2008 in Auckland recently, definitely the most attractive in a successful line of single engined light aircraft from Tecnam. World’s Youngest FAI 1,000 km Diploma Glider Pilot. Jill McCaw reports on the success of her 18-year-old son Alex, who recently became the youngest ...

By Rob Neil. The Tecnam P2008 is undoubtedly the most attractive single-engined aircraft produced by Tecnam to date. A true “composite” aircraft, the P2008 is Tecnam’s first to utilise carbon-fibre for major construction. The aircraft features a carbon-fibre fuselage and fin, while its wings and control surfaces, and its horizontal tail (stabilator) are all made of metal. The aesthetically pleasing flowing ...

By Donald Harward It just happened to be Memorial Day, but in Afghanistan, it didn’t seem any different from any other day. The flag outside was still flying at half-mast. I wasn’t sure if it was flying that way for the guys who were killed a couple of days earlier, or perhaps someone from the previous night—I didn’t want to ask. Today, ...