The Massey University School of Aviation’s approach to safety training for pilots has impressed members of the Australian aviation industry. The Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) invited Massey’s deputy chief flight instructor, Paul Kearney, to give a guest speech at the National Chief Flying Instructors’ Conference in Canberra last month. Mr Kearney said Massey’s School of Aviation, which celebrates its 25th ...

On 10 November 2011, the Robinson Helicopter company reached a historic milestone in delivering its 10,000th helicopter—an R44 (S/N 13217). The company held a celebration at its Torrance, California, factory in honour of the occasion. In addition to the company employees, representatives from the city, the FAA and many of Robinson’s vendors attended. Frank Robinson, the company’s founder, spoke briefly to ...

Just over a month and a half after the first production Boeing 787 “Dreamliner” was delivered to the aircraft’s launch customer—Japan’s ANA—Boeing, in association with Air New Zealand, brought one of its Dreamliner test aircraft to New Zealand as part of a brief tour that also included Australia. The visiting aircraft, ZA001 (N787BA), has flown the highest number of hours ...

Dreamliner Down Under Rob Neil was lucky enough to attend the historic first visit to New Zealand of a Boeing 787. The first 787 to fly, ZA001 was just two weeks from permanent retirement when it touched down at Auckland. Airlines of the Philippines Murray Kirkus gives an interesting insight into the convoluted story of airlines in the Philippines in recent decades. Duxford Restorations Pacific ...

Late last month, the RNZAF’s Chief of Air Force, Air Vice-Marshal Peter Stockwell, commissioned a new flight simulator complex at Ohakea. “The A109 simulator and accompanying Virtual Interactive Procedure Trainer (VIPT) are critical components of the newly introduced integrated training system for future New Zealand Defence Force helicopter aircrew,” said Air Vice-Marshal Stockwell. As a part of that training system, the simulator ...