https://australianaviation.com.au Australia's Leading News Source in Aviation Fri, 15 Mar 2024 06:03:08 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.6.1 https://australianaviation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cropped-AAV0003_AustraliaAviation_Logo_Reversed-1-1.jpg https://australianaviation.com.au 32 32 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/singapore-a350-blunder-puts-pitot-probe-covers-back-in-spotlight/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/singapore-a350-blunder-puts-pitot-probe-covers-back-in-spotlight/#respond Fri, 15 Mar 2024 06:01:48 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1381556 The ATSB has issued another warning about removing pitot probe covers after a Singapore Airlines A350-900 almost pushed back with the covers still fitted.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/singapore-a350-blunder-puts-pitot-probe-covers-back-in-spotlight/feed/ 0 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/bae-launches-new-engineering-scholarship-for-regional-women/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/bae-launches-new-engineering-scholarship-for-regional-women/#respond Sun, 10 Mar 2024 22:54:10 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1381014 BAE Systems Australia announced that it has launched a new academic scholarship for women in regional Australia – to undertake an engineering degree and explore career opportunities in defence industry – and named it after Australia’s first two female RAAF pilots.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/bae-launches-new-engineering-scholarship-for-regional-women/feed/ 0 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/qantas-crew-unnecessarily-shut-down-engine-on-737/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/qantas-crew-unnecessarily-shut-down-engine-on-737/#respond Wed, 28 Feb 2024 05:32:03 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1379817 An ATSB investigation concluded that crew onboard the aircraft noticed a fuel imbalance but misdiagnosed the cause of the problem. ]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/qantas-crew-unnecessarily-shut-down-engine-on-737/feed/ 0 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/sikorsky-australia-expands-aviation-workforce-with-apprenticeship-scheme/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/sikorsky-australia-expands-aviation-workforce-with-apprenticeship-scheme/#respond Sun, 25 Feb 2024 22:16:42 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1378540 This latest round of apprentices brings Sikorsky’s 2024 intake to 16 apprentices, representing nearly 20 per cent of the company’s technical workforce with an annual investment of over $1 million.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/sikorsky-australia-expands-aviation-workforce-with-apprenticeship-scheme/feed/ 0 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/checklist-error-caused-october-cessna-crash-says-atsb/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/checklist-error-caused-october-cessna-crash-says-atsb/#respond Thu, 15 Feb 2024 04:20:13 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1375848 In its report into the incident last October, the safety watchdog found the pilot of VH-JUA had incorrectly set flaps to 40 degrees instead of 20 degrees, as recommended in the plane’s manual for a go-around and said the incident highlights the importance of correctly following checklists.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/checklist-error-caused-october-cessna-crash-says-atsb/feed/ 0 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/vtol-surveillance-drone-receives-casa-approval/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/vtol-surveillance-drone-receives-casa-approval/#respond Wed, 14 Feb 2024 22:36:17 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1375803 The Camcopter S-100 has become the first vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) system to receive the approval and will now be able to operate in Australian civil aerospace. The capability received a Defence Aviation Safety Authority Permit in 2017, granted to the Royal Australian Navy.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/vtol-surveillance-drone-receives-casa-approval/feed/ 0 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/lake-macquarie-pilots-didnt-notice-each-other-before-near-collision/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/lake-macquarie-pilots-didnt-notice-each-other-before-near-collision/#respond Wed, 14 Feb 2024 05:44:17 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1375774 In its final report into the incident, the transport safety watchdog noted that neither the pilot of the Extra, VH-IOG, nor the Magni M16C Tandem Trainer gyroplane, G1850, heard each other’s broadcasts or saw the other aircraft until they were about 20 metres from colliding.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/lake-macquarie-pilots-didnt-notice-each-other-before-near-collision/feed/ 0 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/01/human-error-contributed-to-near-miss-between-qantas-737s/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/01/human-error-contributed-to-near-miss-between-qantas-737s/#respond Wed, 31 Jan 2024 04:17:27 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1374035 Australia's air transport safety watchdog has released its final investigation into the dramatic incident that occurred at Sydney Airport last year. ]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/01/human-error-contributed-to-near-miss-between-qantas-737s/feed/ 0 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/01/7-more-f-35-maintenance-bays-for-williamtown/ Mon, 01 Jan 2024 20:00:06 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1366529 The funding boost will grow overall capacity to 13 bays and means the Hunter Valley could potentially service a global F-35 fleet that’s expected to reach more than 3,000 aircraft.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2023/12/defence-hosts-follow-up-onesky-cmats-projects-of-concern-summit/ Mon, 11 Dec 2023 22:39:29 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1364028 During the summit, participants agreed to finalise a contract change proposal and an integrated master schedule of the project by early 2024.]]>