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Singapore-based ST Aerospace today announced that the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) has approved its commercial pilot training subsidiary, ST Aviation Training Academy (STATA), as a Flight Training Organisation (FTO). This makes STATA the first third-party FTO in Singapore to provide pilot training without affiliation to airlines.
Fly Synthesis’ fun-flying product range now includes six separate Italian-built light sport and ultralight aeroplane types, the most popular of which is its Texan Top Class 600 LSA. Having won my RAA pilot certificate in a Texan 550, I was more than happy when Australian Director Caz Monteleone invited me to update my Texan experience at his Donnybrook base on Melbourne’s northern fringe.
John Holland Aviation Services (JHAS) today signed a five year contract to provide comprehensive fleet management services to Menzies Aviation’s fleet of ground support equipment (GSE). Under the agreement, JHAS will service, maintain and support over 1200 units of GSE at airports throughout Australia and New Zealand.
Boeing has confirmed it will close its Milperra aerospace engineering site at Bankstown in Sydney’s south-west. The company said today that it would consolidate its Australian aerospace component manufacturing on its Fishermans Bend plant in Melbourne, closing the Bankstown factory in 2012.
Dutch police have arrested a pilot at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport for flying a Turkish airliner with a dodgy licence. The Swedish pilot was preparing a Corendon Airlines Boeing 737 for a flight to Ankara, Turkey, with 101 passengers aboard when arrest was prompted by a tipoff from Swedish authorities.
The Japanese Ground Self Defense Force has chosen Enstrom Helicopter Corporation to supply the next generation of training helicopters for the JGSDF Pilot Training Program. The program calls for the first evaluation helicopter to be delivered in 2010, with a total of 30 aircraft to joipn the program by 2014.
