11-20-2019, 12:11 PM
This week in Oz Flying... 
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ATSB releases Swan River Investigation Report
20 November 2019
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VH-CQA was taking part in an Australia Day display over Perth Water on 26 January 2017 when it crashed into the river during the display.
The pilot of the aircraft had already completed two passes across Perth Water in front of Langley Park behind Caravan floatplane VH-MOX, when the pilot requested a third, unplanned pass.
"The aircraft then returned to the display area without the Caravan and in a manner contrary to the standard inbound procedure, requiring turns at higher bank angles and lower altitudes within a confined area to become established on the display path," the ATSB states.
"The ATSB investigation found that the aircraft stalled at an unrecoverable height. Had the Mallard re-entered the display area using the standard procedure for the air display, the manoeuvres required to position for the third pass would have been relatively benign with a significantly reduced risk of mishandling the aircraft."
Much of the ATSB report focuses on the CASA approval process put in place at the time, and the pilot's decision to carry a passenger during the display.
"CASA did not have an effective frame work to approve and oversight air displays," the report states, "predominantly due to the following factors:
The ATSB noted that the pilot had also flown CQA at Evans Head with a passenger and was told by CASA that the person did not form "essential crew" and therefore should not have been on the aeroplane during the display. That information had not been conveyed to the CASA staff who approved the Swan River display. The pilot said the passenger was essential to help extend the landing gear in the event of a system failure. However, the ATSB was unable to find support for that from other Mallard pilots.
Since the accident, CASA has released a new Air Display Manual that addressed some of the issues raised by the ATSB including the requirement for detailed risk assessments.
The full investigation report is available on the ATSB website.
Read more at http://www.australianflying.com.au/lates...uD3JO2a.99
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Regional Express buys Ballarat Training Academy
19 November 2019
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Australian regional carrier Regional Express (Rex) has bought ST Aerospace Academy Australia (STAA) at Ballarat, the airline announced this morning.
Singapore-based ST Engineering founded the academy at Ballarat more than 10 years ago to train students largely for the Chinese Airlines and today has 140 students training for airlines such as Air China, Xiamen and Hainan.
Chris Hine, Executive Chairman of the Rex-owned Australian Airline Pilot Academy (APAA) in Wagga Wagga said that STAA stood to benefit from the airline's experience in training students to airline standards.
“With this acquisition the Rex Group, which operates the biggest regional airline network in Australia, will draw on its expertise and experience at AAPA in training pilots to rigorous airline standards to help STAA(A) stand out from all the other pilot academies that train commercial pilots to general aviation standards," he said.
“Airlines worldwide are looking for alternatives to training pilots in the United States for various reasons and Australia is at the top of the list as an alternative.”
“We intend to leverage on our unique and unparalleled expertise to further expand our pilot training capabilities. We will look at opening further satellite bases in Australia to respond to the insatiable worldwide demand for professional pilots that are trained to rigorous airline standards. We have already identified one location and will consider more as we expand.”
Rex intends to continue sourcing training candidates from overseas, which it says will earn export dollars for Australia and create jobs in regional areas.
According to Rex, the combination of STAA and AAPA gives the airline the largest pilot training of any airline in the world.
Last week, Rex was granted permission to import pilots and instructors from overseas to fill gaps in demand in Australia.
SETP Shipments slump as Pistons forge Ahead
18 November 2019
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The Q3 2019 shipment figures released overnight by the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) showed a marked decrease in demand for Single-engined Turbo-prop (SETP) aeroplanes, whilst piston-powered aeroplanes displayed encouraging growth.
The SETP sector, which once propped-up the flagging industry, is down 11.6% over the first three quarters of 2019 compared with the same period last year. No model in the category experienced a shipment result that was higher for the quarter than it was in 2018.
Conversely, piston-engined aircraft are up 12.3% for the same period, with Piper's Archer III and Cirrus' SR22/T continuing to show the way.
"The first nine months of 2019 show positive results for business jets and piston airplanes,“ said GAMA President and CEO Pete Bunce. “Turbo-props and rotorcraft, however, continued to encounter headwinds.
"Despite these mixed results, our manufacturers continue their investments in advanced factory machinery, design software, and associated processes that keep product development cycles robust and in-turn bring advances in fuel efficiency, capability, and safety to the global fleet."
Piper's Archer III continued its resurgence in the trainer market with year-to-date to the end of Q3 at 116 aircraft. By comparison, Piper delivered 72 Archers for the same period in 2018 and only 45 for the YTD 2017 match. For 2016, only 42 Archers were sold in the entire calendar year.
Diamond's DA40 sales performed well for the July-September quarter with the 38 aircraft shipped a huge improvement over the eight delivered in Q3 2018 and Cessna's C172SP holding ground in third place with 28 aircraft sold. Cirrus' SR20, however, continued to struggle in the market with only nine examples sent to customers.
With Cirrus' SR22 streets ahead in the large single market, the battle for second place was won for the quarter by the Cessna C182T, albeit 52 airframes behind the leader. Ironically, just as the new broke of Mooney International's shutdown, the company shipped four M20 Acclaim/Ovations, it's equal best result since production re-started in 2014.
Piston twin shipments were nothing to write home about, with the DA42 topping the charts with 13 aircraft delivered, slightly eclipsing Tecnam's P2006T on nine. Piper failed to move any Seneca's for the third quarter in a row.
But us was in the SETP sector that the story turned sour for GA shipment. Pilatus ubiquitous PC-12 led the way, but showed zero growth over last year in either the quarterly or the year-to-date figures. Daher's TBM 900 series also recorded flat results with Cessna's Caravan range, Quest Kodiak and Piper's M500/600 all experiencing a sales slide.
Cirrus has also cemented itself in the leadership role of the single-pilot jet sector. The 21 SF50 Visions shipped was easily the best result, with the rising Pilatus PC-24 on 11 and the Honda HA420 on eight. Traditional leaders, the Cessna M2 and Phenom 100/300 were both down for the quarter compared to 2018.
Finally, a special mention to GippsAero's Airvan 8, which recorded deliveries of five aircraft for the quarter. That represents a 400% increase over the 2018 figure and you have to look back to Q1 2017 before you'll find a better result.
[b] Major Shipment Figures[/b]
Aircraft
[b]Q3 2019[/b]
[b]Q3 2018[/b]
[b]Change[/b]
Piper Warrior III
0
0
0%
Cessna C172SP
28
30
-7%
Piper Archer III
39
34
15%
Diamond DA40
31
8
288%
Cirrus SR20
9
9
0%
Tecnam P2010
9
3
200%
Cessna C182T
14
9
56%
Beech G36 Bonanza
2
5
-60%
Cirrus SR22/T
76
81
-6%
Cessna TTx
0
0
-
Piper M350/Matrix
4
5
-20%
Mooney Ovation/Acclaim
4
3
33%
Beech G58 Baron
3
4
-25%
Piper Seminole
8
9
-11%
Piper Seneca V
0
0
0%
Diamond DA42
13
14
-7%
Tecnam P2006T
9
8
13%
Diamond DA62
7
15
-53%
Cessna Caravan Series
17
24
-29%
Quest Kodiak 100
2
6
-67%
Pilatus PC12
20
20
0%
Daher TBM 900/910/930
11
11
0%
PAC 750XL
1
3
-67%
Piper Meridian/M500/M600
11
15
-27%
Cessna Mustang & M2
5
6
-17%
Eclipse 550
0
0
-
Embraer Phenom 100 & 300
15
17
-12%
Honda HA420
8
4
100%
SF50 Vision
21
16
31%
Pilatus PC24
11
6
83%
Cessna T206H
13
6
117%
GippsAero Airvan 8
5
1
400%
Read more at http://www.australianflying.com.au/lates...hdJFqul.99
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ATSB releases Swan River Investigation Report
20 November 2019
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The Australian Transport Safety Bureau yesterday released the investigation report into the crash of a Grumman Mallard into the Swan River at Perth in 2017.
VH-CQA was taking part in an Australia Day display over Perth Water on 26 January 2017 when it crashed into the river during the display.
The pilot and passenger were killed and the aircraft destroyed.
The pilot of the aircraft had already completed two passes across Perth Water in front of Langley Park behind Caravan floatplane VH-MOX, when the pilot requested a third, unplanned pass.
"The aircraft then returned to the display area without the Caravan and in a manner contrary to the standard inbound procedure, requiring turns at higher bank angles and lower altitudes within a confined area to become established on the display path," the ATSB states.
"The ATSB investigation found that the aircraft stalled at an unrecoverable height. Had the Mallard re-entered the display area using the standard procedure for the air display, the manoeuvres required to position for the third pass would have been relatively benign with a significantly reduced risk of mishandling the aircraft."
Much of the ATSB report focuses on the CASA approval process put in place at the time, and the pilot's decision to carry a passenger during the display.
"CASA did not have an effective frame work to approve and oversight air displays," the report states, "predominantly due to the following factors:
- while the Air Display Manual provided guidance to organisers conducting an air display, it did not inherently provide the processes and tools needed for CASA to approve and oversee one and no other documented guidance existed
- unlike the accreditation models adopted by some other countries, CASA did not have a systemic approach for assessing the suitability of those responsible for organising, co-ordinating and participating in air displays
- CASA did not have a structured process to ensure that risks were both identified and adequately treated."
The ATSB noted that the pilot had also flown CQA at Evans Head with a passenger and was told by CASA that the person did not form "essential crew" and therefore should not have been on the aeroplane during the display. That information had not been conveyed to the CASA staff who approved the Swan River display. The pilot said the passenger was essential to help extend the landing gear in the event of a system failure. However, the ATSB was unable to find support for that from other Mallard pilots.
Since the accident, CASA has released a new Air Display Manual that addressed some of the issues raised by the ATSB including the requirement for detailed risk assessments.
The full investigation report is available on the ATSB website.
Read more at http://www.australianflying.com.au/lates...uD3JO2a.99
Regional Express buys Ballarat Training Academy
19 November 2019
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Australian regional carrier Regional Express (Rex) has bought ST Aerospace Academy Australia (STAA) at Ballarat, the airline announced this morning.
Singapore-based ST Engineering founded the academy at Ballarat more than 10 years ago to train students largely for the Chinese Airlines and today has 140 students training for airlines such as Air China, Xiamen and Hainan.
Chris Hine, Executive Chairman of the Rex-owned Australian Airline Pilot Academy (APAA) in Wagga Wagga said that STAA stood to benefit from the airline's experience in training students to airline standards.
“With this acquisition the Rex Group, which operates the biggest regional airline network in Australia, will draw on its expertise and experience at AAPA in training pilots to rigorous airline standards to help STAA(A) stand out from all the other pilot academies that train commercial pilots to general aviation standards," he said.
“Airlines worldwide are looking for alternatives to training pilots in the United States for various reasons and Australia is at the top of the list as an alternative.”
“We intend to leverage on our unique and unparalleled expertise to further expand our pilot training capabilities. We will look at opening further satellite bases in Australia to respond to the insatiable worldwide demand for professional pilots that are trained to rigorous airline standards. We have already identified one location and will consider more as we expand.”
Rex intends to continue sourcing training candidates from overseas, which it says will earn export dollars for Australia and create jobs in regional areas.
According to Rex, the combination of STAA and AAPA gives the airline the largest pilot training of any airline in the world.
Last week, Rex was granted permission to import pilots and instructors from overseas to fill gaps in demand in Australia.
SETP Shipments slump as Pistons forge Ahead
18 November 2019
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The Q3 2019 shipment figures released overnight by the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) showed a marked decrease in demand for Single-engined Turbo-prop (SETP) aeroplanes, whilst piston-powered aeroplanes displayed encouraging growth.
The SETP sector, which once propped-up the flagging industry, is down 11.6% over the first three quarters of 2019 compared with the same period last year. No model in the category experienced a shipment result that was higher for the quarter than it was in 2018.
Conversely, piston-engined aircraft are up 12.3% for the same period, with Piper's Archer III and Cirrus' SR22/T continuing to show the way.
"The first nine months of 2019 show positive results for business jets and piston airplanes,“ said GAMA President and CEO Pete Bunce. “Turbo-props and rotorcraft, however, continued to encounter headwinds.
"Despite these mixed results, our manufacturers continue their investments in advanced factory machinery, design software, and associated processes that keep product development cycles robust and in-turn bring advances in fuel efficiency, capability, and safety to the global fleet."
Piper's Archer III continued its resurgence in the trainer market with year-to-date to the end of Q3 at 116 aircraft. By comparison, Piper delivered 72 Archers for the same period in 2018 and only 45 for the YTD 2017 match. For 2016, only 42 Archers were sold in the entire calendar year.
Diamond's DA40 sales performed well for the July-September quarter with the 38 aircraft shipped a huge improvement over the eight delivered in Q3 2018 and Cessna's C172SP holding ground in third place with 28 aircraft sold. Cirrus' SR20, however, continued to struggle in the market with only nine examples sent to customers.
With Cirrus' SR22 streets ahead in the large single market, the battle for second place was won for the quarter by the Cessna C182T, albeit 52 airframes behind the leader. Ironically, just as the new broke of Mooney International's shutdown, the company shipped four M20 Acclaim/Ovations, it's equal best result since production re-started in 2014.
Piston twin shipments were nothing to write home about, with the DA42 topping the charts with 13 aircraft delivered, slightly eclipsing Tecnam's P2006T on nine. Piper failed to move any Seneca's for the third quarter in a row.
But us was in the SETP sector that the story turned sour for GA shipment. Pilatus ubiquitous PC-12 led the way, but showed zero growth over last year in either the quarterly or the year-to-date figures. Daher's TBM 900 series also recorded flat results with Cessna's Caravan range, Quest Kodiak and Piper's M500/600 all experiencing a sales slide.
Cirrus has also cemented itself in the leadership role of the single-pilot jet sector. The 21 SF50 Visions shipped was easily the best result, with the rising Pilatus PC-24 on 11 and the Honda HA420 on eight. Traditional leaders, the Cessna M2 and Phenom 100/300 were both down for the quarter compared to 2018.
Finally, a special mention to GippsAero's Airvan 8, which recorded deliveries of five aircraft for the quarter. That represents a 400% increase over the 2018 figure and you have to look back to Q1 2017 before you'll find a better result.
[b] Major Shipment Figures[/b]
Aircraft
[b]Q3 2019[/b]
[b]Q3 2018[/b]
[b]Change[/b]
Piper Warrior III
0
0
0%
Cessna C172SP
28
30
-7%
Piper Archer III
39
34
15%
Diamond DA40
31
8
288%
Cirrus SR20
9
9
0%
Tecnam P2010
9
3
200%
Cessna C182T
14
9
56%
Beech G36 Bonanza
2
5
-60%
Cirrus SR22/T
76
81
-6%
Cessna TTx
0
0
-
Piper M350/Matrix
4
5
-20%
Mooney Ovation/Acclaim
4
3
33%
Beech G58 Baron
3
4
-25%
Piper Seminole
8
9
-11%
Piper Seneca V
0
0
0%
Diamond DA42
13
14
-7%
Tecnam P2006T
9
8
13%
Diamond DA62
7
15
-53%
Cessna Caravan Series
17
24
-29%
Quest Kodiak 100
2
6
-67%
Pilatus PC12
20
20
0%
Daher TBM 900/910/930
11
11
0%
PAC 750XL
1
3
-67%
Piper Meridian/M500/M600
11
15
-27%
Cessna Mustang & M2
5
6
-17%
Eclipse 550
0
0
-
Embraer Phenom 100 & 300
15
17
-12%
Honda HA420
8
4
100%
SF50 Vision
21
16
31%
Pilatus PC24
11
6
83%
Cessna T206H
13
6
117%
GippsAero Airvan 8
5
1
400%
Read more at http://www.australianflying.com.au/lates...hdJFqul.99