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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Michael McCormack today announced the appointment of Mr Anthony (Tony) Mathews as the next Chair of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) Board for a three-year term. “Mr Mathews brings a wealth of aviation safety expertise, as a former Qantas regional airline manager, Royal Flying Doctor Service manager as well as a qualified commercial and airline transport pilot,” Mr McCormack said. “In addition to his aviation experience, Mr Mathews brings considerable governance experience to the role, including serving as Deputy Chair of the Board of Airservices Australia, the national civil provider of air traffic control and aviation and rescue firefighting services at our major airports. “His appointment will provide leadership in setting the strategic direction for CASA, and maintaining and enhancing CASA's important role as Australia's independent aviation safety regulator. “I look forward to working with the new Chair to ensure Australia continues to maintain an air safety regulator that meets world's best-practice standards. Mr Mathews will commence as Chair on Monday 20 August. Mr McCormack thanked outgoing Chair of the CASA Board, Mr Jeffrey Boyd, for his outstanding contribution since his appointment in 2014. “During this period, CASA has continued to maintain high standards of safety while managing significant growth in demand from the international and domestic aviation industry,” Mr McCormack said. “I wish him well for the future.”

Lockheed working on solution for F-35 nose gear problem By: Aaron Mehta   March 22, 2017 WASHINGTON — In the next few weeks, Lockheed Martin expects to see a preliminary report on a potential fix for a nose gear problem on the F-35C, with an eye on doing live carrier trials in the fall. The company has also recently finished doing repairs to 47 jets in various stages of production, following last fall's issue with insulation around a coolant line. Tests conducted last year on the USS George Washington led to complaints from pilots that the F-35C model would bob up and down on its nose gear when being launched from a catapult. The issue was bad enough that pilots said they could not read instruments while trying to take flight. A number of pilots also said they experienced pain from the motion. Jeff Babione, Lockheed’s F-35 program head, told reporters Tuesday that tests for two potential fixes just concluded at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, with a report expected in the coming "weeks to months." The first option involves changing the way the pilots strap into the jet, which Babione said includes looking at "how they get into the seat, how they pull their harnesses and make sure they are in proper position." The second option is looking at having "just a little bit less load holding the airplane back when it launches off the catapult" in order to reduce the stored energy in the nose gear. "Initial indications are some of those techniques have improved. Whether or not they are good enough for the operator, that has yet to be determined," Babione said, before adding he was "certain" the Navy would want to take the planes out and do live tests on a carrier, likely in late summer or early fall. While that issue is ongoing, the company has just put to rest another production issue left over from last fall. Thirteen F-35A models used by the US Air Force, as well as two for the Norwegian Air Force, were grounded in September due a problem with faulty insulation placed around coolant lines. The design of the plane has the coolant lines traveling through where fuel is stored, although only on the outer tip of the wing. The insulation placed around that coolant line to keep it from being affected by the warm fuel was found to be decomposing into the fuel. While those active jets were repaired by mid-November, another 47 planes in various stages of production, both at Lockheed’s Fort Worth facility and at the final assembly and checkout location in Italy, were found to also have the same issue and had to be repaired, work the company has just now completed Babione would not say how much money the fixes are costing the company, but he did express relief that a creative solution involving small circular cuts in the wings meant the planes did not need to be totally stripped of their coatings. It also served as a lesson for the company to double-check its vendors. "We’ve redoubled our efforts to make sure we’re getting a quality part, to make sure nothing like this happens again," Babione said. "This only impacted 50-something jets. If the production ramp had been much higher, it would have been [more significant]."

another nose wheel failure WASHINGTON – After a mid-air emergency forced an F-35A fighter jet to return to Eglin Air Force Base, the plane’s landing nose gear collapsed, leaving the fifth-generation fighter face down on the runway. The incident happened around 12:50 PM Wednesday. Fire crews responded immediately, and the pilot suffered no injuries, according to the Air Force. The plane is assigned to the 58th Fighter Squadron, and the service has launched an investigation into the incident. Photos captured by local news outlets show the plane sitting safely on the runway, with its nose down on the ground. What damage may have resulted from the incident, and the costs associated with repairing it, is unclear; the service did not share details on the initial incident which required the plane to return to base early. It’s not the first time the F-35 has had an issue with its front landing gear. In 2017, Navy pilots using the F-35C model – a different variation of the fighter jet, designed for operations on a carrier – complained the jet would bob up and down on its nose gear when being launched from a catapult. The issue was bad enough that pilots said they could not read instruments while trying to take flight. A number of pilots also said they experienced pain from the motion. The department worked with Lockheed Martin on a fix for the issue.

The CEO absolutely deserves a pay rise for the added tasks and responsibility of enforcing the IP.

Dissapointed at the lack of imagination in the management of the RAA

that happens every year regardless

Linke is just following orders, he's the CEO not the President

How does the RAA have too much money and spare time for this sort of politics?

RAA's response via Facebook Dear Ben, An open letter to AOPA and RAAus members and the members of the aviation community On 17 August (followed by your public statement on 20 August) you expressed concern over RAAus registering the phrase “Freedom to Fly”. On 17 August, we wrote to you and said that we had registered the phrase as a public effort to make sure that it can be widely used in the public sphere by all non-profit organisations engaged in the aviation space, as it has been used liberally in the past by so many. We agree with that principle and welcome expressing the value and meaning of this phrase in our industry. It may be used openly and without limit by any non-profit aviation organisation. As previously conveyed we encourage AOPA to use the phrase freely. RAAus will do so too, and supports others who seek the freedom to fly to do the same - freely, openly and without restriction. In due course our registration will expire. We have no present plan to seek re-registration as our wish is to have this phrase used clearly for the benefit of Australian aviation as a whole. Regards, Michael Linke

Recreational Aviation Australia (RAAus) and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) look set to do battle over the use of the phrase "Freedom to Fly". The dispute erupted last week after it emerged that RAAus was granted a trade mark registration for the slogan on 27 June this year. AOPA claims it has used the term for several decades. According to AOPA CEO Ben Morgan, RAAus sent AOPA a letter last week stating that AOPA would need to pay a licence fee if they continued to use the slogan. "Ironically, it now seems that our 'Freedom to Fly' is no longer free, but available to the highest bidder," Morgan said in his reply to RAAus. "The AOPA Australia entirely rejects the RAAus proposal that would force our association to enter a licensing agreement with your organisation for the use of the statement 'Freedom to Fly'. "That the use of this statement could be restricted, controlled, licensed and used by the RAAus for material gain makes a mockery of its meaning to thousands of aircraft owners and pilots nationwide and casts great shame on the RAAus management." In defending the trademark move, RAAus CEO Michael Linke said they registered the trademark in order to protect it for all non-profit aviation organisations. " ... we [have] registered the phrase as a public effort to make sure that it can be widely used in the public sphere by all non-profit organisations engaged in the aviation space, as it has been used liberally in the past by so many," Linke said in a reply to AOPA. "We agree with that principle and welcome expressing the value and meaning of this phrase in our industry. It may be used openly and without limit by any non-profit aviation organisation. As previously conveyed we encourage AOPA to use the phrase freely. RAAus will do so too, and supports others who seek the freedom to fly to do the same - freely, openly and without restriction." Sport Aircraft Association of Australia president Tony White has come out in support of the AOPA position in an open letter to RAAus. "The actions to trademark AOPA Australia's 'Freedom to Fly' slogan is viewed as aggressive and does nothing to foster positive working relationships between the RAAus and its peer associations," White said. "In light of the fact that AOPA Australia, SAAA and others sought to openly invite the RAAus to the General Aviation Summit in July, we question the judgement in pursuing this trademark." RAAus has said that when the trade mark expires on 27 November 2027, they have no intention to renew it. AOPA Australia is believed to have access to an intellectual property solicitor and intends to act to have the trade mark registration revoked. Under Section 84 of the Trade Marks Act 1995, the registrar may revoke registration of a trade mark "if he or she is satisfied that: (a) the trade mark should not have been registered, taking account of all the circumstances that existed when the trade mark became registered (whether or not the Registrar knew then of their existence); and (b) it is reasonable to revoke the registration, taking account of all the circumstances." Among the circumstances to be taken into account is any use of the trade mark. The legislation also makes it clear that the registrar is under no obligation to consider revoking a trade mark. Read more at AOPA and RAAus in Dispute over Slogan - Australian Flying

everyone is united ... behind CASA. Apart from Darren

No offense to you but stay with your mates when she;s upset

you calculator must be stuck in the 1950s, on average there are 70 women killed by their partners every year.

how many of your army mates have been beaten up by their women?

1995 Citation is $2M plane as well, probably leased.

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there plenty of pilots wanting an Australian visa who are ready to go versus the 4 years it takes to train a pilot.

buy some black insulation tape

the RAA were showing an 8% increase in members earlier this year, so you can expect that will fix a lot of issues plus the ever continuing 3 times the rate of inflation increase in fees all coming together to make everything absolutely shine.

both found in abundance at most airports?

there is a whole supply chain that will get infected with asbestos now, seems like a backwards step tbh

Russians love Trump

Only Trump will stand up to the EPA EPA is now allowing asbestos back into manufacturing