Maribyrnong Dispatch

A Jan 1st fire in the former Defence Site Maribyrnong resulted in the dispatch of several aircraft of the Victorian fire fighting fleet including MICROFLITE AIRWORK-owned, rotary-winged assets to directly assist in attacking the still-active grassfire. This fire had begun up the hill and ran down to the Maribyrnong river below. The fire crossed land

FIRECAT AT BALLARAT

A first for Aviation Report today saw us travel to Ballarat (code: YBLT) airfield in Victoria for a demonstration drop / check flight with the blokes from Kestrel Aviation, of their new FIRECAT Aerospatiale/ Airbus Helicopters AS332L1 (Super Puma) HT349/VH-KSI. We were mighty impressed with this beast! With 2x Safran (Turbomeca) Makila 1A1 powerplants of

Coulson Aviation – Fire Season 2020/2021

As with many parts of Australia, the state of Victoria can experience hot, dry summers leading to fire seasons of a fierce intensity. Thankfully the 2020-2021 fire season in South-Eastern Australia was a much-muted affair compared with 2019-20. The wetter winter was followed by a milder, wetter summer from October 2020 through March 2021. The