Essendon Airport Celebrates 100 Years

Aviation Report Downunder joined around 25,000 Melburnians on Sunday, 27 March for a very local, enjoyable Essendon Airport centenary (branded EF100), which was conducted on the main terminal tarmac in beautiful autumnal sunshine.  We intend to highlight the exhibitors of the Victorian Emergency services based here.  This article will appear on our sister Facebook page

AIR CRANE FLIES ON NEW BLADES

Erickson Incorporated’s S-64F Air Crane® HELITAK 342 from Oregon, USA is based at Moorabbin Airport for this fire season, partnering with Kestrel Aviation of Mangalore, Victoria. What has gone largely without comment, N163AC “Bubba“, now features new composite main rotor blades, as announced by Erickson Inc. CEO, Doug Kitani in 2020:  “The CMRP (Composite Main

Coulson Chinook Firebombers Arrive in Australia

Two of the largest firebombing helicopters in the world, the Coulson Aviation CH-47D Chinooks will be in Australia for the first time this summer through new aircraft contracting arrangements for the country. AFAC, through the National Aerial Firefighting Centre (NAFC), has confirmed Australia’s seasonal aircraft contracts for the next three years on behalf of the

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