Airservices Flight Inspection Service Keeps Flying Public Safe

Airservices Flight Inspection Service Keeps Flying Public Safe

Airservices Flight Inspection Service (FIS) will check critical air navigation equipment this September to ensure the safety of Australia's flying public.

Checking the functional accuracy of the equipment is critical to aviation safety.

The Brisbane-based service checks the 500 plus navigational aids installed by Airservices for flight safety at regional and major airports, aerodromes and airstrips on a three-year rotational basis.

The service will undertake 19 separate routine or special flight inspections on equipment at:
* QLD Mount Isa, Julia Creek, Barcaldine, Blackall
* NT Alice Springs, Simpsons Gap, Giles, Warburton, Ayers Rock, Temple Bar
* WA Perth, Edinburgh, Modbury, Ardrossan
* SA Adelaide, Tailem Bend
* NSW Glen Innes, Inverell

Equipment being tested includes instrument landing systems (ILS), distance measuring equipment (DME), non-directional beacons (NDB) and wide area multilateration (WAM) navigation aids plus surveillance radars.

Positional and navigational information is relayed from these aids to aircraft and assists pilots in landing safely.

The inspections will be performed by specialist aircrew who operate the twin-engine Beechcraft King Air aircraft and equipment to collect precision data while airborne.

Data gathered is assessed and analysed by Airservices maintenance and engineering employees to ensure each navigation aid is operating accurately.

About Airservices Australia
Airservices Australia is a Government owned organisation responsible for the safe and efficient management of air traffic across 11 per cent of the world's air space. Services include air traffic control, airspace management, aeronautical information, radar communications, radio navigation aids, aviation maintenance and engineering, environmental management and aviation rescue and firefighting.

For media enquiries or an image of the King Air and its equipment call 02 6257 2828 or email [email protected]


SOURCE: Airservices Australia