MIAMI – The Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has recently declared the Boeing 737 MAX safe to return to the country’s skies.
Australia’s CASA is the Australian national authority for the regulation of civil aviation. Although distinct from the government, it reports to the Federal Minister for Infrastructure and Transport.
According to a Simple Flying report, “Australia’s aviation regulators have cleared the 737 MAX to fly in the country’s airspace,” although “no Australian carrier operates the jet.”
So far, Boeing has been working with aviation boards across the Asia-Pacific region to recertify the aircraft.
Photo: Max Langley/Airways
Contributed by
Bruce Hedge
Wow.a huge new area of photography has developed (ouch!) in only about eight years. I ve had a business doing aerial photography in Central Victoria, Australia, since the mid 1980s. The main platform was a Cessna 172 from the local Aero Club, flown by an exceptionally skilled pilot.
I looked at helium balloons as a platform, but they were not practical in any sort of wind, and had all sorts of other complications, so I gave that a pass. For some jobs, I jumped in a Bell Jet Ranger helicopter, but the cost per hour and the float fee generally prohibited that option. Roll on 2013, and the first DJI Phantom came on the market. I immediately saw the potential to use it as an aerial photography tool, but it did not have a camera attached. After a bit of research, I settled on the Nikon J1 camera with 10mm (28mm equivalent) lens. It had the required quality sensor, weighed only 300 grams, and, most importantly, could be set to take a photo every five seconds.
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