GT described it as the Tesla of the sky, a game changer for the aviation industry and this is why Cessna has ceased production of the Citation 680.

Cessna finance will be offering a payment package through Afterpay.

Barry another NT CP, said the problem will be that the young guys will still be p#ssing off and, chasing the coveted multi time for the airline gig. You will spend a year training some young pilot up on our VET approved C209 ICUS($$$$$$) programme, then they shoot through and fly some 50 year GA twin for peanuts.

Word on Mitchell St, is that Hardy Aviation have paid deposits for 10 airframes in 2021, and another 20 in 2022.
Worth checking for an announcement on the Darwin Stock Exchange.

Kakadu Bob has also signed for 5 airframes for 2022, subject to simulator availability at the Bagot Road Fright Safety Centre.

Did GT mention that CASA have approved the 5,000 page Pilot Operating Handbook?

Nigel, an ex British airways 747 captain has come down under to setup the crewing software for a local GA operator who recently started to upgrade their fleet to the C209NG.

It’s a game changer he was quoted as saying. When asked what his thoughts on flying it were, his comments where, it’s like being asked to lay with the queen. It’s a great honour - but no one wants to do it.

I'm surprised the Betoota Advocate and NT News aren't covering these developments.

If you have a picture of a Croc in the C209, it'll get front page of the NT News ;-)

The live animal transport STC application is still with CASA. The NG has greater capabilities than the ‘straight’ C209, which is why Cessna has persisted with the application.

Do you think it will assist with live export transport that much? I read you could get 2 million tadpoles loaded???

Obviously Nigel from BA wowed HR with his Eaton private school education and his 747 stories!

Nigel will look good in his pith helmet, long sox and sandals stomping around the tarmac telling the young pilots this is the way we did at British Airways!

Global, the Live Animal STC applied for is stuck in the casa “too hard basket” until they can determine a satisfactory training / checking pathway for approval of a tadpole counting method. I would of thought weight would be more practical. Gross weight that is not the individual tadpole weight as that as you are aware can vary with age ie tadpole hogget

Is this another case of one CASA office saying something different to the next one? My FOI told me that it was a certainty for the taddy uplift, i’m banking my career on this! Don’t think I can’t handle another kick in the nutz. I was told my investment was as good as a job.

Plus nigels freemasonry and secret handshake got him over the line.

His extensive charity work with the lions club was the dead give away.

It’s also a nice perk for the owner of the 209 operation to use his tax haven holiday retreat in Andorra when things pick up.

We need more Nigels in our lives.

On long single-pilot freight ops, the tadpoles are often off-loaded.

Having read a few threads on newbies heading North I thought it prunedent to bring this thread alive again.

I’ve heard rumours that the GA ready course is going to focus on the 209NG with the Garmin 9870 avionics.

Did the STC for the Diesel engine ever get approved?

It failed to get ‘traction’. :E

Ironically, the competition got the diesel STC: The GA-8D Airvan. Would be worth anyone ‘heading north’ to get an endorsement on the GA-8D.

Heavy iron operators down south always appreciate, the guys that have gone North and got that heavy single time.

Cessna are sticking with the avgas only variant of the ever popular C209 for Australian, too many delays for regulatory approval by CASA for the C209NG.

Get that C209 time in the logbook, along with one of those new fangled Multi Crew Co-ordination course’s on your licence and the world is your oyster.

Bonza have 50 options on the C209’s for regional feeder work in Queensland and South Australia.

Stationair8
Yes/no/maybe.
The NT Government are in negotiations with CASA and Cessna to approve the C209NG for IFR day and night aeromedical for NTG contractors only. This apparently will be a work-around while waiting for the, PT6 powered, C209NGtp to come on line.

Interesting times ahead that’s for sure.

Prime Minister Albo is holding top secret talks with the French PM.

The French want to build the C209 in Reims, as payback for the failed submarine deal. They are proposing a nuclear powered C209 this decade.

Albo is hoping to keep the project in Australia and wants the Bagot Rd facility to be an example of a modern trade union project.

I’ve just heard from the Townsville refueller that the mighty C209 will be flying cargo to the new space base.

Which company picked up the contract?

Have heard a 2028 isbao part 918 induction certification process for new hires, also heard of huge sign on bonuses, especially if one has logged NT wet season time in column 12 of a CAA approved log book anytime in the past 50 years.

Game changing?

Which model 209 did they go with? So many questions!

From the Townsville refueller's wife - in the shower this morning, the preferred model is the new 'NGTD' model.

That's the New Gen Turbo Diesel made by Toiyota, its a 'Special' 8 Litre Diesel built especially for the 'Wet' in the NT.
350 HP and around 10.3 L / 100 nm so they say.....
Solar panels on the wings optional extra, for 'extra boost to the magnetos'. Made to shape of course.

Spare parts are said to be available from 'Micks Toiyota Auto Parts', Bagot Rd., much cheaper than from the 'usual' FAA / CAA / CASA approved outlets.

Albo has asked King Charles to visit Australia, and open the Bagot Road C209 Centre of Excellence later this year.