Flight Structures has worked with Airlift Technologies to successfully gain Supplemental Type Certificates (STC) for a spray system for R66 Helicopters.
This summer Flight Structures employed three interns to provide work experience for Mechanical Engineering students who are about to enter their final year of study.
Garden City Helicopters, based in Christchurch, has sent two helicopters to Vanuatu for disaster relief, after Cyclone Pam caused widespread destruction on the islands.
Flight Structures Design Delegate and Senior Engineer Murray McGregor was invited to be involved with the Transport Accident Commission investigation into the Fox Glacier accident. Below is the article from the Gore Ensign on Wednesday November 5th.
Farmers Air, one of New Zealand’s leading agricultural aircraft operators, came to Flight Structures to design a new flap system for their PAL 750XL aircraft.
In December 2013 the Prime Minister John Key launched the new Waikato Westpac Air Ambulance (BK117 B-2) at Hamilton International Airport. Flight Structures played an important role in getting this aircraft in the air.
In 2012 Northland Emergency Services Trust refitted ZK-IKM, one of their three Sikorsky helicopters. The fitout involved installation of two aft facing crew seats designed and manufactured by Flight Structures. The seats have a four point harness.
