Aeronautical Engineers Australia (AEA) is an Australian aeronautical engineering consultancy and aircraft technical service provider. It is the largest civil aircraft design organisation in the Asia Pacific region and is now headquartered in Adelaide.
It is a world leader in aeronautical design and engineering service with over 25 years' experience in the provision of aviation solutions utilising our certification, design, development, modification, and integration expertise. AEA has specialist experience in a wide range of areas for both fixed and rotary wing aircraft and has undertaken projects including hardened cockpit doors, crashworthiness upgrades, gross weight increases and life extension programs. AEA has a successful track record in exceeding our clients and stakeholders needs. Our ability to develop and deliver on schedule tailored solutions has earned us a reputation with customers as a premier supplier of products and services.
AEA and its sister company Airline Technical Services (ATS) are part of the Nova Group of companies.
It is founded in 1978 and it s headquaters is in Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia. As of now they have 45 + employees. The products of AEA are Aeronautical Engineering Services, Aircraft Weight Control, Flammability Testing, Flight Testing, Systems Integration, Project Management
Airline Technical Services is AEA's subsidary company.
Services
AEA provides a variety of services to the general aviation industry, including the design and certification of aircraft modifications, repairs and testing of aircraft components, aircraft weight control (aircraft reweighs, trimsheets and loading systems) in accordance with Civil Aviation Order 100.7 (CAO 100.7), design and manufacture of aircraft components (such as cargo nets, replacement parts, survey installations, equipment frames, skis, etc.) under a Production Certificate and Civil Aviation Safety Regulation Part 21 (CASR 21), flammability testing to FAR/JAR25.853 and similar provisions, systems integration, flight and performance testing, aircraft design, aeronautical consultancy, civil/military platform design etc.
Additionally Airline Technical Services was established as a wholly owned subsidiary of AEA to provide speciality services to the airline sector, and Swannell Racing now provides roll cage homologation services to the local racing industry.
CASA 212-400 with AEA designed skis
Dornier 328 with AEA Inflight Opening Door
Grumman Turbo Mallard
Explorer 500T
Major projects-
CASA 212 Skiplane for Skytraders
Fokker 50 Hardened Cockpit Door for Skywest and Alliance Airlines
Dornier 328 Inflight Opening Door for AeroRescue
Grumman G-73 Turbo Mallard Conversion for Paspaley Pearling
Pilatus PC-12 Aeromedical Conversion for the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia
Cessna 441 Life Extension Program for TAE
1. MAVERICK
The Maverick is an unlimited category aerobatic sports aircraft was designed entirely in-house at Aeronautical Engineers Australia led by Graham Swannell and Geoff Danes. The Maverick construction uses an advanced carbon & glass fibre wet layup composite system to give a cost and build time lower than most homebuilt aircraft. It has good cross country capability with a cruise speed of over 160kts and has an inverted oil and fuel system for 3 minutes of inverted flight.
Only one aircraft has been built with its first flight in December 1987 and has since appeared in many airshows around Australia.
2. EXPLORER
The Explorer is a high-performance but rugged utility aircraft that can perform a wide variety of roles at a lower cost than other equivalent aircraft. It was developed to cope with the harsh Australian conditions and unprepared dirt strips but still deliver a 180kt cruise, almost 1000 nm range and economical performance. The aircraft utilises the latest in aerofoil design, a carbon fibre fuselage shell, a unique retractable undercarriage, flat cabin floor, and a newly devised construction method that minimises construction and assembly time. The aircraft was initially developed as the 350R but now incorporates the 500T turbine variant and the stretched 750T. AEA conceived, designed and developed the Explorer and started Explorer Aircraft Australia Pty Ltd to develop and market the family of aircraft. As the Explorer project grew, this role was passed onto Explorer Aircraft Inc. which is now located in Houston, Texas.
3. EAGLE
The Eagle 150 is a basic two-seat trainer and light touring aircraft developed in Australia. It has a unique stagger-wing layout and all-composite construction. AEA conducted all the engineering work required for certification to JAR-VLA and managed both the structural test program and the flight test program, all of which resulted in the aircraft's being granted a Type Certificate by CASA in September 1993. Eagle Aircraft was established to manufacture and market the aircraft in Australia and in 1999 moved its production facility to Malaysia.
4. DORNIER IN-FLIGHT OPENING DOOR
The original door was removed and the geometry mapped using laser scanning techniques to develop a 3D solid model of the door surrounds. The new inflight opening door was designed and built by AEA under our APMA and the complete kit installed on the aircraft in under 18 months.
As part of the project, an ergonomics review was conducted and consequently anchor points and hand holds installed to ensure that the equipment despatchers can perform their job easily and safely. Finally the system was fully integrated into the aircraft warning system to ensure that pilot situational awareness is maintained at all times.
5. C441 LIFE EXTENSION
AEA Aerospace team provided the professional engineering experience and expertise to deliver a life extension of 17500hrs for the Cessna 441. The work involved, detailed damage tolerance / crack growth analysis required to enable life greater than safe life calculated 'Safe-life' estimate. In this project we delivered a life extension program successfully, keeping a well-established platform in the Air.
6. CT-4B CRASHWORTHINESS
"The successful completion of the testing will now see BAE Systems and AEA work with the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) to achieve a supplemental type certificate for the CT-4B to meet FAR Part 23 crash protection requirements."
In support of BAE Systems for the successful completion of modifications developed for the CT-4B Air trainers, which included a new seat design providing superior absorption of greater dynamic loads to meet upgraded crashworthiness requirements. They were developed in partnership with dynamic testing of the new seat taking place at the Autoliv Australia Test Centre in Victoria.
Pilot’s Career Guide
Rating: Not yet rated.
Published: July 13, 2013
Words: 26,240 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781301650040
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