Bradley Perrett covered China, Japan, South Korea and Australia. He is a Mandarin-speaking Australian.
Before joining Aviation Week in 2006 he was a macroeconomics, politics and aerospace journalist with Reuters. Perrett holds a bachelor’s degree in law from Macquarie University, Sydney. He left Aviation Week in 2020.
TIANJIN, China — A Chinese unmanned helicopter derived from the U.S. Brantly B-2B two-seater is nearing certification, with the Civil Aviation Administration of China completing its review of the aircraft in August. The Chinese navy is interesting in the helicopter, the V750, for carrying a light maritime search and surveillance radar, says the aircraft’s manufacturer, Weifang Freeksy Aviation Industry.
BEIJING — Avicopter is testing a technology demonstrator for a vertical-takeoff-and-landing airplane with a central lift fan. The manufacturer, part of China’s state Avic group, exhibited the unmanned piston-engine aircraft at the China Helicopter Exposition in Tianjin this week.
Thai Airways is blaming landing gear failure for a Sept. 8 accident in which an Airbus A330-300 skidded off the runway on landing. Thirteen of the aircraft’s 288 passengers suffered minor injuries during the emergency night evacuation at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport after a flight from Guangzhou, China, says Thai Airways President Sorajak Kasemsuvan. There also was a cabin crew of 14 aboard.
