Aircraft
In The Works: Gippsland Aeronautics Next-Generation Nomad
The dwindling ranks of Australian-designed and -built Nomad twin turboprops may yet grow again as Gippsland Aeronautics has purchased the Nomad program and

The dwindling ranks of Australian-designed and -built Nomad twin turboprops may yet grow again as Gippsland Aeronautics has purchased the Nomad program and plans to relaunch the airplane as the Next-Generation Nomad. Gippsland currently manufactures the piston GA-8 Airvan at its factory at Latrobe Regional Airport in Morwell, Victoria.

Boeing Australia handed over the Nomad type certificate to Gippsland on June 18. Originally built by Government Aircraft Factories then Aerospace Technologies of Australia through 1984, the Rolls-Royce (Allison) 250-powered Nomad has seen utility service all over the world, and 54 of the 170 built remain in operation. Gippsland’s purchase of the Nomad type certificate includes all intellectual property associated with the airplane, as well as product and spares support for the remaining fleet.