Aircraft
Britten-Norman soldiers on refurbing BN2B Islanders
The Britten-Norman Group (B-N) (Stand No.

The Britten-Norman Group (B-N) (Stand No. K72) has sold to Aero-Tropics Air Services, the flight-operations division of Australia’s Lip-Air, the first of six BN2B-20 Islanders it bought back from Adelaide-based Surveillance Australia to meet demand for good used aircraft. The remaining five units will be available from next month.

The six Islanders previously flew Coastwatch maritime-surveillance missions, mainly around northern Australian shore, and are being offered with air-conditioned cabin, autopilot, extended-range wingtip fuel tanks, IFR cockpit and observation windows. An aircraft on show here at Singapore has flown as a demonstrator in Australia. It arrived at the end of the first leg of its flight from New South Wales to the UK factory, where it will undergo a full refurbishment along with engine, propeller and landing-gear overhaul and inspection.