Collective Effort
Optimism, it is said, is a force multiplier. If there is any truth in that, RotorTech 2022 will be the largest boost the Australian rotary aviation industry has ever had. The industry is still facing significant issues and challenges to a more stable future, but the success of the 2021 conference and exhibition is fueling a belief that getting the industry together in one place to thrash out solutions is the best way forward; perhaps the only way forward.
Slated for the Royal International Convention Centre in Brisbane 21-23 June, RotorTech is featuring on the aviation calendar for the second consecutive year, breaking the two-year cadence the event organisers have traditionally stuck with. Although there are pragmatic reasons for this, the industry groundswell to repeat the success of 2021 as soon as practical can't be underestimated.
At a time when the rotary aviation industry needs people to step up, they're coming in droves.
It helps that the event, the major outing for both the Australian Helicopter Industry Association (AHIA) and the Australian Association for Uncrewed Systems (AAUS) is run by the experienced team at AMDA Foundation, the sweat and tears behind the Avalon air show.
AHIA president Ray Cronin told that the drive for another RotorTech in 2022 was the success experienced last year even though COVID restrictions kept the Queensland border closed
