Marc Joel Atrero

777 Makes First Flight The Boeing 777 successfully completed its maiden flight on June 12 from Everett. The new airliner’s first flight lasted three hours and 48 minutes during which time 30 systems checks were carried out and various manoeuvres performed. The flight was piloted by Captains John Cashman and Ken Higgins, and included a

Register Review A large cross-section of aviation is represented within the 27 entries that make up the New Allocation section this issue. On the lighter side, four balloons are listed: three locally built Kavanaghs and one imported British Colt. The Colt is a four-year-old balloon previously owned by J. Clifford and operated by Heritage Balloons

Close Company I am sure the following event has occurred more than once but a recent retelling to me by a USAF friend certainly brought the event alive. The scene is a very dark though calm winter’s night over the North Atlantic several hundred klics west of Ireland. A then Strategic Air Command B-52 is

Nz Warbirds Assoc Founder Member Crashes, Dies Ian Reynolds, who in 1978 was a founder member of the Nz Warbirds Association, died soon after his de Havilland Chipmunk crashed during the Warbirds Over Wanaka Air Show at Easter. He was 47. Mr Reynolds was part owner of the Chipmunk, built in 1950 and originally used

McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems has teamed with EH Industries to offer the EH 101 to the US armed forces. McDonnell Douglas and EH Industries (jointly owned by Westland and Agusta) say they have identified large requirements for new technology helicopters in the coming years and have targeted the US’s Medium Lift Replacement Helicopter (MLRH) programme.

On the Airbands Richard Watson is General Manager of New Zealand company Flight-Deck Productions, and is a keen airband enthusiast, owning an AOR AR-1500 scanner radio. Richard is very happy with our book “Listening In to Aircraft Radio”, taking a copy with him to the USA, so he could extract important American air frequencies to