Over the Side This is a true story, believe it or not and was told to me by one of the British blokes I work with. He was in the RAF and spent much of his career working on Shackleton long range maritime patrol aircraft. The story goes that there was a Shackleton out on

During a recent visit to the US I met my old friend Ed Flynn, who himself had just returned from the UK. “Bob… these Englishmen, they really take this monitoring hobby of ours very seriously. You know, all they want is selcal codes. And they’re monitoring ACARS to get them from particular flights. The only

Bell Teams With Samsung For New Twin Bell Helicopter Textron and Samsung Aerospace of South Korea announced plans at the HAI’s Heli Expo 96 in Dallas in February for a new light twin to compete against the MD Explorer and Eurocopter EC 135. The new model, dubbed the 427, would be derived from the new

Regional Airline News Airlines of Tasmania Metro III VH-NEL was withdrawn from service on February 17 and the same day ferried to Tamworth for planned maintenance. As a replacement, Tamair Metro III VH-NEK arrived in Launceston on February 17 and later entered service with Airlines of Tasmania. Airnorth Regional has ordered three Embraer EMB-120RT Brasilias