Sia Takes First High Gross Weight A340-300e, Gerard Frawley Singapore Airlines, the largest customer for the A340 so far and the launch customer for the higher gross weight version, took delivery of its first two A340-300Es on April 25. The two A340s were the first of 17 Singapore Airlines has on firm order, with an

N12- Grumman S-2 Tracker Fourteen Grumman S-2E Trackers were funded in the Australian Defence Program that was announced on November 10 1964. Acquisition of the Trackers was a reversal of the previous policy to withdraw the Navy fixed wing elements, with the new aircraft replacing the Fairey Gannet in the anti submarine warfare (ASW) role.

Warbirds Over Wanaka 1996 The 1996 Warbirds Over Wanaka Airshow once again showed that the Kiwis can turn on one of the best flying events in the Southern Hemisphere. It is not the quantity but the quality of the aircraft types displayed coupled with the country itself and the people that make WoW the premier

Aviation Industry Rejects Airservices’ Budget The recent walkout by the aviation industry representatives marked a new low in the industry’s working relationship with a government regulatory body. At the consultative meeting of April 11, the Australian Aviation Industry Association (AAIA) totally rejected the increased charges proposed by AirServices Australia (ASA), arguing that “no increase in