Register Review The New Allocation listing this issue includes three balloons, all Australian built Kavanagh examples. AJC, KCD and OLA bring the total number of balloons made by Kavanagh to 159, from the diminutive 56 cubic metre envelope to the huge 300 cubic metre model. Of the 159 built, three have been sold in New

Some very bad luck recently for NSW’s Westpac Lifesaver Helicopter Rescue Service. Equipment, including radio gear, was stolen from the “Lifesaver One” helicopter when it was left unattended in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, during an airlift operation. A 10 week old baby had respiratory problems, and was dying, so the Lifesaver helicopter was

Board of Inquiry Analysing Black Hawk Crash The Army has established a Military Board of Inquiry into the Townsville Army Black Hawk midair collision on June 12 in which 18 aircrew and SAS soldiers were killed and another 10 were injured. The two helicopters which collided were the lead aircraft in a flight of six

Kiwi v Freedom Air Battle Continues For a year now one of the fiercest and most competitive airline battles has been raging in the skies between Australia and New Zealand. This is the war between the two new entrants in the trans-Tasman market: Kiwi International Airlines and Freedom Air International. Kiwi was the first new