Beyond Belief! Readers who enjoy that wonderful television series Yes Minister would have been inspired by the orchestrated charade of appeasement to every self-interest group within the Alp in the weeks leading up to that party’s annual conference in Hobart. From our perspective as aviation persons our primary interest as one such self-interest group was

An Opportunity Lost? Technically speaking, next month the Tasman becomes a free air market theoretically linking Australia and New Zealand as one single aviation market. Technically speaking this means that it should be as easy and convenient to fly between Christchurch and Coolangatta as it presently is to fly between, say, Adelaide and Sydney. At

R44 Clears Faa Special Certification Review, But R22 Comes Under Ntsb Fire The US Federal Aviation Administration has cleared the Robinson R44’s compliance with certification requirements and the Robinson Helicopter Company standards of design, manufacture and quality control assurance, after conducting a Special Certification Review (SCR) of the four seat piston helo at the bequest

Regional Airline News Newcastle Aviation has leased the former Kendell Airlines Metro Ii Vh-Bis from International Air Parts in Sydney. The entry into service of Vh-Bis now gives Newcastle Aviation an operating fleet of six Metroliners — Metro IiIs Vh-Ssm, -Sst, -Ssv, -Ssw, and Metro Iis Vh-Bis and -Wgx. The Metroliners mainly operate on night