Kiwi Takes Flight Kiwi Travel International Airlines began scheduled services between New Zealand and Australia on August 23 using its leased 727-200. Kiwi received formal approval for its services the afternoon before scheduled operations began, making the airline New Zealand’s second designated international carrier. The airline also began domestic services with a Piper Chieftain from
Regional Airline News Australia West Airlines is planning to commence operations with a daily service (Mon-Fri) on the route Busselton/Margaret River/Bunbury/Perth (Jandakot). Eastern Australia Airlines took delivery of DHC-8-102 VH-TNU at Tamworth on June 21. The Dash 8 has been leased from Sunstate until late September when the aircraft will then be transferred to Southern
In Brief During August the President of the Seaplane Pilots Association of Australia, Mr Philip Dalhuntly, revealed that his organisation had located the engine of the Japanese floatplane that overflew Sydney in May 1942 in order to gain information that resulted in the midget submarine attack of Sydney harbour. The seaplane was transported to the
A Pentium Computer Torun Flight Unlimited How do you approach a flight simulation that makes the top five on the sales list before a single copy has arrived in the country? With considerable enthusiasm of course, so it was with some eagerness that I opened the Flight Unlimited package. “Well, at least they got the
Raaf’s Fast Combat Jets Played Supportingrole In Kangaroo ‘95 Exercise The fast combat jets of the Royal Australian Air Force played a largely supporting and relatively low key role in the final operational stages of the big joint Kangaroo exercise (K95) across northern Australia in August. These jets came from No 75 F/A-18 Squadron at
This is the twelfth annual review of helicopter operations in Australia and is presented in two sections, the first consisting of the numerous helicopter operators under headings generalising their primary fields of operation. The second section has a brief description of each of the helicopter types operated in Australia and the VH registrations of those