August, 1944. 50 Years Ago … August 1 – Poland Poles in Warsaw rise against the Germans but the Russian forces on the outskirts of the capital stall in front of growing German resistance. New Guinea: No 8 Communications Unit at Goodenough Island provides air/sea rescue for Spitfires of 79 Squadron. Catalina A24-92 rescues one

Courtesy of Bob Langley from Balgowlah and Greg Baker at Sutherland NSW, some information regarding changed Ansett company VHF frequencies. As every Sydney aircraft radio enthusiast knows, 130.9 MHz is Sydney Control (northern routes). Ansett Sydney’s airground company VHF has been operating on 130.95 for some time, and has long been suffering interference from the

Robinson Helicopter Safety Course Addresses High R22 Accident Rate Alarming as it may sound, of the 350 Robinson R22 helicopters sold in Australia, 129 have been written off in accidents so far, and over 25 of the remaining 220 are expected to be involved in an accident in the next twelve months. Yet as this

Regional Airline News Air Kangaroo Island Cessna 402B VH-ATI departed Parafield for Moorabbin on May 31 on delivery to a private owner in the Melbourne area while Beech H-18 Trigear VH-ATX was noted at Archerfield on June 18 operating with Sunland Aviation. Eastern Australia Airlines continues to experience problems with its stall warning system on