Be Wary of Private Strips – particularly at high elevation! Have you ever thought you could become an orange and Two hours later they arrived at the airport by car, and the long black fireball off the end of an airstrip? I have – and it is not a reassuring thought? It all began when

Kiwi Catalina Lost Catalina N5404J is sadly no more. During its ferry flight from the United States the aircraft suffered an engine failure. The aircraft was put down on the Pacific Ocean about 300 kilometres northeast of Christmas Island but sank shortly after. The crew of seven took to a liferaft and were picked up

Caa Head “Vindicated” Frank Baldwin who helped transform Australia’s Civil Aviation Authority before resigning amid controversy last year, has just started as the new head of Landcorp in Wellington. There’s nota hint of aviation in MrBaldwin’s newjob, Landcorp, the successor of the Lands and Survey Department, deals in . Aged 62, Mr Baldwin said while

FAA Certificates Bell Twinranger The FAA has certificated Bell Helicopter Textron’s twin engine 206LT helicopter for Category A one engine inoperative capability and Category B operations. The 206LT TwinRanger is a twin engine version of Bell’s popular 206L-4 LongRanger helicopter. It is based on the Gemini development programme conceived by Tridair Helicopters of Costa Mesa,