September 2000
Murray Kirkus Reports On The Five Ryans, Australia's Full Complement Of Airworthy Examples Bar Two, That Converged Upon Caboolture Airfiled, Queensland, For The Millennium Ryan Fly-In.
Pacific Wings Editor Callum Macpherson Takes A Look At Arnold Gallagher's Rv-4 And Finds It's Among One Of The Best Examples In The Country.
Airlift 2000 Was The Main Theme Of This Year's Riat, Whilst Saluting The Heroes Was A Poignant Reminder Of Those Who Fought In The Skies Over Southern England During The Battle Of Britain. Peter Cooper Reports.
Pete Clark Recently Stopped Over At Kaman's Bloomfield Assembly Line And Caught Up With What Is Happening With The New Zealand And Australian Super Seasprites.
After Year Of Looking, Murray Kirkus Finds His Way To Watts Bridge Memorial Airfield Reports And Queensland Vintage Aeroplane Group's First Fly-In.
By Mike Feeney. This Month: Concorde, Alaska Airlines Flight 261, Low-Level Ops - Wire Awareness And Avoidance.
Ag Correspondent Ray Deerness Has Been Writing Furiously This Month With A New Cresco - Zk-Tmn, Walter Milestone, Full Circle, V8 Airframes Unite, Plus An International Feature: Air Tractor Deliver Five At-802Fs In May.
Mike Feeney Checks Out Napier Aero Club, And The Rest Of The Local Aero Club And Flying School Scene.
An RNZAF No.75 Squadron Skyhawk, Flown By Flt Lt Paul Barlow, Provides A-Protective Escort For An RAF C-130K (Xv292) Hercules Through The ""Hostile Territory"" Of Raglan And Taumarunui During Exercise Bull's-Eye. Photograph Was By Susan Hancock (RNZAF) From A Ta-4K Skyhawk.