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The Red, Red Soil of Home

Kreisha Ballantyne is one of the most recognisable aviation writers in Australia. With experience writing for several aviation titles, Kreisha has a broad base of experience, an ability to tap into important general aviation issues and a talent for expressing in simple terms what everyone is thinking. An active pilot, she lives and loves aviation.

Like anyone with a pilot’s licence, I love to travel. I often wonder, chicken-and-egg style, which came first: my love of flight or my love of travel? Do I travel in order to fly or do I fly in order to travel? Either way, it rarely matters, as I love both equally. For me, like for all pilots, the journey begins with the planning, regardless of whether I’m piloting the aircraft myself or flying on

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