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RNZAF To Retire Andovers After two decades of service, the RNZAF has announced plans to retire its ageing Hawker Siddeley Andover tactical transports. Of the nine aircraft still in service, five are to be retired and sold this year while the other four will stay on for another two years to serve in crew training
Airline News Air New Zealand has leased the former Thai Airways International Boeing 747-2D7B HS-TGA for a three month period. The Boeing which had a minimal registration change from HS-TGA to ZK-TGA ferried into Auckland from Bangkok in early May on delivery to Air New Zealand. With Air New Zealand the Boeing 747 operates in
Defence Minister Seeks To Alleviate Key Adf Personnel Problems The new Defence Minister, Mr Ian McLachlan, has outlined an urgent imperative in improving arrangements designed to lead to the retention of Australian Defence Force personnel, especially in areas such as pilots and submariners where resignation rates in recent times have been and still are causing
De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver Floatplane Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about on floats. Had Kenneth Grahame known about seaplanes when he wrote Wind in the Willows that is what Toad would have said. Despite the performance penalties and useful load
Pilot Sets Round Australia Record Matthew Green, A Nineteen Year Old Canberra Pilot Has Broken The Record For The Youngest Pilot To Fly The Four Corners Of Australia, But Remarkably, He Did It With Only 105 Hours Total Flying Experience. The 14,000km trip, which took 75.5 hours, was flown anti-clockwise and entailed flying over Cape
Spitfire Reunion In Uk This year marks the 60th anniversary of the first flight of the Supermarine Spitfire. To mark the event a fly-in gathering of the type was held in conjunction with the Imperial War Museum at Duxford aerodrome in the UK on May 6. No less than 21 Spitfires attended, enough to more
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