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John Nicolson

Find articles written by John Nicolson using the links below. Articles are listed in descending order of publication

Rangitata Island - Location, location, aviation

February 2004
If you've flight-planned from Rangitata Island and have white sands, palm trees and hula girls in mind, you will be disappointed. But as John Nicolson reports, be prepared instead to enjoy the hospitality of hosts Russell and Lynda Brodie and family, in idyllic surroundings that provide for recreational pilots and aviation buffs alike.
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Gyroscopic revolution

November 2003
Neither a helicopter nor an aeroplane, the gyrocopter is in a category of its own. In New Zealand these peculiar but ingenious aircraft are making something of a renaissance, as John Nicolson writes.
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Aero Club stalwart calls it a day… well, almost!

October 2003
After 41 years of continuous service to the South Canterbury Aero Club, Graeme McCleary has stepped aside. But he hasn’t' hung up his flying boots just yet, as John Nicolson found out.
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Back To The Future, Mount Cook Ski-Plane Ops

July 2003
John Nicolson Discovers That Although A Lot Of Snow Has Fallen Since Harry Wigley'S Pioneering Flights To The Tasman Glacier, Ski-Plane Ops Onto Mt Cook'S Snowfields Remains As Strong As Ever.
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The Richard Pearse Centenary Of Flight Air Pageant

May 2003
Held In Honour Of The Accomplishments Of Aviation Originator Richard William Pearse (1877 - 1953), The Pageant Was The Brainchild Of The Sc Aviation Heritage Centre. Report And Photographs By John Nicolson.
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Aerial Locomotives, Skytrain '03

May 2003
This Year'S Annual Rnzaf Exercise Skytrain Was Held In South Canterbury. John Nicolson Reports From Timaru
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Tow Pilots Up Front And Hard At It!

March 2003
Story And Photographs By John Nicolson
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Wings Over Water Twizel Airshow 2003

February 2003
John Nicolson Reports On The Recent Airshow Held At Lake Rautaniwha.
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The Aussie Stallion Is Here

June 1998
Turning A Bark Into A Whine. By
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Jack Melhopt Profile

August 1996

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Waitohi fly in

June 1990

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Makarora revisited

June 1988
John Nicolson takes a look at Southern Alps Air Charter.
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First Flight

October 1987
Venom ZK-VNM and Glasair ZK-ADY
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