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Cessna ChallengeEvery year the Cessna 180/185 Club faces the same decision: where to hold next year's annual fly-in? And every year the decision is the same: Makaroa. Story and photographs by John King. Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Cover Story: Dragon's LairStan Smith spent 14 years restoring his de Havilland Dragon - and it has been worth the wait, by John King.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Operators At OddsArht Versus St John - ByFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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A New ClarityJohn King Takes A Closer Look At Hele-TraNZ's Flir.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Four Into Two Does GoA Look At Bell's Four-Bladed 407, By John KingFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Back to New ZealandWHEN THE system of checking the calibration of New Zealand's aerial navigation aids changed in 1989, the howls of protest from local interests were loud and long.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Western AirshowJohn King Covers The First Airshow At Westport In 44 Years.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Scenes At The WalshA Photo Spread By John King.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Not just a pretty photoJohn King gives some tips for better aerial photographyFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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In pursuit of better pilotsHelicopter bogus parts - by Peter O'BrienFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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A new name on the Barrier: Trans Island AirA new name on the Barrier - by John KingFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Far Eastern AirlineJohn King has to be up early to catch Craig Emeny and the rest of the Air Chathams teamFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Walsh Flying Boat RebornThe sight in this case is a Walsh-Curtiss flying boat, a faithful replica of the trainer built in Auckland in 1917, but perhaps even more important will be the correct sound.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Classic WingsJohn King Writes Of Pacific Aviation's P-40 Projects. Dragonfly In The Offing, Lancaster Turrent, And Tim's Latest Spitfire Progress.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Agricola - On Of A Kind"NICHE MARKET" is a buzz phrase which gladdens the heart of the entrepreneur. It conjures up visions of small but untapped areas where the person with some imagination who has identified that area — and done something about it — ahead of everybody else can corner the market.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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The Right To FlyJohn King Reviews A Threat To Private Operations By Local Government Restrictions.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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The Coming of the LuftwaffeMore From Warbirds Over Wanaka 96Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Colourwings No.170""Plonky"", The Ferocious Beer Barrel, Was Fred Ladd's Avenger In The Pacific Theatre - The Alpine Fighter Collection's Grumman Is Flown By Rex Dovey. Photograph By John King, Courtesy Alpine Fighter Collection.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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The Ultimate In Jet Skis?John King Reports On Air New Zealand's Christchurch Contract.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Sculptures In WoodGlyn Powell's Mosquito Dream Takes Shape - Report By John KingFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Heritage LaunchJohn King Writes Of Recent Happenings At Mandeville And Pine Park.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Atis It IsJohn King Looks At The Latest In Weather Reporting Stations.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Sixty Years Across Cook StraitJohn King Reports On An Airline AnniversaryFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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A Case Of The StaggersJohn King Reintroduces One Of Aviation's Classic Biplanes, The Beech Staggerwing.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Of webbed feetJohn King samples the Avid Amphibian and absorbs some water loreFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Colourwings No. 166A classic John King study of two Beechcraft products - Musketeer ZK-FRO and Duchess ZK-YEW of the New Zealand Aviation College at ArdmoreFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Back to basicsJohn King takes a look at Taildraggers Inc.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Airfield housingJohn King reports from TaupoFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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There I wasJohn King samples underwater helicopter evacuationFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Head in the cloudsBy John KingFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Further educationBy John KingFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Colourwings No. 164New Zealand's sole representative of the Piper PA-46 Malibu ZK-MBU, owned and flown by Brent Ferguson. John King photographFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Teetering ModAn end to Teetering? DESPITE PUBLIC perception, the Robinson R22 is widely regarded within the industry as an ideal training helicopter. Being light and simple, it's cheaper to purchase and run than almost anything else, and its control response and need for careful flying mean that a pilot trained on the R22 normally has no trouble converting to a larger or different helicopter.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Saab StoryImpressions of the new Saab 2000. LAST MONTH a Saab 2000 operated by Air Marshall Islands made a flying visit to New Zealand and demonstrated its capabilities to Air New Zealand, Air Nelson and Mount Cook Airlines. For those readers who may not be sure of where the Marshall Islands are situated, they are a group of coral atolls 7-8 deg north of the equator, and a watch set to NZST reads exactly the same time in Majuro, capital of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Aia Conference ReportRoss Macpherson And John KingFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Colourwings No.160De Havilland Canade DHC-8 Dash Eight Zk-Nez Shows Off Its New Livery. John King Photograph.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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High Wings In High CountryJohn King Reports On The Cub And Auster Fly InFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Tiger At The BeachBLUE SKIES, gentle sea breezes, hot sunshine, a perfect swimming beach just off the end of the runway, all the facilities right on the airfield - the Tiger Moth Club struck idyllic conditions for its 1995 fly-in at Pauanui Beach, Coromandel Peninsula, during the weekend of 18-19 February.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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A Spot Of PracticeRV4 Across The Tasman - John King Talks To John Johanson.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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The Other RoarCessnas Gather down southFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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The fruits of innovationBy John KingFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Introducing……Oscar.The Rotax 912 And The PelicanFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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South Pacific Museums ConferenceJohn King Reports.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Plane SenseJohn King Introduces A New ColumnFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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North Shore AirshowCoverage By John King, Michael King And Graeme Simmonds.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Regional Airport RationalisationJohn King Takes A Look At The Kerikeri Airport Coporation.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Always The BestJohn King Takes A Look At The Jetstream 41Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Roll up Roll up!IT'S A DIRECT throwback to the aviation scene of 80 years ago. Edwardians queued and paid to enter marquees where they were treated to the sight of flying machines, a rare spectacle in those far-off days before World War 1. So why are thousands of people paying to enter a massive marquee beside a busy intersection in Manukau City, on the southern outskirts of Auckland, in the first month of 1994?Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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The lighter end of the marketQueenstown Helicopters - profile by John KingFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Still in there pitchingJohn King updates on Bram Water's propellerFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Colourwings No. 144Lancair against the sea. John King photographFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Trend SetterAn incident in early helicopter days in New ZealandFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Still Flying in Fiordland: Bill BlackJohn King visits a well known pilot in his natural habitat - FiordlandFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Always a first timeApril Milne PPL(H) - report by John KingFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Tourist Airlines MergeJohn King reports from the deep south on a joint venture in Fiordland skiesFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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The latest from MooneyJohn King captures the US manufacturer's latest model in word and pictureFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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An Example To FollowJohn King Profiles Christian Aviation.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Neighbourly AirportReport On Hamilton By John KingFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Postcript For A FoxJohn King Comments On The Departure Of A Newly Rebuilt Classic.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Fox Moth PhoenixJohn King Profiles The History And Return To The Air Of A Historic De Havilland.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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The Latest On The GPS SceneJohn King Takes A Look At Bendix/King's Kln 90.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Kiwi DuchessJohn King Writes About The Light Win, Popular As An Instrument Trainer.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Tiger Club Fly InJohn King Reports On The 1993 DH Get Together.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Southwestern CollectionJohn King Reports On The Hokitika Scene.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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A Training StimulusJohn King Samples Flightline Aeronautical College's AST 300 SimulatorFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Floating Around Up ThereJohn King Profiles A Kiwi Operation In Alaska.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Sports TourerJohn King writes about one of the latest aircraft on the homebuilt scene - Jim and Mary McPhee's RV-6Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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What's up at MOTAT?A progress profile by John KingFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Pitch for a global marketJohn King talks to Bram Water about his propeller.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Early AdvancementJohn King provides an update on the development of Auckland's SimulfightFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Colourwings No. 130Warbirds tend to be celebrating their 50th birthdays these days, but not many of them are working for a living at that age. ZK-BRL/NZ 1443 recently bought by David Horsburgh and repainted by Gary Martin, has started a new career with Flying Tigers, a joyriding operation based at Nelson. David is pictured flying the 50 year old over the Boulder Bank, with company pilot Peter Brocklesby in the front cockpit, and public response to the new venture is reported to be very encouraging. John King photographFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Four Hundered Of EverythingAn Indepth Look At Air New Zealand's Boeing 747-400 By John King.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Mr Taylor's CootAn Introduction By John KingFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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ExperimentalJohn King Examines The Meaning Of The New Airworthiness Classification For Homebults, With Particular Reference To Scamp Zk-PET.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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SimuflightCourses For HorsepoweFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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AerotechWorking With The Old And The New - John King Reports On The Ardmore-Based Engineering Facility.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Queenstown CatA Continuing SagaFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Kiwis Over AlbuquequeNew Zealanders Join Us Balloon Meet - Report ByFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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It Was All ""A Bit Of A Rush"Report And Photographs From John King On The Annual Tiger Club Get Together.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Working togetherJohn King reports from the 21st International Federation of Airworthiness ConferenceFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Saucy CessnaJohn King describes the arrival at North Shore of a taildragging One FiftyFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Corsair!An introduction to Alpine Classic's latest addition to their warbird collectionFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Off the main trunkThe Independents. Part II in a series by John KingFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Off the main trunkIn the second part of his examination of New Zealand regional airlines, John King takes a look at the Air New Zealand connections.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Off the main trunkFirst of a series on New Zealand's regional airlines by John King. This month: the Tranzair connection.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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It's a mynah, tooJohn King reports on the latest from the mynah nest.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Dairy flat airshowThrough John King's lensFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Ballooning goes internationalreport and photographs byFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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High tech approachesJohn King reports on the progress towards ssr coverage by the airways corporationFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Deregulation Australian styleJohn King reports on the formation of Australian newcomer compass.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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AACA Mandeville 91Report and photographs by Dave Bates and John KingFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Mount Cook AirlinesOne of the oldest organisations in New Zealand aviation is still a major player in the tourist industry. John King investigates the General Aviation Division of Mount Cook Airline to find out what makes it different.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Damp Tigersreport on the 1991 tiger club fly in byFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Colourwings No. 111T-Bird' Trio - Tomahawk Fly-In, Whenupaia. John King photographFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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An expanding marketNorth Shore Helicopters profile by John KingFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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A Line of CommunicationA profile by John KingFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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The Hit MachinePolice helicopter operations over AucklandFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Colourwings No. 110Robinson's R22's at duskArticle Details | |
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Living proofJohn King reports on the north cape to bluff Tiger club rally.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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No trouble at allJohn King provides the background to compiling his recent book on NZ WarbirdsFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Vintage YearTiger Club secretary John King outlines what the club has in mind for 1990 - including the return of a Fox MothFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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It's all part of general aviationJohn King looks at ballooning.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Happy birthday to usJohn King takes a look at the role of aviation in the 1990 commemorations.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Nostalgia in the AirCoverage of the 50th anniversary of the beginnings of a wartime aviation industry - by Ross MacPherson and John King.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Tigers togetherJohn King covers the annual gathering of the tiger club - this year at waipukurau.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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It's Been a Marvellous Game: A Profile of Lew DayFUNNY THING, fate. A person's career can depend on a decision made at a point which might at the time seem unimportant, but which might later change the course of many people's lives. Take Lew Day, for example. There was a time, many years ago, when as a disgruntled grounded and demobbed aviator he had to make a decision: join the fledgling New Zealand National Airways Corporation and have been compulsorily retired many years ago, or join the RAF and take what later flying career would come along after service life? The toss of a coin was helped by the fact that military flying at the time offered a few shillings a week more than the airline, plus an extra 25/6d if he was married, so off to England went newly-weds Lew and Doreen Day.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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A VERY SOCIAL GATHERINGTHE SIXTH Pacific Fighter Pilots' Reunion, held in Auckland during Labour Weekend, was rated as highly successful by all who took part. The sun shone from a cloudless sky with little wind all weekend and the wartime pilots were kept busy with social activities, a visit to Air New Zealand's Mangere base and its flight simulators and, for nearly 80 ex-aviators, joyrides in five Warbirds Association Harvards at Ardmore.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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They must be mad!John King accompaninies the well known ""Eye in the Sky"" team of Bryan Cox and Bill Mudgeway into Auckland's morning skiesFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Right from the startJohn King writes about the Warkworth Aviation Clubs approach to aviation, encompassing all ages and interestsFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Baghdad FuryLatest on the local warbird scene. John King reports on the big radial engined fighter and its debut in recent weeksFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Tthe rise and fall of airways charges?A look at the ongoing reaction from general aviation to corporation charges, by Ross MacPherson and John KingFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Motueka MothsAttending the Tiger Club's Motueka Gathering - Boyd Munro's international Tiger. Story and pictures of the vintage gathering by John KingFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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AACA fly in 88Pictorial coverage by John KingFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Colour WINGS No. 89North Shore formation - photograph by John KingFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Augusta 109 - Twice as muchHELICOPTERS are nothing new in New Zealand, having been used for a wide variety of aerial work and passenger carrying for a number of years. One recent development, however, is the use of helicopters in the executive transport role, as an increasing amount of capital in the higher corporate echelons calls for more emphasis on productive use of executives' time.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Not dead yetJohn King writes of veteran instructor Bryan Cox and his recently released autobiography.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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colour wings no 86Moth minor portrait by John King.Article Details | |
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The First Time is Always the HardestJohn King chronicles the saga that preceded approcal for Corporate Flight Sevices to operate New Zealand's first corporate jetFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Colour wings no 81Auster J/1 ZK-AUX by John King.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Calypso, GreenpeaceA bit of a change by John King.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Ardmore Airshow UpdateA report on the Warbird restoration scene by John KingFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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the Trip, an Airshow and a ReviewJohn King reports on a book launch - the Trip, an Airshow and a Review - Piet's Eye in the SkyFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Colour wings no 76Monospar ZK-AFF. John King.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Rotary expansionJohn King reports on airwork (NZ) ltd's helicopter overhaul facility.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Gisborne airshowReport by John King.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Tigers in the windReport by John King.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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The Upside-Down SectionJohn King reports on the recent World Tiger Moth aerobatic champtionships held in the United KingdomFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Colour wings no 66A sight new to local skies - Cessna's Caravan demonstrator. John King photograph.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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C.208 CaravanJohn King introduces the latest from Cessna - their biggest ever single - the C.208 Caravan. Two - CK-SFA and ZK-SFB - are on order for Outdoor Aviation for their Skyferry operation across Cook Strait.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Backwards and ForwardsThe Return of the Spray Cubs. John Kind reports on a change in direction by Rowley AviationFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Fairweather FlyersFairweather fliers. John King accompanied a flock of vintage aircraft on their recent travels around the south island.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Colour wings no 62Southern comfort: blue skies, open cockpits, fiordland scenery. John King photograph.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Beaver ExperienceJohn King concludes his two part article.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Airfield profile: Dairy FlatAuckland's dairy flat. Article and photographs by John King.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Cloud watchJohn King reports on the activities of ministry of transport's blanik glider.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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A Brace of BeaversEager Beaver owners put the final touches to the wings of Beaver ZK-CKH, now in the Antarctic uniform of NZ6001Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Two of everythingWITHIN THE space of one week last month, two new shapes were seen in local skies. Both were twin turbo-prop airliners, visiting New Zealand as part of their respective world-wide demonstration tours, and both were commuter carriers, though at widely-differing ends of the market.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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The good oilA report on Avoil by John KingFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Skytrain: On the low level track to WaiouruJohn King accompanied an United States Air National Guard crew on an Exercise Skytrain missionFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Colour WINGS No. 58Robinson R22 ZK-HUG. John King photographFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Where are the Boeings builtAssociate editor John King took time out of a recent visit to the United States to visit the Boeing Airplane Company’s huge plant at EverettFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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OSHKOSH EXPERIENCE10 per cent of New Zealand's population on one airfield in company with over six times our total number of aircraft.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Whither flight training?John King reports on some of the issues facing New Zealand's pilot training organisations.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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The RNZAF's dark blue horseAlias No. 40 Squadron Hercules NZ7005 and crew - score in Volant Rodeo. Report by John King.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Getting your rotary wingsJohn King reports on helicarr consolidated, a newcomer on the helicopter pilot training scene.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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""Towards the year 2000"".John King reports on the recent royal aeronautical symposiumFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Tiger revisited.A wartime RNZAF pilot flies again in the aircraft he soloed in back in 1941. story by John King.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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The Orion refit, phase oneThe business end of the RNZAF's new Orion-fitted infra-red surveillance gear - the small undernose mounted sensor in Orion 04. John King reports on the Orion refit, phase one.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Colour wings no 49Newly restored grasshopper in the air. John King photograph.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Alex HenshawAlex Henshaw, well-known pre-war and wartime civil british pilot, talked recently to New Zealand warbirds incorporated - report and photographs by John King.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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What even happened to….Ron Kirkup?Associate Editor John King recently interviewed one of New Zealand's aviation personalities of the 1930's and 40'sFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Tokoroa - Airshow Season OpenerReport and photographs by John KingFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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MoTaT's Mouldering MonstersAuckland's Museum of Transport and Technology has financial and people problems, and while the last three rare aircraft become increasingly tatty. John King looks at the situation facing the Lancaster, Solent and SunderlandFull Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Division, not ministryJohn King reports on the minister of civil aviation's address to the royal aeronautical society.Article Details | |
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Corporate Consciousness raisingJohn King reports on Airwork (NZ) ltd's seminar promotion of corporate aviation.Article Details | |
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Mutterings at ArdmoreJohn King investigates the options facing the future administration of New Zealand's busiest general aviation airfield.Article Details | |
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Colour wings no 43Recently restored warbird, de Havilland tiger moth ZK-BRB, alias NZ1459, takes the air east of ardmore. John King photograph.Article Details | |
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New Zealand aeronautical trusts ltdA low profile by John King.Article Details | |
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Harvard WreckoveryNZ977 crashed in the inland Kaikouras in 1942. John King outlines the reasons behind the wartime crash and the recent recovery of the Mk.2 harvard by helicopter.Article Details | |
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Profile: Liz Needham""A"" cat by John King.Article Details | |
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Tigers come to townJohn King tells of the weekend the Tigers came to town — the 1982 Tiger Club meet at Ardmore.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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TURN LEFT AT THE SECOND HOUSE - a Gipsy SafariTaildragger enthusiast John King recounts his recent experience of escorting a Tiger from the Deep South.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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On the FringeMotorised hang gliding is where power flying began over 77 years ago. Recent years have seen a resurgence of aviating by the seat of one's pants — firstly in hang gliders, now — with the assistance of a new generation of lightweight engines — the microlight,is rapidly coming of age. John King reports from the NZ homebuilder's Mecca at Te Kowhai on the recent inaugural meeting of the Microlight Association of New Zealand.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Fox Moth: Aerial Work HorseFOR 30 YEARS one particular model of light aircraft operated in New Zealand in a variety of roles, being an economical aero club commercial machine, establishing the country's first thriving airline, and carrying an amazing assortment of freight, mail and passengers over undeveloped and inhospitable countryside.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Paraparumu DiamondsJohn King holds a current PPL, took up gliding as a cheaper substitute in 1970 — found the two don't compare, so does both. He holds a Silver 'C' badge with aspirations towards the Gold. Power activities are mainly towing and the occasional vintage —hasn't entered a nose-wheel in his log since 1976. John is also compiling a history of the New Zealand gliding movement. In this article he takes a look at some recent Paraparaumu happenings.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Flying Solo: New Zealand aviation features in full length movieA BRIGHT yellow Tiger Moth is one of the main characters in a New Zealand-made full-length film shortly to be released.Bill Dittmer's ZK-BCZ, which has consistently won prizes for being the Tiger Club's Most Magnificent Moth since he rebuilt it a few years ago, aptly plays the part of a newly-restored Tiger and is used for the bulk of the flying sequences in Tony Williams' production Solo. Also providing action in the first half and at the end is Geyserland Airways' Cessna 172 ZK-DXO, painted to represent a fire patrol aircraft flown around some of the more scenic areas of the pine forests near Tokoroa. Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |