AIR PACIFIC, regional flag carrier for a large area of the South Pacific, is about to spread its wings in a big way. The airline, which had its beginnings in 1951 as Fiji Airways flying a De Havilland DH 89, is about to take the ultimate step —into big jet equipment. Full Text in Archive | Article Details |
Four aircraft on one farm is probably not unique in New Zealand — but when they are all veterans of another age of aviation there is certainly more than a tinge of the unusual. And this is the situation on John Galpin's property near Te Puke, where two De Havilland Tiger Moths, a Moth Minor and a Rearwin Sportster form the nucleus of a fine private collection of vintage aeroplanes. Full Text in Archive | Article Details |