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Rongotai RecollectionsJust exactly which year I first visited Rongotai airfield I'm unsure, but it would have been around 1950. My family lived in Wellington's eastern suburbs and my father Joseph, who lived there all his life, had witnessed with enthusiasm the birth of aviation in the capital. He was just sixteen when the first Avro 504’s landed at Lyall Bay recreation ground and, a keen amateur photographer, he recorded this early flying activity and continued to do so, visiting Rongotai aerodrome regularly on weekends, until it closed for redevelopment in 1958. Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Against All OddsMurray E. Kirkus presents the story of Philippine Airlines, Asia's oldest airline.Article Details | |
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The Aeronca 100: A rare bird indeedMurray E Kirkus describes the history of a rare Aeronca 100 and it's long hiatus before returning to New Zealand Skies. Full Text On Zinio | Article Details | |
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Mandeville Moth MagicMurray E Kirkus Reports On The Recent Weekend Eight At Mandeville.Article Details | |
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Just a little tipsyMurray E Kirkus remembers the little sport aircraft the Tipsy Nipper and the one that flew in New Zealand's skies.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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For whom the bell tolls - new lives for ageing 47sMurray E Kirkus writes of an Australia resurgence of the veritable Bell-47Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Aviex 2000 - Australia's general aviation showcaseMurray E Kirkus visited what is hailed as the largest general aviation exhibition in the Southern Hemisphere, Aviex 2000, and filed this report.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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From obscurity to oblivionMurray E Kirkus looks at some of man's unconventional desires to emulate the birds.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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The last of the Filipino DakotasAustralia correspondent, Murray E Kirkus, discovers that the Gooney Bird is close to extinction in the Philippines.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |