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Find articles written by Ray Deerness using the links below. Articles are listed in descending order of publicationFifty—Not Outprint $authors; ?> Ray Deerness visits an industry icon and reports on the ag-aviation milestone reached by John Harding in late 2006.Article Details | |
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AgWings: AgWings on Tourprint $authors; ?> This month, AgWings ventures across the Tasman![]() |
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AgWings: My Favourite Auntiesprint $authors; ?> My Favourite Aunties - the Topdressing Dakotas, by Ray Deerness![]() |
Ag Wingsprint $authors; ?> Autumn Album by Ray Deerness![]() |
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Agwingsprint $authors; ?> Early Snows, and Goodbye to the AT-602 by Ray DeernessArticle Details | |
Ag Wingsprint $authors; ?> Turbines Galore - A Feleet review. By Ray Deerness.![]() |
The Fletcher is fiftyprint $authors; ?> September marks the 50th anniversary of the first flight of the Fletcher FU-24 in New Zealand, an aircraft that has become an aviation icon to an aviation - and agricultural-minded nation. Wings' ag specialist, Ray Deerness (with additional memories of the project by Gerald Barden) details the origins of this superb topdresser![]() |
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The biggest so far - the 2002 NZAAA confereceprint $authors; ?> A watershed event in many ways, the ninth NZAAA conference attracted a large number of delegates with much to discuss. Ag correspondent Ray Deerness reports on the two days' proceedings from Hamilton.![]() |
Ag Wingsprint $authors; ?> Another milestone, more Cresco's, cropdusterys and Flying Farmers Icon, by Ray Deerness.![]() |
Agwingsprint $authors; ?> The Sterman - An Agricultural IconArticle Details | |
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Agwingsprint $authors; ?> Zins Arrive: The New, And The Not-So-New; Lancashire Prospector Arrives.Article Details | |
Agwingsprint $authors; ?> The Eastern Invasion, Aerial Sowing Group & Te Kuiti Airtrucks.Article Details | |
Agwingsprint $authors; ?> It's Big And It's Yellow, New Cresco's, And The Agricola's Departure.Article Details | |
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Ag Wingsprint $authors; ?> A new AgCat, Campbell Island sortie, turbine conversions and new Aussie Fletchers. By Ray Deerness.![]() |
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Agwingsprint $authors; ?> Ray Deerness Pays Tribute To Aviation Pioneer Peter Rowley, Tells Of Tigers To Turbines And Troubles At Ayres, While Colin Zuppicich Reports On Super Air's V8 Fletcher.Article Details | |
Ag Wingsprint $authors; ?> Latest GA200c and thirty turbines, by Ray Deerness.![]() |
Ag Wings: Fletchers, doors and Nine-Five-Foursprint $authors; ?> Fletchers, doors and Nine-Five-Fours. By Ray Deerness.![]() |
Agwingsprint $authors; ?> Ag Correspondent Ray Deerness Has Been Writing Furiously This Month With A New Cresco - Zk-Tmn, Walter Milestone, Full Circle, V8 Airframes Unite, Plus An International Feature: Air Tractor Deliver Five At-802Fs In May.Article Details | |
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Agwingsprint $authors; ?> Brazilian Fatman And A Vintage Turbine.Article Details | |
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Agwingsprint $authors; ?> Waw Cresceo Twins Delivered And Enter The Fletcher Falcon.Article Details | |
Agwingsprint $authors; ?> The Californian Weatherly.Article Details | |
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Ag Wingsprint $authors; ?> Ayres to assemble Dromader and Turbine Dromaders at Trangie. By Ray Deerness![]() |
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NZAAA Blenheimprint $authors; ?> What the future holds. By Ray Deerness.![]() |
Ag Wingsprint $authors; ?> Gwydir expansion, Final Fletchers and New Fatman. By Ray Deerness.![]() |
Ag Wingsprint $authors; ?> The new Pawnee, I mean, Pulelche.![]() |
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Agwingsprint $authors; ?> The Noorduyn Norseman Remembered, By Ray DeernessArticle Details | |
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Agwingsprint $authors; ?> Turbine Dromaders.Article Details | |
Agwingsprint $authors; ?> The Grumman Ag-CatArticle Details | |
Agwingsprint $authors; ?> Fletcher Fact File: The Mark IIs By Ray DeernessArticle Details | |
Agwingsprint $authors; ?> The Mk I FletchersArticle Details | |
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The Gentle Giant - Mielec's Dromanderprint $authors; ?> Ag Specialist Ray Deerness Looks At This Peculiar Polish Radial.Article Details | |
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Low-Levelprint $authors; ?> A Fletcher With A Stinger, Searching For Gold - By![]() |
Hi-Fixprint $authors; ?> A First-Hand Look At A Navigational And Invented Thirty Years Ago. - By![]() |
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Ag WINGSprint $authors; ?> Ray Deerness reports on the latest happenings in the ag scene, both home and abroad![]() |
Ag WINGSprint $authors; ?> Ray Deerness reports on the current Ag scene.![]() |
AG Conference reportprint $authors; ?> Ag flier's gather, by Ray Deerness![]() |
Register reviewprint $authors; ?> Additions, deletions and changes of ownership on the New Zealand Civil Register![]() |
Register Reviewprint $authors; ?> Additions, Deletions And Changes Of Ownership On The New Zealand Civil Register.![]() |
Agwingsprint $authors; ?> Ray Deerness Outlines A Piece Of East Coast History.![]() |
Agwingsprint $authors; ?> Ray Deerness Reports On The Local (Plus A Bit) Scene.![]() |
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From The Moon To The Starsprint $authors; ?> The Story Of Joe Hartt By![]() |
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The 400 HP Fletcherprint $authors; ?> A History Of Development By Ray Deerness.THE 400 horse power Lycoming Fletcher has been with us now for twenty-five years. Today many new to the industry cannot imagine the aircraft powered with a 300 hp, or even a 225 hp engine as they were originally constructed... ![]() |
Introducing - The Airtractorprint $authors; ?> IN New Zealand the Air Tractor tends gets confused with the Thrush, mainly because they were designed by the same man, a man who was not only an ag pilot and an operator, but who also designed and built agricultural aircraft - ag legend Leland Snow.![]() |
Agricultural Aviation Companiesprint $authors; ?> An Annual Directory Compiled By Ray Deerness![]() |
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Tale Of A Thrush Or Twoprint $authors; ?> TWENTY years after the first turbine Thrushes appeared in the United States, an example has finally reached New Zealand shores; an example of the most popular version, the Pratt & Whitney PT6A-34AG fitted, double cockpit, S2R.![]() |
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Offshore '84print $authors; ?> In which Ray Deerness takes a ride to the benreoch rig courtesy of helicopters (NZ) ltd. Report and photographs.![]() |
Heavylift hueprint $authors; ?> More muscle on the rotary scene. Report by ray deerness.![]() |
Colour Wings No38print $authors; ?> Col Bolger pilots his skyfarmer through a spray run at Winchester in South Canterbury. Ray deerness photographArticle Details | |
Ag-WINGS — Fletcher Squadron Photoprint $authors; ?> Fletchers on parade — Wanganui Aero Work's fleet of 400 hp Fletchers![]() |
Ag-Bages - An Aerial Topdressing Revolutionprint $authors; ?> LAST month, Wanganui Aero Work completed a contract spreading nitrogenous fertiliser over several thousand hectares of timber stands owned by the Tasman Forestry and Logging Company In the Taupo area. Between them the two companies introduced to the industry a new method of handling, storage and distribution of urea using the one tonne bale bag.![]() |
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Southern Viscounts: Veteran NAC Trio Reunite with Independentprint $authors; ?> IN THE LATE 1950's when New Zealand's National Airways Corporation introduced the first of its Viscounts, they heralded a new era of sophistication, comfort and speed, and put the airline into the sixties with some of the most modem equipment available for short haul routes. Today, twenty years on, three of these aircraft —since withdrawn from NZ service and dispersed around the world — have been sought out and purchased by a UK based independent airline operator.![]() |
Wanganui: Helicopter Cityprint $authors; ?> Helicopters have been flying out of Wanganui for the last twenty two years. Not only have helicopters been assembled there —they have been exported and imported by air freight to and from Wanganui Airport. Last year over thirty different helicopters were seen at the aerodrome. From one company in 1956 there are now five working out of Wanganui![]() |
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Gidinbehind - and other means of clearing stock from airfieldsprint $authors; ?> SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, the Civil Aviation Division issued CAIC GEN 22/1977 (Civil Aviation Information Circular —general) announcing the prohibition of the time-honoured practice of using aircraft to clear stock from airstrips (see August WINGS).![]() |
Agricultural Directory: Current types and operatorsprint $authors; ?> This is WINGS' first survey of the aerial work industry, and lists present operators and a summary of aircraft in use. Helicopters are not listed as they appeared in an earlier issue (May 1976 WINGS).![]() |