September 2002
Once Again Queensland Skies Echoed With The Sound Of Vintage Aero Engines At The Queensland Vintage Aircraft Group's Annual Fly-In. This Was Followed One Week Later By Caboolture Airfield's Biennial Open Day. Se Asia Correspondent Murray Kirkus Reports On Both Events.
Despite The Earlier Rumors Of ""Will It, Or Won'T It"", The World's Biggest Military Airshow Went Ahead. Peter Cooper Sends This Report From Riat 2002
Ubiquitous In Its Time And Now A Unique Aircraft In New Zealand, The Hawker Hunter Is The Quintessential Pilot's Aircraft. As David Phillips Writes That It Is About As Much Three-Dimensional Freedom As It's Possible To Get (With A Live Ejection Seat If It Should All Go Wrong!)
Probably The Most Successful Fighter Pilot In Europe During The Last Month Of The Second World War, ""Smokey"" Schrader Is One Of New Zealand's Living Legends. Now Retired From Flying, He Spoke With Mike Feeney About His Wartime Flying.
With 90,000-Lb Thrust Engines And The Most Efficient Subsonic Commercial Aerofoil Boeing Has Ever Produced, The Boeing 777 Is Fast Building A Niche For Itself In The South Pacific. Peter Clark Flew With United Airlines On Their First Non-Stop 777 From Auckland To La And Discovered That The World's Largest Etops Aircraft Is Here To Stay.
New Zealand's First Female Commercial Photographer, Gladys Goodall Has Produced Images Both Of Aircraft And From Aircraft That Are Now Regarded As Classics. Gerard Morris Talks With Gladys And Pacific Wings Publishes, For The First Time, A Selection Of Gladys's 2,000 Different Postcards And Numerous Photographs.
Additions, Deletions And Changes Of Ownership On The New Zealand Civil Register.
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