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"WINGS OF TIME". # 17. The NAA P-51 Mustang. Part One.
Mon, Apr 8 2013 2:58 AM

Part One of a three part examination; particularly of the "D" model.

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"WINGS OF TIME". # 16. The Grumman Avenger. Part Two.
Wed, Mar 13 2013 3:12 AM

This part covers handling the TBF and RNZAF WWII operations in the SW Pacific.

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"WINGSPREAD". # 20. March. Another issue from New Zealand.
Fri, Mar 8 2013 11:22 PM

This issue contains an article on flying the early Handley Page Jetstream by Bernie Lewis and my story about flying my PL-12 Airtruk.

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"WINGSPREAD". #19. February 11th, 2013.
Mon, Feb 11 2013 1:13 AM

Continuing the ramblings from a retired New Zealand aviator.

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"WINGS OF TIME". #16. The Grumman TBF Avenger. Part One.
Mon, Feb 11 2013 12:30 AM

A look back at the Grumman Avenger of which the Royal Navy operated many.

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WHY DID THE BIG DINOSAUR BIPLANES BECOME EXTINCT?
Tue, Jan 15 2013 8:17 PM

A somewhat light-hearted look at the big Imperial Airways biplanes of the 1920s and '30s.

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"TIGER MOTH MEMORIES". A Christmas-time reflective memoir.
Mon, Dec 24 2012 8:40 PM

A nostalgic memoir of the DH-82A in New Zealand during the post WWII era.

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"New Zealand Agricultural Pilot's Memorial Roll". Revised version #03.
Sun, Dec 23 2012 6:55 PM

Very sadly, we have recently lost another pilot; unusually, a trainee.

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SEASONAL GREETINGS FROM YE SOUTH PACIFIC.
Sat, Dec 22 2012 7:51 PM

Just ye merrie greetings from New Zealand. Arguably the greatest cricketing nation on the planet.

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"WINGSPREAD". #18. End of year stuff from a humble Colonial.
Fri, Dec 21 2012 8:34 PM

Merrie Greetings from a colonial outpost in the vast Southern Ocean.

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"WINGS OF TIME". # 15. The Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer.
Wed, Dec 12 2012 3:32 AM

A nostalgic essay on the porky perky Tri-Pacer; a much-loved aeroplane.

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"ASPECTS OF AIRMANSHIP". # 03. Emergency range-flying techniques for light-aircraft aviators.
Tue, Dec 11 2012 10:20 PM

A gripping tale of drama over the ocean between New Zealand and Norfolk Island.

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"WINGS OF TIME". # 14. The Aussie WWII CAC Boomerang fighter-bomber.
Tue, Nov 13 2012 1:41 AM

This is a study of the rugged Boomerang "emergency" fighter-bomber that performed well in Papua New Guinea.

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"ASPECTS OF AIRMANSHIP". # 02. A PNR refresher for light aircraft pilots.
Sat, Nov 10 2012 7:29 PM

This is a back-to-basics chat about PNR considerations for lower-time pilots.

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"WINGSPREAD". # 17. More mind-numbing drivel from New Zealand.
Wed, Oct 24 2012 8:19 PM

Tally-Ho. Contains Part Two of the ANT-25 Polar flights and details of the Junkers G.31 cargo ops. in New Guinea.

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