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"WANGANUI SPITFIRE". A 430 bhp all-metal replica in New Zealand.
Fri, May 11 2012 3:47 AM

This is my review of ZK-SPT. Owned by Richmond Harding; a retired ag. aviation operator.

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"WINGSPREAD" # 10. Yet more drivel from New Zealand.
Fri, May 4 2012 11:56 PM

A range of items including my account of "The Great Civil Aviation Tea Trolley Crash of 1982"...gripping stuff chaps!

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MATAMATA AIRSHOW and FAMILY CARNIVAL. 2012.
Wed, Apr 11 2012 12:27 AM

Greetings from New Zealand. This is an item about one of our local aviation events held in a rural setting.

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"WINGSPREAD". # 09. More meandering scribing from New Zealand.
Thu, Mar 29 2012 11:00 PM

Just a continuation of the ramblings from a retired Kiwi aviator.

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"WINGSPREAD". # 08. March 5th, 2012. From New Zealand.
Mon, Mar 5 2012 2:43 AM

Greetings from the southern Pacific. A British aviator, Brian Lecomber, offers his views on the de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth.

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"WINGSPREAD". # 07. Further aviation thoughts from New Zealand.
Thu, Feb 16 2012 9:07 PM

Greetings again from the "shaky islands". Just a continuation of the series.

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NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURAL AVIATION - FLIGHT OPERATIONS.
Sat, Feb 11 2012 1:59 AM

This is intended to explain something of how we go about spreading fertiliser on our extensive hill-country farms. You may be surprised at just how productive our pilots and aircraft are.

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"WINGSPREAD". # 06. Ramblings from the sunny South Pacific.
Sun, Feb 5 2012 9:06 PM

Like the Sands through an Hourglass, so are the Days of our Skies. Much to read in this issue; and to ponder upon.

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"WINGSPREAD". # 05. The continuing ramblings of a dinosaur aviator from New Zealand.
Tue, Jan 24 2012 9:58 PM

Greetings from the South Pacific. Just another long discourse from the humble colony of New Zealand.

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"WINGSPREAD". # 04. A rambling range of topics from the South Pacific.
Sun, Jan 8 2012 2:59 AM

This is the first for 2012. Some of the airline pilot readers may find the item on "Automation Addiction" of interest.

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"WINGSPREAD". # 03. A further issue from a Neanderthal aviator in New Zealand.
Wed, Jan 4 2012 9:25 PM

This was intended to be Posted just prior to Christmas; but I move slowly these days. It may interest those who like a read and who tend to ponder on matters aeronautical.

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"WINGSPREAD". # 02. A regular journal from New Zealand.
Tue, Jan 3 2012 2:05 AM

This is the # 02 issue of "WINGSPREAD". Cobbled together by a dinosaur aviator now retired in NZ.

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"WINGSPREAD". # 01. An aviation "E" journal for readers and ponderers.
Fri, Dec 30 2011 12:20 AM

Merrie greetings from New Zealand. This is just the introductory prototype of an "E" journal I am cobbling together for my Email chums. But it has been suggested that I also Post it onto my "Tales from the South Pacific" site as there may be some others who might like to take a look at some of my ramblings.

Very best wishes for 2012 from we down here in our somewhat shaky islands.

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"MEMORABLE FLIGHTS". An 'electrifying' Tasman Sea crossing by a TEAL Sandringham.
Mon, Dec 19 2011 1:08 AM

This is the tale of a cold-front penetration by a TEAL Short Sandringham. It is recounted by a chum of mine who flew with the RNZAF/RAF during WWII; Captain (retired) Maurice E. McGreal. I have added notes about the Sandringham.

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"WINGS of TIME". Flying the Vampire Supplement by retired Air Commodore Stewart Boys.
Tue, Dec 13 2011 9:14 PM

This finely written memoir by retired RNZAF Air Commodore Stewart Boys will interest those who wish to understand what it was like to operate this first-generation turbojet fighter.

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