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There are things I don't like about Robinsons but at the end of the day, I have over 1000 hours in them with only two mag failures in that time and of course, that's an engine issue not an airframe issue. Frank changed the industry.

Cheers Sean, It is great to get on board these oldies.

QUOTE (HamiltonWest @ Jan 7 2015,3:49 PM) Plane crashes into Lake Taupo I'm a bird not a fish, Rick my bro did a tandem last weekend, his first jump ... he was still on a Hi when got around here, not so strangely most hang glider pilots left parachuting for the good ole hang-glider ... some off the stories they can tell.

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QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Dec 20 2014,4:55 PM) This guy is going to get one hell of a send off ... NOTAM posted for formation fly past of New Zealand warbird high performance aircraft at Ardmore tomorrow between 1pm and 3pm local.

A typical response from those that do not fully understand aviation. This accident would probably have happened with or without regulation. NZPP is running fine, however there are inherent risks when operating at any airfield that does not have an ATC service.

One dose have to wonder the logic ... or least try to figure out what is in the brain cases of the politicians ... as one well known flyer put it, we have become "the scabs of the Pacific" , look at Australia couple new aircraft carriers , least ideal for littoral warfare, ski ramp equipped getting added to the fleet shortly ... the good ole NZ well what can you say /rolleyes.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :rolleyes: border= 0 alt= rolleyes.gif />

I could do that .... sitting in the cockpit making aeroplane noises as we rip along the road /tongue.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :P border= 0 alt= tongue.gif />

QUOTE (Spikehughes @ Dec 12 2014,10:27 PM) He wasn't a young chappie, but a long serving captain... I think he preferred 4 engines to two over such a large expanse of water..regardless of the modern ETOPS peformance allowances. Think the ole saying is the Atlantic is a mill pond compared to the Pacific , we regularly get aircraft tracking over Christchurch from OZ heading to South America .... you find them with the good old human eyeball on a gorgeous day.

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Oh Bugger, it would have been nice to see the AirNZ 737 hit the 50th off operations in the NZ for a grand finale historical documentary .. the way they are pushing the aircraft away not going to see 2018 - NGH that was on that AirNZ engineering base for a whiles NGK was still there last I looked unless ....

cezeta , we (NZ) face more threat from economic attack , as in foreign vessels stealing our fish and other offshore resources . With the plan Naki put forward , we would be able to hold our own for a while in the event of an all out invasion , but i doubt this would ever happen . The emphasis should be on long range maritime surveillance , and the support and training to back it up. And , as a major player in south pacific welfare , an equally capable long range transport component. Regarding a strike force , I'm not sure. Being a maritime nation , i would tend to upgrade the navy with...

QUOTE (deaneb @ Nov 28 2014,9:08 PM) These are a bit advanced for ab-initio training. The Hawk was one of six aircraft shortlisted to replace the Strikemaster, but its cost and the fact it had a capability which almost exceeded the Skyhawk, meant it was dropped. /thumbup1.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :thumbup: border= 0 alt= thumbup1.gif />

QUOTE (chopper_nut @ Nov 27 2014,10:32 PM) I'm with you on this one... Little and the pity the lets get 'Vogue' , the old cheat lines and paints really defined an airline .. the new current was fresh when first shown , but hells I'm already bored with it .. It should have been a mixture with the traditional colours ... keeping some blues and greens in with the mix.

Rotorua Airport still has chance to fly high

QUOTE (Naki @ Nov 20 2014,9:33 PM) The French Air Force thing is a Casa C-235. I knew that Naki /tongue.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :P border= 0 alt= tongue.gif />

It would be interesting to see the stat's on the go-rounds after the many years and specific to weather patterns and wind's.

Guys, there will be people willing to try to take over these routes that have been 'suspended', some may have success and others that might only do it for the publicity then close them and move on. Also please note that there are members here that are part of Eagle and are waiting news that affects them more than the people who have had their air service suspended.

Yes the missing man formation really tugs at the ole heart strings.. She was carried out to the musical track "Jump" by Van Halen (I think). An uplifting song and appropriate given her parachute jumping days. A wonderful service for a great family