Articles from August 2009
August 17, 2009
Venerable aeronautical scribe, Mike Feeney, recalls, and reflects on, the aircraft New Zealanders were flying during our history….their roles, their strengths and weaknesses and, with some, their foibles. For # 01 of this series, I have chosen our nation’s first true fighter/interceptor which was our only single-seat fighter right up until the first Curtiss P-40 [...]
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August 17, 2009
FLY BETTER” Book One; by Noel Kruse of Hamilton, New Zealand. A brief review and free (for non-profit use) download details. It is rare in New Zealand for a major work(s) on the subject of flight training standards to appear. But, to my absolute delight, such has happened and, in my opinion, is well overdue. [...]
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August 3, 2009
August greetings yet again to those with an aeronautical bent and an unquenchable thirst for knowledge of aerodynamics, engineering design and development and the geo-political-demography of matters pertaining to our global aviation history. If that opening sentence has not grabbed your rapt attention, then this one surely will! As I have long had a deep [...]
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