Articles from January 2010



Aerolineas Airbus A-340 Argie Aerobatic Aviator……

Aerolineas Airbus A-340 Argie Aerobatic Aviator Admires Advanced Aerodynamic Anglo Airfreight Aeroplane At Antipodean Ardmore Aerodrome, Auckland, Aotearoa. This snapshot has captured the enthusiasm of an Argentine aviator whom can only be known as “El Condor”. Upon discovering this ex. RNZAF Bristol 170, Mk.31 ‘Freighter’ (aka ‘Frightener’ and ‘Vibrator’), El Condor became delerious with joy and explained [...]

Malcolm Douglas…the enigmatic!

A portrait of him as a young airman. (And some reflections about the early model FU-24) I thought some of you chaps would like to see what Our Pal Mal. looked like when he was a young, clean-cut, suave, devil-may-care, dashing heart-throb of a cropdusting airman. The aircraft we flew out of Dargaville, Northland, NZ, [...]