By Don Harward

My earliest recollection of a chance meeting with the “flying bug” happened when I was six or seven years old. My father had taken me to the Baltimore civic centre for some sort of a technology show and some father-son personal time. While we were wandering inside that spacious building, I gazed at the various displays ...

The Wellington-based division of Vincent Aviation recently completed the refurbishment of an ex-Origin Pacific BAe Jetstream 31 aircraft for use by Vincent Aviation as a platform in its Airways New Zealand calibration contract. The calibration work involves checking and certifying the accuracy of the beacons that provide navigational and approach guidance to aircraft.

The J31 replaces a ...

Air New Zealand has begun the process of winding down its 747 operations. The airline has operated 747s since its first 747-200 entered service in 1981. The first of Air New Zealand’s eventual fleet of eight 747-400s was delivered in December 1989 and its five 747-200s were sold to Virgin Atlantic in 1999. The end of the -200’s ...

The Boeing Company and SkyHook International Inc. have announced the “freezing” of the design configuration of the SkyHook Heavy Lift Vehicle (HLV), meaning that the aircraft’s overall performance and layout have been finally established.

Since July 2008, the work by Boeing and SkyHook on the SkyHook HLV’s structural and systems design, and its concept of operations has ...

By Graeme Mollison.

The year 2009 marked the beginning of a new era for 40 Squadron RNZAF with the arrival home of the second of its two Boeing 757-200s, following a comprehensive modification and upgrade programme. With the two upgraded 757s to complement its fleet of five Lockheed C-130 Hercules transports, 40 Squadron now possesses a truly effective anywhere, ...

Flying the Line with 40 Squadron

For such a relatively “small” air force, the RNZAF maintains an extraordinary air transport capability out of all proportion to its size. Essential to the service’s truly “global” reach are its two Boeing 757-200 aircraft that have recently been modified as “combi” freighters. Graeme Mollison recently spent a day with ...