New Zealand’s national carrier has been selected as the “Airline of the year” for 2010 by Air Transport World (ATW) magazine at its 36th Annual Airline Industry Achievement Awards. In a press release announcing the winners, ATW stated that Air New Zealand was “being honoured for its superb commitment to safety and operational excellence, typified ...
Although 2009 might be remembered by many companies as a particularly poor one, such was definitely not the case for Airbus, which achieved the significant record of delivering its greatest number of new aircraft in a single year; the company delivered 498 aircraft in 2009, which was 15 more than in 2008.
Of the 498 aircraft, 402 ...
Derek Erskine is a rarity in having survived two hazardous flying careers—the first as a fighter pilot for most of World War Two, and the second as a pilot in topdressing’s dangerous pioneering days in New Zealand. In this first of two articles, Rob Neil tells the first of Derek’s two flying career survival stories.
By rights, one ...
Derek Erskine—Double Survivor
In this first part of a two-part feature, Rob Neil relates the story of Derek Erskine’s RAF service in World War Two. One of very few of “the few” still alive today, Derek also survived a second hazardous aviation career as an early topdressing pilot.
Hellcat Recovery
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Day One
Something was going on that first day; something bad. I picked up a sense of it during the morning briefing. The face of the young man who normally gave us the “threat” portion of the briefing was drawn with deep lines that reflected great concern—and very little sleep; he looked much older than his twenty-four ...
