Flightcell International’s DZM system has been selected by another major US law-enforcement customer as a standard equipment fit. The LA County Sheriff’s Department has selected the DZM for its new fleet of 14 Eurocopter AS350 B2 patrol helicopters, which are currently being outfitted at Carlsbad, California. The LA County Sheriff’s Dept selected the DZM for its “all in one” capability to ...

By Mike Friend. Upon entering the grounds of this year’s EAA Oshkosh AirVenture, I was surprised to come upon an aircraft that I had assumed had long since disappeared into the mists of time. During my young aeroplane-mad childhood, frequent perusals of Jane’s All the World’s Aircraft had led me to believe that this aircraft—the Fletcher FD-25—would have been the perfect ...

Reappearance of a Relic—the Fletcher FD-25. Among the many rare and restored aircraft at Oshkosh in 2010 was one that has strong links with New Zealand aviation history—the Fletcher FD-25. Mike Friend, who was fascinated by the Fletcher during his youth, reports on the aircraft’s restoration and its return to flight. Helldiver Recovery. On 28 May 1945, Curtiss Helldiver 19866 ditched ...

The Trust House Wings Over Wairarapa 2011 air-show will take place at Hood Aerodrome in Masterton from Friday 21 to Sunday 23 January 2011. The show has gained popularity in recent years to become one of the largest and fastest growing air-shows in Australasia. The theme of the 2011 show will be “We Will Remember” and will celebrate not only the ...

A newly formed trust has been set up in Hamilton to preserve and restore the first DC-3 topdressing plane used by one of New Zealand’s leading rural aviation pioneers, Ossie James, who died in 2007. For more than 35 years, ZK-AZL has sat open to the elements at the Mystery Creek National Fieldays site after being gifted to the Fieldays Ag ...