Promising Partnership—Timor Air and Vincent Aviation Vincent Aviation first went to East Timor to support United Nations peacekeeping efforts there. Now, as Rob Neil reports, the Kiwi airline has returned as a vital partner in founding a new national airline for the embryonic nation. Some Things the CAA Should Want to do for General Aviation After 30 years’ general aviation experience, and more ...

When Peter Vincent of Vincent Aviation makes up his mind to do something, it will eventually be done—and done properly. It is undoubtedly why this small private company has somehow survived the worst financial times in living memory and defied the usual demons that afflict aviation. What began as a tiny charter company based in Wellington has grown to become New ...

By Rob Neil. In June 2009, Pacific Wings featured an article on the all-composite Flight Design CTLS light sport aircraft. The Flight Design range was then—and remains—one of the most popular light sport aircraft (LSA) in the world. Flight Design sold the first LSA into India, it was the first LSA to earn Chinese Type Design Approval and it has been ...

I had come to Heliflite Pacific at Ardmore to take a look at the R66 Turbine—the latest iteration of Frank Robinson’s evolutionary series of simple, affordable and reliable helicopters. With a stark blue sky as a backdrop, the Ferrari-red R66 looked fantastic as it sat parked on the apron outside Heliflite. It might have been Friday the 13th (of May), ...

The Robinson R66 in New Zealand The long-awaited Robinson R66 Turbine helicopter has finally arrived in New Zealand. Ruud van der Zwaal visited Heliflite Pacific at Ardmore to go flying with Simon Spencer-Bower in the latest “Robbie”. The FlyNav GPS Project For those who do not want to spend thousands of dollars on excessively sophisticated moving-map GPSs in their private aircraft, Ian Boag ...