Aviation
Old jets & false memories
The BAC One-Eleven, New Zealand & me
Aviation
Boeing corporate vs engineering
Engineering profits or aircraft?
Hokitika, Ross Walk & drive to Punakaiki | Time Out 2021-22 Drive West Coast
Positioning, provisioning, for Punakaiki
Auckland flight to Christchurch, on to Queenstown | Time Out 2021-22 Fly Drive
Summer, to 'Winter', to Summer!
Remembering September 12 2001 | 9/11 in NZ
It may seem strange but I don't remember anything at all significant about September 11, 20 years ago. September 12 though... I'll never forget. New York, NY, USA | Tue, 11 Sep 2001 | 8:46 a.m. Auckland, New Zealand | Wed, 12 Sep 2001 | 12:46 a.
No Abarth parking?
A colleague was booking airport parking (not on airport) and it seems you can't park an Abarth! Odd given some equally rare, and far more exotic, marques are listed! This, wrong, option is available...
Reserved for the manual Fiat Bravo
How to get valet park number one at the Airport? The valet part is courtesy of a work travel booking. Park No 01 because they didn't want to drive a manual far or reverse it!
Dog walking, plane watching
I often walk Alfie around Waikumete Cemetery and aircraft flying over (on approach to Auckland Airport) are not uncommon. Today was different as it was an Air New Zealand 787-9 but much lower than normal and headed West which is rare. May not have noticed before had Aeropex, as was
Skeptic
Condolences to the crew of Atlas Air Flight 3591
A few weeks ago I ordered two new Flying Spaghetti Monster badges for my car(s). One for the new(er) Abarth and a replacement as a decade of NZ UV had got to the finish on the Bravo one. They were supposed to arrive about a week ago but
A QANTAS solar eclipse?
Cycling, waiting at the Takapuna lights, on a cloudless day… And it went dark for a split second. Looked up to see it was a QANTAS solar eclipse!
Pearl Harbour - thought provoking on many levels
I'm not keen on 'organised tours' but (being without a car) it was recommended as the best way to tour Pearl Harbour. The full day trip I chose included hotel pick-up and transport around the various exhibits within the Pearl Harbour complex. It meant an early
Travel
Around Oahu, Hawaii, by helicopter
When he heard I was going home, from Autodesk University, via Hawaii Shaan recommended a Blue Hawaiian Helicopter flight as a great way to see Oahu. Unfortunately, the pilot he knew (from some Autodesk related work) was not flying the only day I could do the flight, but the one