Aviation
A couple of years ago I wrote about a relatives amazing retirement project. After a lifetime of amateur and professional flying yesterday John made his last flight. Don’t really know the details yet, beyond what was in the newspaper report, but as with all aircraft related accidents there will
Update 2020-12-04: On 9 December 2019 White Island erupted. Forty-seven people were visiting the island at the time, mostly tourists, and the eruption led to twenty-two deaths either on the island or after due to injuries sustained. This week ten organisations, including Mark Law (KAHU NZ) who I flew with,
This kid had a scale model of the swing wing Boeing 2707, wish I still did! BBC - Future - The American Concordes that never flew It was one of the most ambitious aircraft design projects in history, so what happened to the US plans to master supersonic passenger flight?
I've been listening to old BBC Desert Island Discs recently. Heard this one featuring Captain Eric 'Winkle' Brown on the way to work this* morning (recorded when he was 95). Kirsty Young's guest is former Royal Navy test pilot Captain Eric 'Winkle'
Last time I saw this 'Miss Dixon' was a collection of parts in a hanger. Although it looks like a Mustang this is 3/4 size Titan T-51 kit aircraft. Well, to be more accurate, was a Titan T-51 kit as John has put a lot of effort
It started as a day out, in lieu of to birthday present, for my Dad but had a surprise ending even I didn’t anticipate. The Whitianga (Mercury Bay Aero Club) Warbirds and Wheels Air show was the drawcard but our mode of transport was an attraction itself, even made
Back in 2006 when Air New Zealand introduced new baggage controls on domestic flights I had quite an email ‘discussion’ on the matter of weight (excerpt below) and passengers. They said the new charges were to control fuel use, efficiency, not gather revenue and I argued they were penalising average
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFW5fgypGtY&w=640&h=360] via Boeing's 787 Dreamliner gets assembled quickly for Air India | @scoopit sco.lt/7W34xl — Joao Greno Brogueira (@topcadexperts) September 8, 2012 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Interesting to see the 787 uses conventional looking
Games
It’s not new but Flightsim X is still a great ‘game’. If auto mode doesn’t suit the article has some recommendations for manual tuning. Flight Simulator X: Game performance is slower than expected When you play Microsoft Flight Simulator X, your game performance may be slower than expected.
Aviation
I looked up knowing a Boeing 787 Dreamliner was somewhere in New Zealand. I even knew earlier in the day @dannews had been fortunate enough to fly to Christchurch in it. Immediately above a sleek twin engine jet was passing over glinting in the sunset. It's hard to
Photography
While walking the dog I heard the distinctive sound of an old aircraft engine. Looked up to see a de Havilland Dragon (like the one below) heading west. As I watched, in the background, an Air New Zealand Boeing 777 broke through cloud — gleaming white in a beam of sunlight
Events at home foiled my plan to visit Seattle on the way home from Autodesk University last year. I got to see the airport but only during a 3 hour stop over. A visit to Boeing is still on my to do list, maybe next time? Delivery flight for new
