KiwiFlyer TM Magazine of the New Zealand Aviation Community Issue 30 2013 #5 Annual Guide to Aviation Training $ 5.90 inc GST ISSN 1170-8018 ‘Our’ Mosquito in the USA & Canada Electronic Ignition STC for your Lycoming Products, Services, News, Events, Warbirds, Recreation, Training and more. KiwiFlyer Issue 30 2013 #5 Tecnam P92 Echo Classic ML/LSA From the Editor In this issue This issue marks five years of KiwiFlyer Magazines 7. Certified Electronic Ignition Kits Just one more example of the incredible Tecnam Range which reminds me it must also be my fifth wedding Performance Aviation and Electroair now anniversary. KiwiFlyer #1 came off the printing offer fully STC’ed electronic ignition kits for - the most extensive in the GA world. presses the day before the big event. It makes that most Lycoming and Continental engines. easy to remember, just being a question of recalling when we published the first issue! Since then, every 8. 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Mark Woodhouse opportunities from ab-initio to advanced. has contributed an informed opinion piece on the current training situation and where he thinks trends 26. Trends in Training New Airline Pilots in training should be heading. With various content Mark Woodhouse offers an informed opinion on advanced training included, this section of the on the state of the training industry and where magazine is not aimed only at ab-initio students, so he thinks things should be heading. don’t skip it just because you already have a licence. Or if you know someone who is considering a flying 34. Innovative new Learning Products career, refer them to this issue of KiwiFlyer. The Waypoints Aviation have developed several Training Guide is available on our website for free new theory learning products that will run on download. smartphone and tablet devices. We never ran a picture of the Mosquito on our cover 47. Book Review: Bill Black’s Story when it was in New Zealand, so it seemed fitting We review ‘I Did It My Way’, the recently to do this to celebrate its arrival on the USA and published book on Bill Black’s life. Canada airshow circuits. Gavin Conroy and Warren 48. Hawker Tempest Project for sale Denholm were there with it and had a great time, You could own the only airworthy Hawker albeit they were sorry to see it leave NZ shores. Tempest, now under restoration at Ardmore. As well as the Training Guide, this issue includes all 51. Soaring in the Wave of our regular content so please enjoy. If you want Jill McCaw tells of some fun flights, climbing NZ something extra to read, send us your name and for free in Southern Alps wave conditions. Fly Away from $104,000 enter to win one of our copies of Bill Black’s new Includes freight, registration, flight permit, book. We have four to give away. Or just buy one. 54. Ag. 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Industry and Community News Briefs KiwiFlyer Industry News Briefs BRS parachutes now available for RV7 and RV9 series aircraft FREE Book Tallon iPad Mount in a R22 Local distributor for BRS, Leading Giveaway The Robinson R22 that KiwiFlyer Edge Aviation has released a system with KiwiFlyer flys from time to time now has a Tallon a full fitting kit to suit RV7 and RV9 series has 4 copies iPad mount fitted. We can report it works aircraft. For more information see advert of the new exceptionally well and is quite vibration on page 58. Contact Bryn Lockie on book on Bill free. The mounting location pictured is 09 973 5119 or email: [email protected] Black’s life out of the way of passenger knees, clear of aviation of all instruments and easily accessible to CTC hosts nearly 200 guests at (valued at pilot or passenger. 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More than three years ago, CTC began Precious Metal in pocket size training pilots for Jetstar through its Gavin Conroy’s popular WWII Fighter CTC Wings programme. 26 CTC Wings book ‘Precious Metal’ is now available in a graduates and former CTC instructors are ‘pocket’ size (127x178mm) for the reduced now flying across the Tasman with the price of $24.99 (the full size version is airline and 6 others will join them in a few $59.99). Both versions are available from months’ time. the publisher’s website CTC open day attendees also received www.craigpotton.co.nz information about CTC’s new Qatar iPad mount from Tallon Systems installed in a R22 Wings programme, which is open to New Zealanders to apply and provides the New Waypoints Aviation iPhone Theory opportunity to become a pilot for Qatar App, e-Books and online Mock Exams Airways. Study and revision for aviation theory has become easier with innovative new products from Waypoints Aviation. 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See page 34 of Maintenance Supplement in next issue Powell, who is ex-RNZAF and was Chief this issue of KiwiFlyer for a full overview The next issue of KiwiFlyer will Medical Officer for Air New Zealand for of these innovative new learning tools or include a Maintenance Supplement with 12 years, has a hangar in Kittyhawk Lane visit www.waypoints.co.nz maintenance focused articles and profiles which incorporates his consulting rooms as of maintenance providers, products and well as housing his syndicate Cessna 182. services. Maintenance providers who would David is an active pilot with CPL on both like to be included should contact us early aeroplanes and helicopters. He is available by email: [email protected] or phone for medicals by appointment only and can Michael on 0800 535 937.