Mount Cook Airlines Healthy Bastards 2020 Displaced Thresholds Airco DH.9 Restoration Oxford Strip Tips Club Aircraft Hire Rate Jan-Feb 2020 1 RecWings – January-February 2020 f3 16-02 January-February 2020 Edition 48 Page 3 Page 6 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 21 Recwings is produced by a keen group of Contents individuals within the Canterbury Recreational Aircraft Club. Healthy Bastards Bush Pilots Champs 2020 3 To subscribe to the e-mailed Mount Cook Airline 6 edition please contact
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[email protected] Upcoming Events 24 New Members 24 All images and written works in this magazine are copyright to their respective authors. Cover , Mount Cook Airlines' last Hawker Siddeley 748, ZK-MCP, basks under a beautiful Nor'west arch in this magnificent 1990's image. A history of this aircraft can be viewed at http://www.aussieairliners.org/hs- 748/zk-mcp/zk-mcp.html © 2020 Mark Greenwood 2 Recwings – January-February 2020 Healthy Bastards Bush Pilots Champs 2020 Words Brian Greenwood Photos Wayne Wilson st On Sunday, February 1 , a large group of pilots attended the non-pc named STOL competition at Omaka in Blenheim.