KiwiFlyer TM Magazine of the New Zealand Aviation Community Issue 47 2016 #4 Annual Training Guide $ 6.90 inc GST ISSN 1170-8018 Pitbull Gyro Flying with Yellow 10 Onboard for a SOFIA mission Products, Services, News, Events, Warbirds, Recreation, Training and more. KiwiFlyer Issue 47 2016 #4 From the Editor In this issue Here’s a bumper issue of KiwiFlyer for you. As 8. NZ Warbirds new nest at Ardmore well as all the usual content, this one includes our The NZ Warbirds Assoc. are in the process of annual Guide to Aviation Training in New Zealand. moving into one of the best hangar complexes The Guide is as much for licensed flyers as it is for at Ardmore. Frank Parker tells the story. beginners, with plenty of material related to specialist qualifications or extending your abilities – some 10. Star Struck - by SOFIA advanced mountain flying, or a float-plane rating Matt Hayes caught a ride on NASA’s B747 perhaps? The Guide profiles numerous training stratospheric observatory out of Christchurch providers and covers everything from microlights recently and shares this very special experience. and autogyros, through to advanced MEIFR and PBN training. It begins with a summary of a recent 19. Maintenance Shop Insurance Air New Zealand seminar I attended aimed at those Bill Beard from Avsure updates aircraft considering a career in airline flying. Judging by the operators on the things you should know about age of most of them, I should have gone along insurance during maintenance. about 30 years ago. To a degree I say that in jest, as 20. Places to Go: Coromandel an eyesight issue I had then precluded such a career There’s plenty to see and do in this Aucklander option. Ironically, the same issue today isn’t of any playground. Ruth Allanson flies in for a look. significance and I now hold a Class One medical with no limitations. Who knows what might have been, but 22. Flying with Yellow 10 perhaps then KiwiFlyer wouldn’t have, so it’s just as One of the feature aircraft at Warbirds Over well did I hear you say? Wanaka this year was the Hispano Buchon. Gavin Conroy was invited to photograph it of Back to the subject, we’ll post more than 1000 copies course and writes of a memorable flight. of this issue to Secondary School Careers Officers around the country, as well as deliver them to all 28. Returning to Active Flying Walsh, YouthGlide, and other keen young students After a long spell away from aviation, of aviation. If you know someone interested in circumstances conspired to get Kevin Dore aviation training, pass your copy on or point them to right back into it. His enthusiasm is infectious. our website where the Training Guide can be freely downloaded (along with all our back issues too). 30. First Pitbull Gyro for the ZK Register There’s an unusual looking gyro in our northern There’s plenty of other good things to read in this skies now. The Pitbull has a tractor configuration, edition. We managed to get a seat on SOFIA for a arguably more ‘conventional’ in fact than its trip from Christchurch to Antarctica and back, (alas peers. Terry Johnson shares the build project. just the one, and I wasn’t in it), and Matt Hayes has written a great article about his trip of a lifetime. 33. Kiwi Pilots take on the World We’ve a couple of young Kiwis competing at Also writing about airborne times enjoyed is Gavin the World Gliding Champs in Lithuania at the Conroy who photographed one of the NZ Spitfires moment. Jill McCaw writes of their experiences. together with the visiting Hispano Buchon at Wanaka earlier this year. When John Romain flew the Buchon 34. Growing the Pie in close enough to nearly reach out and touch, Gavin The 2016 Flying NZ conference and awards caught a beaming smile and has declared that image ceremonies were recently held. Paul Drake and his ‘photo of the year’. Liz King report on a very successful event. Wintertime is also conference season and both 38. Would you like to fly for Air New Zealand? Aviation NZ and Flying NZ have recently held theirs. Your Editor attended a recent careers seminar at We attended and have included a brief summary of Air NZ’s Aviation Institute (about 30 years too some of the presentations given. late). Here’s a summary of what was presented. By the time this issue arrives in the post, Spring will have sprung. Recreational flyers will soon be able to 40. Annual KiwiFlyer Guide to Aviation Training indulge themselves in the cool and dense air of longer 26 pages of training information starts here evenings. The best flights are always the ones which and covers everything from microlight flying have no purpose at all. through to PPLs, commercial helicopter ops, and careers with the airlines. Enjoy your reading. Fly safe. 66. ZK Review 69. Events Guide and Classified Advertising Michael Norton Editor, KiwiFlyer Magazine Front Cover: Sean Perrett in the Spitfire and John Romain in the Buchon formate for Gavin Conroy’s camera at Wanaka AUCKLAND, NZ 64-9-275-0571 Contact KiwiFlyer | 09 279 9924 or 021 667 866 | [email protected] | PO Box 72841, Papakura 2244. Industry and Community News KiwiFlyer Thinking about Avionics ? Hawker Pacific completes Aeromil Pacific integration News Briefs Hawker Pacific has announced the successful integration of Aeromil Pacific into its group of companies. Purchased in 2015, Part 145 EASA Certification for Oceania Aviation Aeromil Pacific will now operate under the Hawker Pacific brand. 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