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Behind the Scenes
You may have already seen these, but this selection of videos from the NZ Herald Archives, showcases an intriguing and seldom seen array...
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Jul 4, 2023


Pan-Am Clipper inaugural flight to Auckland
I can clearly remember my father taking us over to Mechanics Bay to view the Clipper when it arrived. Pan American Airways had...
Don Carline
Nov 26, 2018


DC-6 Operations from Whenuapai
I recall the (now) quaint departure announcement we used in the 1950’s at Whenuapai. “This is TEAL calling passengers on flight 463 to...

John Roscoe
Oct 1, 2018


DC-10 Rollout and maiden flight
I happened to be visiting Los Angeles office at the time of the launch of the DC-10 at Long Beach, in 1970. McDonnell Douglas DC-10 on...

Tom Ryan
Mar 26, 2018


Early days at NAC
I was 22 and open to try a different Job. In early 1948 my Mother pointed out an advertisement in the Otago Daily Times asking for...
Albert Green
Oct 7, 2016


Air-to-air photography
One of the many interesting projects during my years in NAC was the air-to-air photography flights. In August 1962, our management...
Richard Williams
Oct 7, 2016


My first business trip
In March 1975 l joined the NAC Safety Department and found myself booked in for a meeting in Vancouver in June. So it was that I prepared...
Norm Hogwood
Oct 6, 2016


'RMS Awatere' Lagoon stranding 1954
Air New Zealand released its book “Celebrating 75 Years” in 2014 and on page 52 it mentions an engine malfunction coming into Aitutaki...
As told to Gary Collins by Harry Rippon
Aug 1, 2016
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