MF>  
MF> MF>Sidewinder is a bbs with a military theme.  My father is ex -
MF> MF>Royal New Zealand Air Force, (unfortunately not a pilot) but I do
MF> MF>have a personal interest in aviation of all types, particularly
MF> MF>military of course ;) 
MF> MF>I'll not butt in coz i'm probably way out of my depth when it
MF> MF>comes to aviation, but I look forward to some interesting reading
MF>;)  JC> Hey Mark,
MF> JC> Let me be the first to welcome you to the Echo.  We hope that
MF> JC> you will be entertained, contribute to it and most of all enjoy
MF> JC> the transfer of information here.  Tell us some things that you
MF> JC> know about Aviation in New Zealand.  Glad to have you join
MF> JC> us.....Jim..... 
MF> You're certainly the first.  Thank you Jim ;)
MF> ... I'll definately enjoy it.
MF> Umm... Aviation in New Zealand?
MF> Well... Civilian-wise its quite popular.. I work with two pilots,
MF>one  RNZAF-selectee, and know a few more ;) Umm, what else is there
MF>to  know???  I dont know how big civil aviation is in the U.S....
Of course it's very big here in the US and very expensive but I probably 
don't have to tell you about that.  I imagine yours is quite pricy also.  
What kind of civilian trainers are they using there?  Do you see any 
warbirds flying around?
MF> Militarily, we fly the A-4K Skyhawk (original airframes with
MF>avionics  up to F-16A+ standard), the Aermacchi somethingorotehr(
MF> cant remember offhand), the P-3K Orion (equiv to the C variant), the
MF> C-130 Herculese, and a coupla old Andovers...
MF> Oh, and a 727 for VIP work, and a squadron of UH-1 Iroquois float
MF> around the place :)
MF> And that about tops my limit ;) Unless I go even MORE military....
That's great and thanks for the information.  See what you can dig up to 
tell us about light plane flying there.
Good hearing from you....Jim....
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