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....
 JC> Of course it's very big here in the US and very expensive but I
 JC> probably  don't have to tell you about that.  I imagine yours is quite
 JC> pricy also.   What kind of civilian trainers are they using there?  Do
 JC> you see any  warbirds flying around?
 
 Yep, theres a few of them around.  Warbirds Aero Club is based not far
 from my place.  One of the pilots from my work is the Newhew of Alan
 Wallace - heard of him? Hes famous all over the country as a bit of a
 flying wizz.  Recently had an accident down at Wanaka flying a genuine
 Spitfire Mk14(?) - clipped the ground on a low pass.  Made it out by
 pure fluke.
 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....
 JC> That's great and thanks for the information.  See what you can dig up
 JC> to  tell us about light plane flying there.
 I'll see wha I can dig out of some friends ;)

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