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Plans for Whanganui Airport taxiway to be revised after growth fund refusal
23 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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Airport manager Phil McBride says despite increased flight numbers an application for funding for a parallel taxiway has been unsuccessful. Photo / Bevan Conley
Airport manager Phil McBride says despite increased flight numbers an application for funding for a parallel taxiway has been unsuccessful. Photo / Bevan Conley
Liz Wylie is a reporter for the Whanganui Chronicleliz.wylie@whanganuichronicle.co.nzWhangaChron
Light aircraft movement at Whanganui Airport is almost back to pre-Covid numbers while Air Chathams flights are up to around two-thirds of the frequency they were at before the pandemic.
I m New to This: Learning to fly with a Wanganui Aero Club pilot
14 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Chief flying instructor Jonathan Mauchline took reporter Liz Wylie for a trial flight over Whanganui one windy afternoon.
Photo / Bevan Conley
Chief flying instructor Jonathan Mauchline took reporter Liz Wylie for a trial flight over Whanganui one windy afternoon.
Photo / Bevan Conley
Liz Wylie is a reporter for the Whanganui Chronicleliz.wylie@whanganuichronicle.co.nzWhangaChron
Over the summer Chronicle reporters have been trying their hand at something new, under the supervision of experts. In the first of our series called I m New to This, Liz Wylie gets behind the controls
A ute has been found burning the midnight oil on a Whanganui beach. Emergency services were called to a car engulfed in flames on a Whanganui beach near Whanganui Airport at 11.35pm on Wednesday. Firefighters gained control of the blaze after 30 minutes of battling the flames. A police spokeswoman said the vehicle may have been stolen. Police are making enquiries.
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