Rotorua Airport to host Royal New Zealand Air Force fleet for 11-day exercise
10 May, 2021 06:29 AM
2 minutes to read T-6C Texan II aircraft will be used for exercises in Rotorua later this month. Photos / Supplied T-6C Texan II aircraft will be used for exercises in Rotorua later this month. Photos / Supplied
Rotorua Daily Post
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Rotorua locals will have the chance to see the Royal New Zealand Air Force s fleet in action this month as Operation Wise Owl is conducted out of Rotorua Airport.
The Royal New Zealand Air Force will touch down at Rotorua Airport on May 17 for its 105th Wise Owl pilot-training operation. The Air Force will be on site until May 28.
In his report, Godfrey wrote: “The pilot of MH370 generally avoided official flight routes from 18:00 UTC (2 am AWST) onwards but used waypoints to navigate on unofficial flight paths in the Malacca Strait, around Sumatra and across the Southern Indian Ocean. The flight path follows the coast of Sumatra and flies close to Banda Aceh Airport. The pilot appears to have had knowledge of the operating hours of Sabang and Lhokseumawe radar and that on a weekend night, in times of little international tension the radar systems would not be up and running.”
A relative of a passenger onboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 cries (Getty Images)
Flying aircraft is in Olivia Pratt s blood
5 May, 2021 08:00 PM
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Te Puke High School student Olivia Pratt and flying instructor Isaac O Kell. Photo / Supplied
Stuart Whitaker is editor of the Te Puke Timesstuart.whitaker@nzme.co.nz
Te Puke s Olivia Pratt knew flying was in her blood long before she managed to take the controls of a plane.
It was during a family trip to the United States that she discovered her ambition to be a pilot. I flew to America with Mum and Dad and 10 planes in a week was enough to make me fall in love with flying, says the 14-year-old.
A leading aircraftman went before a Court Martial at Trentham Military Camp, Upper Hutt. (File photo)
A woman serving in the New Zealand Defence Force is facing a court martial at Trentham Military Camp in Upper Hutt, after being charged with indecent assault and using and offering to supply the drug MDMA. Nicole Leger,who holds the rank of leading aircraftman in the Royal New Zealand Air Force, pleaded not guilty when the court martial began on Monday. The charges all relate to the same day, June 20 last year, when Leger is accused of using and offering to supply the class B drug MDMA Ecstasy to a female comrade, indecently assaulting her, or alternatively assaulting her.