Wednesday, 28 July 2021, 1:04 pm
Richard Haynes is living proof you can be established on
a civilian career path and make a late change of course to
take flight with the Royal New Zealand Air Force
(RNZAF).
Born in Birmingham, England, Richard had
thought about joining the Royal Air Force as a schoolboy.
But that dream was put on the backburner as he earned a
Bachelor of Science with Honours in Sport and Exercise
Science, and was then bitten by the travel bug.
He
travelled extensively and eventually ended up in Auckland,
where he started a career in retail and soon gained