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There was lots of excitement at Te Rā School in Raumati South when a New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) A109 light utility helicopter visited today. The visit...
More than 14,000 people monitored the movement of the RNZAF P-8A Poseidon after it acitivated its 7700 code.
A database that provided faulty predictions on headwinds is being blamed for the bumpy start to Air New Zealand's new service to New York.
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Whanganui Year in Review, March 2020: Speed record, lockdown, and our first Covid cases 30 Dec, 2020 03:30 PM 4 minutes to read March 7 Records were broken on March 7 this year, when air force technician Sergeant Dean Hart smashed the New Zealand land speed record, clocking up an average speed of 363 kilometres an hour over the space of a mile at Ohakea Air Base. The speed beat the previous record of 355km/h. During the ride, Hart reached a top speed of 458.2km/h - so fast that his helmet began to lift from the top of his head. The record was broken in a car that took 10 yea...