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45 Harvard Ave, Wigram, Christchurch, New Zealand Phone: +64 3 371 9600
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Location: 45 Harvard Ave, Wigram
Phone: +64 3 371 9600
With the Rugby World Cup in full swing, we thought it would be a great opportunity to trace the story of New Zealand’s national game in the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF).
An excerpt from the published memoirs of Tom Enright, a veteran New Zealand pilot from Central Otago. Tom joined the RNZAF in 1951, and on graduation, was recommended for a cadetship with the Royal Air Force College at Cranwell, England. His first 20 years flying was in a variety of military aircraft, including Vampires and Sunderlands, and he was a member of the famed RNZAF Vampire aerobatic team. He then spent the next 25 years as an airline pilot. This is an extract from his new book Many A Close Run Thing (Harper Collins NZ).
Read more about the arrival at the Museum of the nose section of former RNZAF Boeing 727 NZ7272.
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the climax of one of the most remarkable logistic and humanitarian operations in history.
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