Lincoln’s Caitlin Early trained for a career in film and music, but her childhood holiday haunt Wānaka will provide the stage and the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) the soundtrack as aviation buffs return to Warbirds Over Wanaka this Easter. 26 MARCH, 2024 The 26-year-old avionics mechanic says working at Wānaka will be likeContinue reading “Keeping the helicopters humming”
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HMNZS Bellona outside Thompson Sound, Fiordland, 1949
The Role Of The Boeing P-8 ‘Poseidon’ In the Royal New Zealand Air Force
BYAARON BAILEy Four examples of the type have been delivered to the RNZAF. New Zealand welcomed its first Poseidon P8-A in December 2022. Since then, the multibillion-dollar investment by its local government has welcomed three more variants, with the last arriving in July 2023. The New Zealand Government chose Boeing’s military-grade Poseidon aircraft to aid the country’s peaceContinue reading “The Role Of The Boeing P-8 ‘Poseidon’ In the Royal New Zealand Air Force”
HMS Loch Achanalt/HMNZS Pukaki was a Loch-class frigate of the Royal Navy that was loaned to and served with the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II. Later RNZN. Includes visit to Gisborne 1963 photos
Ordered from Henry Robb, Leith, on 24 July 1942 as a River-class frigate, the order was changed, and ship laid down on 14 September 1943, and launched by Mrs. A.V. Alexander, wife of the First Lord of the Admiralty on 23 March 1944 and completed on 11 August 1944.[1] After the war she was transferredContinue reading “HMS Loch Achanalt/HMNZS Pukaki was a Loch-class frigate of the Royal Navy that was loaned to and served with the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II. Later RNZN. Includes visit to Gisborne 1963 photos”
HMNZS Endeavour (A184)/USS Namakagon (AOG-53) was a Patapsco-class gasoline tanker built for the United States Navy during World War II. In some sources, the ship’s name is also spelled Namakogon.
After her decommissioning from the U.S. Navy in 1957, the former Namakagon served as Antarctic supply vessel HMNZS Endeavour (A814) for the Royal New Zealand Navy (1962–1971), and as ROCS Lung Chuan for the Republic of China Navy. Lung Chuan ended active service when she was decommissioned from the Republic of China Navy inContinue reading “HMNZS Endeavour (A184)/USS Namakagon (AOG-53) was a Patapsco-class gasoline tanker built for the United States Navy during World War II. In some sources, the ship’s name is also spelled Namakogon.”
