Citizenship Ceremony – 24 Feb 2014

Sgt Daniel Robinson reports on the Citizenship Ceremony he attended. On the 24th February, 41 Squadron representatives (SGT Cane, SGT Robinson, CPL Haenga-Sutton, and CPL Gordon, with Pilot Officer Brown supervising) participated in the Citizenship Ceremony being conducted that day at Pataka museum. The event marking the final step undertaken by those born in another … Read more

Flying at Kapiti – 22nd February

Cadet Sean Eagles reports on his flight at Kapiti Districts Aero Club on the 22nd Feb. Even though I have had a few flights already I still had a nervous feeling. But when I got in the air it was really cool. I flew past the Waikanae River mouth and did revision on turning, ascending … Read more

Flying at Kapiti – 1st Feb

CDT Nikki Hurnen reports on her second flying lesson: It was about 1600hrs when we took off from Paraparaumu Airport in a Cessna C-152. We headed up to about 2000 meters and then the pilot gave me the controls. We flew around over the city to start the lesson then headed out to Kapiti Island. … Read more