• First Report

    Hello, Phone call this morning from M to tell me that he had landed one hour earlier. Flight sounded as though it went well though there was some hitch with fuel (I think), something to do with having trouble reaching across the cabin. M said that he's getting old and is not as supple as he used...

    Posted to 07 Maurice's Blog (Weblog) by Kirstie Kirk on 11-06-2004

  • Time to leave Kerikeri

    8am was the earliest I could get Customs to the Airport . They, on the other hand, had given me special dispensation to leave only 80 miles south of North Cape, due to my 1943 war bird, rather than the standard departure from Auckland, to go foreign. Maurice is truly grateful. Sir Francis always broke...

    Posted to 07 Maurice's Blog (Weblog) by Maurice Kirk on 11-05-2004

  • Orf North

    The exhausts return from South Island today ....if i can get them on in time I fly to Kerikeri, Bay of Islands and sort out customs for Wednesday and grass strip on northern tip, 10 miles from sea. In reality filming and meeting up with old scool mate by landing on 90 mile beach is important. So as long...

    Posted to 07 Maurice's Blog (Weblog) by Maurice Kirk on 11-02-2004

  • Dear Sir...

    New Zealand Police PO Box 6641 Wellington 1st Nov 04 Ref N 4063966 12.10.04 Smiling Police officer E971 Unsafe Lane Change $150 fine Dear Sir, Having just been struck off as a veterinary surgeon for motoring offences of the above same calibre and with the remotest possibility of my obtaining any further...

    Posted to 07 Maurice's Blog (Weblog) by Maurice Kirk on 11-01-2004

  • Am I a glider or a helicopter?

    Flying both in and out of Tauranga, North Island, in poor visability this week, I perceived curiosity mounting in the minds of kiwi pilots communicating on the radio. Air Traffic had replied to my various transmissions, eg “G-KIRK, J3 Cub out of North Shore, 15 miles north of the field........etc with...

    Posted to 07 Maurice's Blog (Weblog) by Maurice Kirk on 10-30-2004

  • Rogallo (US), Dave Kilbourne (US) and Monsieur James Lobet (Fr)

    100ft cloud base Tauranga Air traffic had said for up the coast, as I left in the cub, after a good night’s sleep, a square meal for $20 and after a tricky passage over the mountains from the Gisborne Wine Festival. Waihi Beach measured something less than that and as I was also low on fuel (very difficult...

    Posted to 07 Maurice's Blog (Weblog) by Maurice Kirk on 10-27-2004

  • Ray Clambach’s Wet Feet

    After hearing Ray’s dinghy had failed to inflate, during an inopportune ditching in the Pacific last week and the 2nd, dropped by the rescue aircraft, inflated upside down, that was it for me, “I was off to Grandma’s”. Straight down to Mr Bean I went to purchase 6 x 25 litre and 6 x 100 litre bags to...

    Posted to 07 Maurice's Blog (Weblog) by Maurice Kirk on 10-18-2004

  • Catalina Hitch

    7.30am Oh no! We have to be at Ardmore Airfield by 8! I tumbled out of bed and grabbed some clothes and hurriedly stuffed laptop, cameras and countless leads into all the wrong cases and made for the front door. I suggested to Mat I took the 2nd car as I could not stay in Hamilton all week end and to...

    Posted to 07 Maurice's Blog (Weblog) by Maurice Kirk on 10-14-2004

  • Sir Edmond Hillary & Smiling Policeman!

    Well it’s 2 in the morning here and I’m just back from a bit of baby sitting in North Shore. This meant I had to drive over the coat hanger harbour bridge. What a fantastic sight, the lights of Auckland with the lilac lighted tower in the middle dominating the scene. Well how did the day start? Whilst...

    Posted to 07 Maurice's Blog (Weblog) by Maurice Kirk on 10-13-2004

  • Stuck in Orewa

    Stuck in Orewa, North Island, New Zealand. Well, I am still here, but this week end I believe I can see light at the end of the tunnel! The 10 gallon scuttle tank has now been duly etch primed and painted a shiny black, despite my protestations about this unnecessary weight. The old one only took half...

    Posted to 07 Maurice's Blog (Weblog) by Maurice Kirk on 10-11-2004
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