Month: October 2016

Both aircraft start first time with the BE2 on a prop swing and the Albatros on the Magneto exciter and we are off. We have just 5 minutes to get to Caterpillar Valley Cemetery for the NZ Commemoration of the Battle of the Somme. We have been briefed to be at the holding point to […]

On his way to join us at Albert is Keith Skilling flying the Albatros DVa.  Another Kiwi paying his respects to his forbears with a similar number of hours. Keith’s flying career started in the RNZAF in Vietnam and he is one of two Kiwis cleared to fly the Mosquito.  Albert is home to the […]