Tagged: aviation

Managing New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions from aviation - Planetary Ecology

Guest Author • Mar 23, 2022 •

• aviation,
• carbon emissions,
• New Zealand stories

By Robert McLachlan and Paul Callister New Zealand at COP26 On 10 November 2021 at COP26 in Glasgow, New Zealand along with twenty-two other countries joined the “International Aviation Climate Ambition Coalition”, committing to “Preparing up-to-date state action plans detailing ambitious and concrete national action to reduce aviation emissions and submitting these plans to ICAO well in advance of the … Read More

Kāpiti’s zombie airport - Planetary Ecology

Guest Author • Oct 28, 2021 •

• airports,
• aviation,
• New Zealand stories,
• transprt

Feature Image: Wrong airport, but the picture was too good to pass up. Zombies from Extinction Rebellion protest the expansion of Wellington Airport, January 2019. Source: Zombie Apocalypse Monthly. Kāpiti Coast Airport has hardly any flights and is living on borrowed time, but it just won’t die. Now a new report concludes that it “cannot remain operationally viable”. Read More

Drones and wildlife – working to co-exist - Guest Work

Guest Author • Sep 12, 2017 •

• airspace,
• aviation,
• drones,
• regulation,
• remotely piloted aircraft,
• reserves,
• RPA

By Pip Wallace, University of Waikato; Iain White, University of Waikato, and Ross Martin, University of Waikato The drone market is booming and it is changing the way we use airspace, with some unforeseen consequences. The uptake of remotely piloted aircraft (RPAs) has been swift. But despite their obvious benefits, concerns are growing about … Read More

Chainsaws and aeroplanes - The Dismal Science

Eric Crampton • Jul 01, 2017 •

• aviation,
• chainsaw,
• security

I’m glad that the lumberjack tried this one here instead of in the States: It seems a no-brainer that chainsaws wouldn’t be an acceptable item to take as luggage on a plane, but a man in New Plymouth gave it a go anyway. After getting upset when he was told he couldn’t take the chainsaw on the plane, the … Read More

The Martin Jetpack - A History of NZ Science in 25 Objects

Jean Balchin • Jun 20, 2017 •

• aviation,
• first responders,
• jetpack,
• Martin,
• martin jetpack

His science faltered in the sun hot sun  he fell through  blazing like gold  at the end of a rainbow.  – Icarus, Michael Dransfield Last night, I dreamed I could fly. I took off running, leaping off a yellow cliff, and soaring over a technicoloured … Read More

What are we waiting for? the fantasy of carbon neutral growth of aviation emissions - Hot Topic

Guest Author • Sep 30, 2016 •

• air travel,
• aviation,
• carbon emissions,
• Climate,
• emissions,
• greenhouse gases,
• International Civil Aviation Organisation,
• planes,
• Travel

In this guest post, the ‘stop flying’ Wellington lawyer Tom Bennion writes about the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) proposals for ‘carbon-neutral’ growth of greenhouse gas emissions from the fast-growing aviation industry. New Zealand parents often tell their children not to eat too many sweets. Our primary schools spend a lot of time talking about suitable … Read More

The personal jetpack – who will get there first? - Griffin's Gadgets

Peter Griffin • Dec 10, 2015 •

• aviation,
• flight,
• innovation,
• jetpack,
• Jetpack Aviation,
• martin jetpack

It has been a rollercoaster of a year for Martin Jetpack, the innovative Christchurch company that for years has been chipping away on developing a “practical” personal jetpack.  Glenn Martin In June, the company’s founder, Glenn Martin, abruptly quit, seemingly dismayed at the direction the company that bears his name was going in. You see, Martin’s original vision, over 35 … Read More