Guest Author • Oct 28, 2021 •
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
Guest Author • Sep 12, 2017 •
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
Eric Crampton • Jul 01, 2017 •
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
Jean Balchin • Jun 20, 2017 •
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
Guest Author • Sep 30, 2016 •
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
Peter Griffin • Dec 10, 2015 •
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