It’s at nearly gross weight before the pilot steps in and can only fly for 15 minutes, but that’s not the point. Sikorsky Innovations sees the Firefly as a testbed for the technologies that may make for a real electric helicopter.
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The caa.govt.nz website goes offline.
If you have been trying to load the CAA’s website this week you’d either been served an error message or have a “Not found” error or a “Connection error.”
Warbirds over Wanaka – Media Coverage.
Out the window the weather looks somewhat bleak. The remains of last night rain lingers in the clouds above. Looking to the south the sky is a glowing shade of blue.
NZAviation.com arrives in Wanaka.
After flying from Auckland to Christchurch then driving through the hills to Wanaka my Photographer and I finally arrived.


