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'''Clifford Vincent Tait''' MBE<ref>http://www.nzlii.org/nz/other/nz_gazette/1979/57.pdf</ref> (born 29 October, 1929) is a pilot and author from New Zealand.  In 1969, at the age of 40, [https://medium.com/motat/the-flying-kiwi-a-photo-essay-9dcd40b53610 '''Cliff Tait''' flew around the world] in a small single engine 2 seat aeroplane, the [[AESL Airtourer]] 115 – believed to have been the smallest aircraft to attempt such a flight at the time.  <ref>{{Cite web |title=Pioneering Kiwi aviator celebrates special milestone |url=https://www.1news.co.nz/2019/08/01/pioneering-kiwi-aviator-celebrates-special-milestone/ |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=1 News |language=en}}</ref>


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== '''Early and personal life''' ==
Tait was born in Wellington, New Zealand on 29 October 1929.  He attended the Stratford Technical High School and left school at the age of 15 to work for A. & G. Price, servicing marine engines. 


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He was accepted into the Royal New Zealand Air Force as a student radio mechanic, but was medically discharged before completing the course, due to a spinal defect which resulted in him wearing a spinal brace.  Tait then wormed as a technician at Musik Radio, as a carpenter in the building industry, then as a tram conductor and motorman before working as a bus driver. Tait then worked in the electrical trade and formed an electrical contracting business.  He ventured into a milk bar business but it proved unsuccessful.


{{Short description|New Zealand aviator and author}}
Tait married '''Joyce Fielding''', on 2 August 1952. They had [https://collection.motat.nz/objects/37987/photograph-of-cliff-tait-with-his-wife-and-four-children-by-his-airtourer-before-he-flew-around-the-world four children], Raewyn, Clifford Jnr, Peter and Sharon.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MOTAT oral history interview with Cliff and Joyce Tait |url=https://collection.motat.org.nz/objects/44782/motat-oral-history-interview-with-cliff-and-joyce-tait |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=MOTAT Collection Online |language=en}}</ref>
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In 1965, Tait was offered a job as Sales Manager with Dimock Machines, selling cash registers.
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'''Clifford Vincent Tait''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MBE}} (born 29 October 1929) is a New Zealand pilot and author. In 1969, at the age of 40, he flew around the world in a small single-engine two-seat aeroplane, the [[AESL Airtourer]] 115, believed to have been the smallest aircraft to attempt such a flight at the time.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://medium.com/motat/the-flying-kiwi-a-photo-essay-9dcd40b53610 |title=The flying Kiwi: a photo essay |first=Chelsea |last=Renshaw |publisher=[[MOTAT]] |date=7 April 2020 |access-date=10 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Pioneering Kiwi aviator celebrates special milestone |url=https://www.1news.co.nz/2019/08/01/pioneering-kiwi-aviator-celebrates-special-milestone/ |date=1 August 2019 |access-date=2023-09-08 |work=[[1 News]]}}</ref>


== '''Early flying experience''' ==
== Early life and family ==
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Tait was born in [[Wellington]] on 29 October 1929. He was educated at [[Stratford Technical High School]] and left school at the age of 15 to work for A. & G. Price, servicing marine engines. He was accepted into the [[Royal New Zealand Air Force]] as a student radio mechanic, but was medically discharged before completing the course, due to a spinal defect which resulted in his wearing a spinal brace. Tait then worked as a technician at Musik Radio, as a carpenter in the building industry, then as a tram conductor and motorman before working as a bus driver. He subsequently worked in the electrical trade and formed an electrical contracting business. He ventured into a milk bar business but it proved unsuccessful.
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Tait learnt to fly in an AESL Airtourer and attained his private pilot licence in August 1966, at the age of 37.  In preparation for the world flight, Tait completed his instrument rating, becoming the first New Zealand private pilot to hold this qualification.


Tait married Joyce Fielding on 2 August 1952, and they had four children.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MOTAT oral history interview with Cliff and Joyce Tait |url=https://collection.motat.org.nz/objects/44782/motat-oral-history-interview-with-cliff-and-joyce-tait |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=MOTAT Collection Online}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://collection.motat.nz/objects/37987/photograph-of-cliff-tait-with-his-wife-and-four-children-by-his-airtourer-before-he-flew-around-the-world |title=Photograph of Cliff Tait with his wife and four children by his Airtourer before he flew around the world |publisher=[[MOTAT]] |year=1969 |access-date=10 September 2023}}</ref>
== '''World flight''' ==
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Cliff Tait’s idea to fly around the world was to promote New Zealand manufacture by flying the locally produced AESL Airtourer aircraft.  His employers, R. C. Dimock Ltd, offered to lend $1,000 for Tait to buy an aircraft for the flight, and AESL Airtourer 115 ZK-CZU (Serial number 521) “Miss Jacy” was purchased.


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In 1965, Tait was offered a job as sales manager with Dimock Machines, selling cash registers.
With only 240 hours of flight experience, Tait departed Hamilton, New Zealand, on 12 May 1969, to fly around the world.  The flight was via Norfolk Island, New Caledonia, Espiritu Santo, Honiara, Rabaul, Kavieng, Truk, Guam, Iwo Jima and Tokyo.


== Aviation career ==
Tait then planned to fly via Petropavlovsk and the Aleutian Islands to Anchorage and Vancouver, however the clearance to fly into Russia was denied.  This meant that Tait had to [https://collection.motat.nz/objects/78249/cliff-tait-round-the-world-flight-in-airtourer-zk-cxu-miss-jacy-1969 ship the aircraft from Tokyo to Seattle]. The aircraft then travelled by train to Vancouver.  


=== Early flying experience ===
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The world flight then resumed from Vancouver to Lethbridge, Winnipeg, Moncton, Goose Bay, Narsarssuaq, Sondre Stromfjord, Angmagssalik Kulusuk, Reykjavik, Prestwick. London, Marseille, Rome, Athens, Cyprus, Damascus, Badanah, Bahrain, Karachi, Lahore, New Delhi, Varanasi, Calcutta, Rangoon, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Mau Hau, Djakarkta, Bali, Darwin, Mout Isa, Longreach, Brisbane and Norfolk Island.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Selection of Cliff Tait photographs |url=https://collection.motat.org.nz/highlights/cliff-tait/objects |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=MOTAT Collection Online |language=en}}</ref>
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Tait learnt to fly in an [[AESL Airtourer]] and attained his private pilot licence in August 1966, at the age of 37. In preparation for the world flight, Tait completed his instrument rating, becoming the first New Zealand private pilot to hold this qualification.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Tait |first=Cliff |title=Flight of the Kiwi: Around the world solo in a tiny single-engined plane |date=1970 |publisher=Sydney N.S.W.: Ure Smith; Christchurch N.Z.: Whitcome and Tombs |year=1970 |isbn=0725400226 |location=First |publication-date=1970 |pages=3,6, 9, 13, 19, 21, 31, 48, 52, 88, 91, 95, 96, 118, 143, 174 |language=English}}</ref>


=== Aerial circumnavigation ===
Tait landed at Hamilton on 1 August, 1969, after completing the 30.500 mile journey in 284 flight hours.
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Tait’s idea to fly around the world was to promote New Zealand manufacture by flying the locally produced AESL Airtourer aircraft. His employers, R. C. Dimock Ltd, offered to lend $1,000 for Tait to buy an aircraft for the flight, and AESL Airtourer 115 ZK-CZU (Serial number 521) “Miss Jacy” was purchased.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kiwi celebrates 50 years after flying single engine plane around the world |url=https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/the-sunday-session/audio/cliff-tait-kiwi-celebrates-50-years-after-flying-single-engine-plane-around-the-world/ |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=Newstalk ZB |language=en-nz}}</ref><ref name=":0" />


With only 240 hours of flight experience, Tait departed [[Hamilton, New Zealand]], on 12 May 1969, to fly around the world. The flight was via Norfolk Island, New Caledonia, Espiritu Santo, Honiara, Rabaul, Kavieng, Truk, Guam, Iwo Jima and Tokyo. Tait then planned to fly via Petropavlovsk and the Aleutian Islands to Anchorage and Vancouver, but the clearance to fly into Russia was denied. This meant that Tait had to ship the aircraft from Tokyo to Seattle.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cliff Tait round-the-world flight in Airtourer ZK-CXU "Miss Jacy", 1969 |url=https://collection.motat.org.nz/objects/78249/cliff-tait-round-the-world-flight-in-airtourer-zk-cxu-miss-jacy-1969 |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=MOTAT Collection Online |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kiwi celebrates 50 years after flying single engine plane around the world |url=https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/the-sunday-session/audio/cliff-tait-kiwi-celebrates-50-years-after-flying-single-engine-plane-around-the-world/ |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=Newstalk ZB |language=en-nz}}</ref> The aircraft then travelled by train to Vancouver.<ref name=":0" />
[https://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/6135085/Trailblazing-Airtourer-on-public-display “Miss Jacy” is now on display] in the [https://www.motat.nz/exhibitions/aviation-hall/ Aviation Hall of the Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT)] in Auckland, New Zealand.


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The world flight then resumed from Vancouver to Lethbridge, Winnipeg, Moncton, Goose Bay, Narsarssuaq, Sondre Stromfjord, Angmagssalik Kulusuk, Reykjavik, Prestwick. London, Marseille, Rome, Athens, Cyprus, Damascus, Badanah, Bahrain, Karachi, Lahore, New Delhi, Varanasi, Calcutta, Rangoon, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Mau Hau, Jakarta, Bali, Darwin, Mount Isa, Longreach, Brisbane and Norfolk Island.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Selection of Cliff Tait photographs |url=https://collection.motat.org.nz/highlights/cliff-tait/objects |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=MOTAT Collection Online |language=en}}</ref> Tait landed at Hamilton on 1 August 1969, after completing the 30,500-mile journey in 284 flight hours.<ref name=":0" />
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== '''Ferry pilot''' ==
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Tait completed his commercial pilot licence, and by 1973, he was Chief Pilot for N.Z. Aerospace Ind. Test flying and delivering the company’s aircraft.  By the time he resigned in 1978, Tait had completed more than 90 international flights, half of which had been over the world’s oceans, solo, in a single engine aircraft.


“Miss Jacy” is now on display<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gardner |first=Chris |date=2011-12-14 |title=Trailblazing Airtourer on public display |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/6135085/Trailblazing-Airtourer-on-public-display |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref> in the Aviation Hall of the Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT)<ref>{{Cite web |last=MOTAT |title=MOTAT Aviation Hall |url=https://www.motat.nz/enwiki/static/25e968807d336a77ab4c09b8d7754e9e/d3de7/404.jpg |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=www.motat.nz |language=en}}</ref> in Auckland, New Zealand.
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== '''Speed record''' ==
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In 1982, Cliff Tait set the [https://natlib.govt.nz/records/30797914?search%5Bh%5D%5Bdc_type%5D=Recordtype+Authority&search%5Bi%5D%5Bsubject%5D%5B%5D=Records+and+achievements&search%5Bi%5D%5Bsubject%5D%5B%5D=Tait%2C+Clifford+Vernon&search%5Bpath%5D=items fastest time from England to New Zealand], flying a Beechcraft Bonanza.

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== '''Accident''' ==
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On Saturday 19 November 1983, Tait was involved in an [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/87504 aircraft accident at Tokoroa Aerodrome].  The aircraft was destroyed by fire and Tait escaped with injuries.''' '''

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== '''Honours and Awards''' ==
In 1979, Tait was [[1979 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)|awarded the M.B.E]] (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. 

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== '''Books''' ==
Tait wrote two books about his adventures'''.''' ''“[https://natlib.govt.nz/records/21468984?search%5Bi%5D%5Bsubject%5D=Flights+around+the+world&search%5Bil%5D%5Bis_catalog_record%5D=true&search%5Bpath%5D=items Flight of the Kiwi: Around the world solo in a tiny single engine plane]”'' (1970) and ''“[https://collection.motat.nz/objects/49011/water-under-my-wings-modern-day-aviators-savour-a-little-of-those-glorious-and-heroic-years-of-aviations-infancy Water Under My Wings: Modern day aviators savour a little of those glorious and heroic years of aviation’s infancy]”'' (1980) about his ferry flying and later adventures.


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=== Ferry pilot ===
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Tait completed his commercial pilot licence, and by 1973, he was Chief Pilot for N.Z. Aerospace Ind. Test flying and delivering the company’s aircraft. By the time he resigned in 1978, Tait had completed more than 90 international flights, half of which had been over the world’s oceans, solo, in a single engine aircraft.


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=== Speed record ===
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In 1982, Cliff Tait set the fastest time from England to New Zealand,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aircraft |url=https://natlib.govt.nz/records/30797914?search%5Bh%5D%5Bdc_type%5D=Recordtype+Authority&search%5Bi%5D%5Bsubject%5D%5B%5D=Records+and+achievements&search%5Bi%5D%5Bsubject%5D%5B%5D=Tait,+Clifford+Vernon&search%5Bpath%5D=items |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=findNZarticles}}</ref> flying a Beechcraft Bonanza.


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=== Accident ===
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On Saturday 19 November 1983, Tait was involved in an aircraft accident at Tokoroa Aerodrome.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Incident AESL Airtourer 115 ZK-CXQ |url=https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/87504 |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=aviation-safety.net}}</ref> The aircraft was destroyed by fire and Tait escaped with injuries.


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== Honours and awards ==
In the [[1979 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)|1979 Birthday Honours]], Tait was appointed a [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]], for services to aviation.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=47871 |date=16 June 1979 |page=29 |supp=3}}</ref>


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== Books ==
Tait wrote two books about his adventures, ''Flight of the Kiwi: Around the world solo in a tiny single engine plane''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Flight of the kiwi : around the world solo in a tiny single-engined plane / Cliff Tait. |url= https://natlib-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/1s57t7d/NLNZ_ALMA21209731450002836 |website=National Library of New Zealand Catalogue |access-date=29 September 2023}}</ref> (1970) and ''Water Under My Wings: Modern day aviators savour a little of those glorious and heroic years of aviation’s infancy''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Water under my wings : modern day aviators savour a little of those glorious and heroic years of aviation's infancy |url=https://collection.motat.org.nz/objects/49011/water-under-my-wings-modern-day-aviators-savour-a-little-of-those-glorious-and-heroic-years-of-aviations-infancy |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=MOTAT Collection Online |language=en}}</ref> (1980) about his ferry flying and later adventures.


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Cliff Tait
MBE
Born
Clifford Vincent Tait

(1929-10-29) 29 October 1929 (age 95)
Wellington, New Zealand
EducationStratford Technical High School
Known foraerial circumnavigation in 1969
Spouse
Joyce Fielding
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(m. 1952)​

Clifford Vincent Tait MBE (born 29 October 1929) is a New Zealand pilot and author. In 1969, at the age of 40, he flew around the world in a small single-engine two-seat aeroplane, the AESL Airtourer 115, believed to have been the smallest aircraft to attempt such a flight at the time.[1][2]

Early life and family

[edit]

Tait was born in Wellington on 29 October 1929. He was educated at Stratford Technical High School and left school at the age of 15 to work for A. & G. Price, servicing marine engines. He was accepted into the Royal New Zealand Air Force as a student radio mechanic, but was medically discharged before completing the course, due to a spinal defect which resulted in his wearing a spinal brace. Tait then worked as a technician at Musik Radio, as a carpenter in the building industry, then as a tram conductor and motorman before working as a bus driver. He subsequently worked in the electrical trade and formed an electrical contracting business. He ventured into a milk bar business but it proved unsuccessful.

Tait married Joyce Fielding on 2 August 1952, and they had four children.[3][4]

In 1965, Tait was offered a job as sales manager with Dimock Machines, selling cash registers.

Aviation career

[edit]

Early flying experience

[edit]

Tait learnt to fly in an AESL Airtourer and attained his private pilot licence in August 1966, at the age of 37. In preparation for the world flight, Tait completed his instrument rating, becoming the first New Zealand private pilot to hold this qualification.[5]

Aerial circumnavigation

[edit]

Tait’s idea to fly around the world was to promote New Zealand manufacture by flying the locally produced AESL Airtourer aircraft. His employers, R. C. Dimock Ltd, offered to lend $1,000 for Tait to buy an aircraft for the flight, and AESL Airtourer 115 ZK-CZU (Serial number 521) “Miss Jacy” was purchased.[6][5]

With only 240 hours of flight experience, Tait departed Hamilton, New Zealand, on 12 May 1969, to fly around the world. The flight was via Norfolk Island, New Caledonia, Espiritu Santo, Honiara, Rabaul, Kavieng, Truk, Guam, Iwo Jima and Tokyo. Tait then planned to fly via Petropavlovsk and the Aleutian Islands to Anchorage and Vancouver, but the clearance to fly into Russia was denied. This meant that Tait had to ship the aircraft from Tokyo to Seattle.[7][8] The aircraft then travelled by train to Vancouver.[5]

The world flight then resumed from Vancouver to Lethbridge, Winnipeg, Moncton, Goose Bay, Narsarssuaq, Sondre Stromfjord, Angmagssalik Kulusuk, Reykjavik, Prestwick. London, Marseille, Rome, Athens, Cyprus, Damascus, Badanah, Bahrain, Karachi, Lahore, New Delhi, Varanasi, Calcutta, Rangoon, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Mau Hau, Jakarta, Bali, Darwin, Mount Isa, Longreach, Brisbane and Norfolk Island.[9] Tait landed at Hamilton on 1 August 1969, after completing the 30,500-mile journey in 284 flight hours.[5]

“Miss Jacy” is now on display[10] in the Aviation Hall of the Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT)[11] in Auckland, New Zealand.

Ferry pilot

[edit]

Tait completed his commercial pilot licence, and by 1973, he was Chief Pilot for N.Z. Aerospace Ind. Test flying and delivering the company’s aircraft. By the time he resigned in 1978, Tait had completed more than 90 international flights, half of which had been over the world’s oceans, solo, in a single engine aircraft.

Speed record

[edit]

In 1982, Cliff Tait set the fastest time from England to New Zealand,[12] flying a Beechcraft Bonanza.

Accident

[edit]

On Saturday 19 November 1983, Tait was involved in an aircraft accident at Tokoroa Aerodrome.[13] The aircraft was destroyed by fire and Tait escaped with injuries.

Honours and awards

[edit]

In the 1979 Birthday Honours, Tait was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to aviation.[14]

Books

[edit]

Tait wrote two books about his adventures, Flight of the Kiwi: Around the world solo in a tiny single engine plane[15] (1970) and Water Under My Wings: Modern day aviators savour a little of those glorious and heroic years of aviation’s infancy[16] (1980) about his ferry flying and later adventures.

References

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  1. ^ Renshaw, Chelsea (7 April 2020). "The flying Kiwi: a photo essay". MOTAT. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Pioneering Kiwi aviator celebrates special milestone". 1 News. 1 August 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  3. ^ "MOTAT oral history interview with Cliff and Joyce Tait". MOTAT Collection Online. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Photograph of Cliff Tait with his wife and four children by his Airtourer before he flew around the world". MOTAT. 1969. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d Tait, Cliff (1970). Flight of the Kiwi: Around the world solo in a tiny single-engined plane. First: Sydney N.S.W.: Ure Smith; Christchurch N.Z.: Whitcome and Tombs. pp. 3, 6, 9, 13, 19, 21, 31, 48, 52, 88, 91, 95, 96, 118, 143, 174. ISBN 0725400226.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  6. ^ "Kiwi celebrates 50 years after flying single engine plane around the world". Newstalk ZB. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Cliff Tait round-the-world flight in Airtourer ZK-CXU "Miss Jacy", 1969". MOTAT Collection Online. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  8. ^ "Kiwi celebrates 50 years after flying single engine plane around the world". Newstalk ZB. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  9. ^ "Selection of Cliff Tait photographs". MOTAT Collection Online. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  10. ^ Gardner, Chris (14 December 2011). "Trailblazing Airtourer on public display". Stuff. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  11. ^ MOTAT. "MOTAT Aviation Hall". www.motat.nz. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  12. ^ "Aircraft". findNZarticles. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  13. ^ "Incident AESL Airtourer 115 ZK-CXQ". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  14. ^ "No. 47871". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 16 June 1979. p. 29.
  15. ^ "Flight of the kiwi : around the world solo in a tiny single-engined plane / Cliff Tait". National Library of New Zealand Catalogue. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  16. ^ "Water under my wings : modern day aviators savour a little of those glorious and heroic years of aviation's infancy". MOTAT Collection Online. Retrieved 29 September 2023.


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