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This was a three-part series mapping the history of...
A 2018 documentary on NZ aviation history
More on New Zealand aviation
The next edition in the series
Drama about pioneer aviator Richard Pearse
More pioneering Kiwi ingenuity (maybe ...)
Conon Fraser also produced this 60s TV series
A fictional effort to fly
Artist Michael Smither attempts to fly
Richard Pearse's second plane features in the doco
A short documentary on flying ace Keith Caldwell
RNZAF training in the 1980s
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