Personal
I live in Christchurch, New Zealand (NZ) (http://www.whatsonchristchurch.co.nz/christchurchinfo.html).
Link to main daily newspaper (http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,0a1561,FF.html).
I have recently semi-retired. I was a Mechanical Engineering Officer with the the Christchurch City Council.
Link to Council home page (http://www.ccc.govt.nz).
My interests are flying, computers, books and gardening.
Flying
I have been flying since 1985 and hold NZ, Australian and USA Private Pilots' Licences. I have over 700 hours flying experience. I started flying with the Canterbury Aero Club (http://webwings.co.nz/cac/) and as well as NZ, I have flown in Australia, Texas, Denmark and Argentina.
I was a competitor in the NZ Precision Flying Team at the 8th World Precision Flying Championships held at Skive, Denmark in 1989 (http://www.skive.dk/) and the 9th World Precision Flying Championships held at Rio Cuarto, Argentina in 1990 (http://riocuarto.com/).
I was the NZ Precision Flying Team Manager at the 12th World Precision Flying Championships held at Fort Worth, Texas in 1996 (http://www.fai.org/general_aviation/reports/12thWPFC.html).
I have included a link to a web page with some interesting photographs and comments on the 13th WPFC held in Hamilton, New Zealand during February 1999. (http://www.kiwiaircraftimages.com/aviation.html) Click on the Airshows Button and then the "13th World Precision Flying Championships - 1999" link.
There is also a web page included on this site with a Report and Results for the 13 WPFC .
I attended the 14th World Precision Flying Championships held at Västerås, Sweden in 2000 where my marking programme, Alpha Crucis was used (http://www.ksak.se/WPFC2000/).
I have been a regular competitor in the Annual Royal NZ Aero Club Competitions (http://www.rnzac.org.nz/) since 1987. I have tended to specialise in Navigation and have won the Senior Navigation competition six times. I have also won the Basic Panel Instrument Flying Competition and Pre-Flight Inspection Competition once.