Kiwi Air Power - The History of the RNZAF

The origins of the RNZAF can be traced to 1908, when 51-year-old Christchurch politician and philanthropist Henry Francis Wigram visited England and was bitten by the aviation bug. The following year, in an address to the Legislative Council in Wellington, he called for a New Zealand Flying Corps. His words fell on deaf ears as New Zealand was in the grip of navy mania. Wright follows the subsequent trail of military aviation in NZ and overseas through both World Wars, the Cold War, reforms and retrenchment, to the 21st century...