Aircraft

The air force's decades-old Orions have been retired. The Detail finds out more about the planes that'll replace them. Audio

This Sunday an incredibly rare World War II aircraft will have its first public outing in almost 70 years. The plane is a rare Mosquito salvaged from the shed of Mapua-based collector John Smith in… Audio

Author Renée Hollis admits she was a bit overwhelmed by the response she received when she put out a call on RNZ National for listeners to send her untold stories, letters, diaries and photographs… Audio, Gallery

Michael Rose is part of a group of physicists at Brigham Young University who looked at ways to reduce the noise made by airplane toilet flushes. Audio

In the largest defence purchase since the ANZAC frigates, the Government has signed off $2.3 billion to buy four Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft from the United States. Video, Audio

Linda Bulk of UAVNZ talks about regulating drones and how they can be monitored after a near miss above Auckland Airport yesterday. Audio

Professor Mandyam (Srini) Srinivasan from the University of Queensland has recruited a high-flying team of 10 budgies and is flying them down tunnels to try to make them bump into each other. He's… Audio