P M Fadden
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On a wing and a plank
Happy snow landings. High above New Zealand’s knife-edge Southern Alps, a single engine Pilatus Porter is aiming to achieve the outlandish. Aiding in its aerial quest are 600 horses of raw power, nearly 800 kilometres of range and velocity enough to make a bullet train sweat; this turboprop aircraft is a workhorse. But where it…
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Walk this way
’Twas the day of TWALK. It’s late April, just before dawn and the autumnal cold is really flexing. Its bite is downright devilish. But that hasn’t deterred a throng from amassing in the turbid light. From students to retirees to ultra-running human cannonballs, they form ranks as a free brigade of outdoor frolickers – or…