The 26 August will always be remembered as the day the ‘greatest little airline in New Zealand’ closed its operations. An extremely sad moment, but at the same time one of immense pride and reflection on all Eagle has achieved since it commenced its scheduled airline operations on 3 October 1975.

To say that Wayne Ormrod gave his A-Cat a good go would be an understatement. It took multiple attempts to schedule his test (and get it done). Due to both the weather and the demands on the flight examiner, getting a two-day block where weather was good and they were both available proved a significant challenge in the process. On the 22nd of June 2016 Wayne was successful and as the 2015 Contingency Fund Trust (CFT) Scholarship Winner he met with Katie Rowsell, NZALPA GA Advocate, to give h...