Why Brian Wigley’s father used to read the paper and then throw it out the (airplane) window

Brian Wigley has been involved in aviation all his life. From a young age, he was surrounded by it – first flying in a Tiger Moth. His father found it was faster to deliver papers rurally by air. And his family started various aviation businesses including what became Mount Cook Airlines. He has a few stories to tell, so join him in the hanger at Ardmore.

This Pilots’ Talk episode is part of series of candid interviews with AOPA NZ members. Pilots, engineers, aviation experts and others who are passionate about General Aviation, have great experience, and have a yarn or two to share. To see all Pilots’ Talk videos published to date, including short clips, click this link. You can also head over to our YouTube channel. If you have suggestions for future interviews, please email comms@aopa.nz with the member’s details and your thoughts on why they’d make a great interviewee for this series. Interviews were conducted, produced and edited by Mark Sinclair of yBC.