AOPA NZ member Laurie Prouting learnt to fly from a young age, alongside his brother Frank. Living in a remote part of the South Island, he flew because he loved it – and because it “saved loads of time”. Laurie shares his thoughts about mountain flying, landing “in paddocks”, flying a helicopter mission in Antarctica and more. He also tells us all about “the green flash”.
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.