As a five year old boy in 1949, George Galpin saw a Tiger Moth. Since then, he’s been plane obsessed. Now based in Wānaka, George is close to the Southern Alps – where he is at his most comfortable flying. In this video, George shares some of his thoughts and experiences, including flying float planes in Canada.
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.