Jules Tapper has a few good aviation yarns to tell. A keen aviator from an early age, he’s one of the lucky few who has been able to integrate business/work with flying right from the start, and has had a wonderful career as a result. Much of his flying has been in the mountains, in the bush and in and out of remote strips. So when it comes to advice for fellow pilots, he says: be ready for the unexpected.
Like when your prop flies off the front of your Tiger Moth. Or when your fuel lines cause your engine to stop dead. Jules shares his stories about these situations, and what others can learn from them.
His love of aviation is obvious, and he considers himself a very lucky man to have been able to combine business with the pleasure of flying.
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.