A friend's Dad, who turned 90 last year, delivered the third RNZAF Bristol B.170 Freighter from the factory to New Zealand. He was towards the end of a five-year short service commission with the RNZAF as a transport pilot. At the end of the five years, he joined TEAL (which later became Air NZ) and flew Solent flying-boats, Douglas DC-6, Lockheed L.188 Electra, Douglas DC-8 and McDonnell-Douglas DC-10 airliners. His best boyhood friend while growing up in Auckland was Ray Hanna.