27/09, be in no doubt that it was Scott Paterson who killed off the Wakatipu Aero Club. The death of Julianne Kramer in 2012 was a massive blow for the club and led to a period of uncertainty but it was not the cause of the club's demise.
The other guilty party was the Queenstown Lakes District Council which, although being the airport's majority shareholder, was quite content to let Auckland outsiders run the show and let the club wither away.