Tasman Echo Alpha

Tasman Echo Alpha

Written by NZ Warbirds Association member Guy Clapshaw, ‘an account of the NZ airline industry in the 1960’s when flying was dangerous and sex was safe’.

Tasman Echo Alpha is the embellished experience of former air New Zealand pilot Guy Clapshaw at a time when airline flight brought magic and romance to lives.

Characters include Richard Whacker, the aircrew scheduler who managed to get all the aircraft overseas and their crews back in New Zealand, the operations manager who only hired people with bird names, and aircrew who performed extraordinarily well in emergency situations.