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Merv King
11:57 - 12:12
“He worked at Glentanner for Helicopter Lines putting people on and off the helicopters for about 12 months before he got a break and started flying them.”
- Speaker
- Merv King
- Timestamp
- 11:57 – 12:12
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Palmer
- Captured at
- October 3, 2026
From the transcript
So decided it was time he paid his own way to get his own licence for the chopper. So he took out a student loan, passed all his written exams without much trouble, then had to build up flying hours. Helicopter jobs in New Zealand at that stage were hard to come by. He worked at Glentanner for Helicopter Lines putting people on and off the helicopters for about 12 months before he got a break and started flying them. He was there for quite some time.
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