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William Lowen

William Lowen

Posted by on Jul 17, 2012 in Staff | 0 comments

Engineer. William started work at Pioneer Aero Restorations in late 2006 after completing an Air New Zealand aircraft engineering course. After moving to Wellington and spending 2 and a half years with the Vintage Aviator building a variety of WW1 aircraft William returned to Pioneer Aero in 2012. William’s interests include modifying cars, building...

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Allen House

Allen House

Posted by on Jul 16, 2012 in Staff | 0 comments

Engineer. Allen is Trade qualified in fitting, turning and machining. Prior to starting at Pioneer Aero in 2012 Allen worked on ex NZR steam locomotives, as a mechanical engineer for Tranz Rail and in the general engineering and sheet metal sector. Allen has a large variety of interests being involved in karting for many years before moving onto...

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Stephen Fox

Stephen Fox

Posted by on Jul 12, 2012 in Blog, Staff | 0 comments

Engineer. Stephen left school at the end of year 12 and went to work at Mosquito Aircraft Restoration and was involved in the building of 2 Mosquito fuselages before joining Pioneer Aero in 2015.  

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Les Wilson

Les Wilson

Posted by on Jul 10, 2012 in Staff | 0 comments

Engineer. Les has had a lifetime involvement in aviation, having a father who was WW2 aircrew and an Ag pilot in the 1950’s ignited this passion. On leaving school Les commenced an aircraft engineering apprenticeship with Air New Zealand and was fortunate to be involved with the construction of the first 3 Fletcher turbo-prop ag aircraft and the...

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