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	{
		"post_id": "22", 
		"post_category_id": "2", 
		"post_title": "Neville 'Ned' Dawson", 
		"post_content_short": "Ever since his first flight in a Bell 47 Sioux with the NZ Army Ned has been hooked on the world of aviation. Today he is still out there in all corners of the world shooting with operators to capture the stunning, innovative images he has become renowned for. Not content with\nsitting in the office overseeing the Kia Kaha Media team Ned prefers to get out into the field as that’s where his passion lies<br \/>\n<br \/>\nThroughout his career Ned has shot everything from rotary wing to military jets as well as travelling to the frontlines of Afghanistan\nregularly during the early days of the War on Terror. Today he continues to shoot military aviation as well as the civilian helicopter world – and even expanding into shooting wildland fire-fighting from the ground.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nNever one to stand still and watch the grass grow Ned and his team are always thinking of new ideas to showcase this amazing industry.", 
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		"post_content_type": "none", 
		"post_content_url": null, 
		"post_date": "2023-12-31 17:19:00"
	}, 
	{
		"post_id": "19", 
		"post_category_id": "2", 
		"post_title": "Mark Ogden", 
		"post_content_short": "“Mark Ogden has been in aviation since a teenager. An ex-Australian Navy pilot instructor and instrument examiner on a variety of aircraft,\n\the was also the Royal Air Force Central Flying School Agent for the Royal Australian Navy.\n\n<br \/><br \/>\n\tMark also spent seven years as an accident investigator for Australia’s Bureau of Air Safety Investigation and Australian Transport Safety\n\tBureau before joining an oil and gas company managing aviation operations in Papua New Guinea and Alaska for 16 years.&nbsp;\n\n<br \/><br \/>He has also presented at various forums and written many articles on aviation and defense matters.”\n<br \/><br \/>&nbsp;\n<br \/><br \/>&nbsp;", 
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		"post_content_type": "none", 
		"post_content_url": null, 
		"post_date": "2023-12-30 08:44:00"
	}, 
	{
		"post_id": "8", 
		"post_category_id": "2", 
		"post_title": "Alan Norris", 
		"post_content_short": "<em>Alan trained and worked as an engineer working for the British Government in Research and Development for over 30 years. He has been a\n\tfreelance aviation journalist for 45 years specializing in helicopter related journalism and photography, and has been published in many\n\tInternational aviation journals.<\/em>\n\n<br \/><br \/>\n\t<em>He is one of the founders and a trustee of the award winning Helicopter Museum, located in the South West of England, which holds over\n\t100 aircraft representing the wide spectrum of helicopter technologies. He was restoration manager for over ten years organizing the\n\tconservation and preservation of the collection, and has received a Lifetime Achievement award from Aviation Heritage UK, the umbrella body\n\tfor all the aviation museums in the UK.<\/em>\n\n<br \/><br \/>\n\t<em>Alan is also a Fédération Aéronautique Internationale registered judge for helicopter sport flying events at National, European,\n\tInternational and World Championships. He has received the Royal Aero Club bronze medal, awarded annually for outstanding achievement in\n\taviation.<\/em>\n", 
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		"post_content_type": "none", 
		"post_content_url": null, 
		"post_date": "2023-12-29 00:07:00"
	}, 
	{
		"post_id": "13", 
		"post_category_id": "2", 
		"post_title": "Paul Kennard", 
		"post_content_short": "After learning to fly on a RAF scholarship before he could drive, 'Foo' flew Bulldogs at London University while completing a history\n\tdegree.&nbsp; Joining the RAF with his heart set on flying Jets, he completed BFTS to Jet standards but was (happily) streamed helicopters\n\tdue to 'service needs'.\n\n<br \/><br \/>\n\tCompleting the last RAF Gazelle\/Wessex training course, he was posted to his beloved Chinook, where he flew on operations in Northern\n\tIreland, Kosovo, Bosnia, and Iraq, and qualifying as a Tactics Instructor.&nbsp; Posted to an Evaluation and Training role, he taught the\n\tUK's tactics course and helped develop new TTPs before ground tours in capability management.&nbsp; 'Foo' finished his career with two\n\tdeployments to Afghanistan.\n\n<br \/><br \/>\n\tIn 2015, 'Foo' formed Ascalon Defence which provides SME input to industrial, Government and NATO initiatives.&nbsp; He's heavily involved\n\tin NATO's NGR studies - with a lead role in defining Survivability requirements.&nbsp;\n\n<br \/><br \/>\n\tHappily married for over 25 years, and with the kids growing up, 'Foo' is now able to spend more time writing (which satisfies his passion\n\tfor history), enjoying a decent glass of Red wine and smoking the odd cigar, preferably while watching cricket or rugby.\n", 
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		"post_content_type": "none", 
		"post_content_url": null, 
		"post_date": "2023-12-28 01:34:00"
	}, 
	{
		"post_id": "14", 
		"post_category_id": "2", 
		"post_title": "Chris Smallhorn", 
		"post_content_short": "Chris is a 1991 graduate of the Australian Defence Force Academy, and the Australian War College.. He holds a Bachelors degree in Aerospace\n\tEngineering, and a Masters degree in Business Administration and has attended Harvard management and policy courses. Awarded his Naval\n\tAviator wings in 1993 he completed numerous maritime deployments flying the S-70B-2 Seahawk helicopter. Chris is a Distinguished Graduate\n\t(Dux) of the United States Naval Test Pilot School.\n\n<br \/><br \/>\n\tChris held multiple senior Australian military command and staff roles including Officer-in-Charge of the Aircraft Maintenance and Flight\n\tTrials Unit, Squadron Command, Chief of Staff to Chief of Navy, Commander of Australia’s Fleet Air Arm, Director General Air and Land\n\tCombat Analysis and Acting First Assistant Secretary Contestability.\n\n<br \/><br \/>\n\tUpon leaving the Navy in 2020 he was appointed CEO of Coulson Aviation Australia, then Vice President of Government Affairs for the same\n\tcompany. Chris now holds a portfolio of professional roles. Chris is an experienced EMS and SAR pilot with over 2500 flying hours in more\n\tthan 35 different military and civilian aircraft types.\n", 
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		"post_content_type": "none", 
		"post_content_url": null, 
		"post_date": "2023-12-27 01:34:00"
	}, 
	{
		"post_id": "12", 
		"post_category_id": "2", 
		"post_title": "Leigh Neil", 
		"post_content_short": "Leigh Neil’s involvement in aviation started back in the early 1980s, flying light fixed-wings in Canterbury and Nelson, New Zealand. With\n\tan ex-RAF father, one airline pilot brother and another ex-pilot brother who published an aviation magazine, Leigh has always had a passion\n\tfor aviation. He part-owned a Thorp T18, participated extensively in competition flying for several years and obtained his CPL(A) subjects\n\tbefore family responsibilities took him down a different path.\n\n<br \/><br \/>\n\tHe now lives with his wife of thirty-five years in the outdoors paradise that is the South Island’s West Coast, working in the mining\n\tindustry and maintaining his aviation connection via KiaKaha Media. When not working or writing, he enjoys the quiet small-town life. Now\n\tthat the physical rigors of hunting and fishing in the mountains are getting a little too demanding, he spends his free time exploring the\n\ttwisting roads through the forested hills of Westland on his motorcycle.\n", 
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		"post_content_type": "none", 
		"post_content_url": null, 
		"post_date": "2023-12-26 01:33:00"
	}, 
	{
		"post_id": "21", 
		"post_category_id": "2", 
		"post_title": "Declan Daly", 
		"post_content_short": "Declan started flying in the Dublin Gliding Club aged fourteen before moving onto powered flight in the Ormond Flying Club in Birr the\nfollowing year. Following this early beginning, he spent over twenty years in the Irish Defence Forces, initially in a local reserve infantry unit, and then as a helicopter pilot in the Irish Air Corps.&nbsp;<br \/>\n<br \/>\nWhile in the military, he flew a variety of types including the Gazelle, Dauphin,EC135 and AW139 in a selection of roles ranging from troop\ntransport to VVIP and quite a bit of HEMS. In 2010 he served overseas with the UN when he worked in the Force Headquarters in Chad as the J3 (Air), coordinating all military aviation ops for the mission.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nAfter flying for Starspeed for several years on a Middle East based contract, Declan returned to Ireland and is now flying in the SAR role\nfor the Irish Coast Guard on the S-92. He lives in Dublin with his wife Stacey and their three children, Elise, Adrian and Jude.’&nbsp;<br \/>", 
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		"post_content_type": "none", 
		"post_content_url": null, 
		"post_date": "2023-11-30 16:39:29"
	}, 
	{
		"post_id": "18", 
		"post_category_id": "2", 
		"post_title": "Terry Miyauchi", 
		"post_content_short": "Terry Miyauchi started his aviation career in the mid-1980s and served in the U.S. Army as an AeroScout pilot. Through the years, he has\n\tworked as a pilot, instructor pilot, standardization pilot, safety officer, and aviation manager.&nbsp; He most recently retired from the\n\tArizona Department of Public Safety where he served as the Aviation Commander, overseeing a statewide fleet of parapublic helicopters and\n\tairplanes.\n\n<br \/><br \/>\n\tMr. Miyauchi holds a Graduate Degree in Aviation Leadership from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University.&nbsp; He has amassed thousands of\n\tcommercial helicopter hours in multiple helicopter types and holds ratings in helicopters, airplanes, gliders, and lighter-than-air\n\tballoons.&nbsp; Although his tenure is deeply rooted in the operational side of helicopters, his passion has undoubtedly morphed into the\n\thuman, organizational, and leadership behavioral aspects our industry.\n\n<br \/><br \/>\n\tFor the past 4 years, Terry has the distinct honor of interacting exclusively with law enforcement, fire, SAR, and emergency management\n\tunits globally as the Public Safety Segment Manager for Bell.\n", 
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		"post_content_type": "none", 
		"post_content_url": null, 
		"post_date": "2023-11-15 01:36:42"
	}, 
	{
		"post_id": "17", 
		"post_category_id": "2", 
		"post_title": "Dick Downs", 
		"post_content_short": "Dick Downs’ aviation career spans over forty years, from first climbing into a Bulldog T1 to commence his RAF training, to currently flying\n\tthe Airbus 350-1000.\n\n<br \/><br \/>\n\tAs an RAF Tornado pilot, Dick’s tours included 31 Squadron in the Strike\/Attack role, 45 Squadron as Deputy Chief Weapons Instructor and\n\tpilot instructor for the Tornado Qualified Weapons Instructor Course, and, finally, the Strike\/Attack Operational Evaluation Unit at\n\tBoscombe Down, where notable projects included several first-of-type weapon drops and the development of NVIS and Electro-Optic systems and\n\ttactics for the RAF fast jet cadre. Since leaving the RAF, he has continued as a civilian Operational Test pilot and Flight Test Engineer,\n\tworking on a variety of projects, including Flight Test Article design, EO, RF and EW systems development and helmet mounted systems.\n\n<br \/><br \/>\n\tTo keep his hand in, Dick also operates as a commercial pilot, qualified on the Airbus 330\/340\/350 series and flying for a UK based\n\tinternational airline.\n", 
		"post_icon": "https:\/\/www.kiakahamedia.com\/media\/website_posts\/17\/Dick.jpg", 
		"post_content_type": "none", 
		"post_content_url": null, 
		"post_date": "2023-11-15 01:36:09"
	}, 
	{
		"post_id": "16", 
		"post_category_id": "2", 
		"post_title": "Bronni Bowen", 
		"post_content_short": "Bronni Bowen’s interest in aviation emerged a decade ago when she decided flying small planes would be something she mastered in her\n\tlifetime. Moving to the wine country outside Melbourne to pursue it, she fell into hot air ballooning, an activity iconic to the region.\n\tBronni now holds private licences for both and is working towards her commercials – the real question being which will she complete first?\n\n<br \/><br \/>\n\tBronni started writing for HeliOps magazine in early 2020. Her columns and features, profiling individuals in the helicopter industry, carry\n\ther great passion for sharing the stories of people and places worldwide. Her dream is to explore, fly and write from the wilds of the\n\tAustralian outback and Papua New Guinea.\n\n<br \/><br \/>\n\tToday, when she isn’t wrangling excited passengers and giant hot air balloons at daybreak, she’s flying a Cherokee 6 on short adventures\n\taround Australia, reading, writing stories about friends, studying, or spending quiet time outside in the bush\n\n<br \/>", 
		"post_icon": "https:\/\/www.kiakahamedia.com\/media\/website_posts\/16\/Alan-Norris.jpg", 
		"post_content_type": "none", 
		"post_content_url": null, 
		"post_date": "2023-11-15 01:35:52"
	}, 
	{
		"post_id": "11", 
		"post_category_id": "2", 
		"post_title": "Nick Veronico", 
		"post_content_short": "Nick has had an interesting career in aviation having worked for a number of leading publications, and he spent the last 25 years as a NASA\n\tcontractor working on various aviation-related projects.\n\n<br \/><br \/>\n\tVeronico’s last assignment was leading the communications effort for the prime contractor operating NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for\n\tInfrared Astronomy (SOFIA) – a highly modified Boeing 747SP fitted with a 2.7-meter telescope, where he served as a crew member on 87\n\tscience missions.\n\n<br \/><br \/>\n\tHe has written more than 45 books, including the&nbsp;<em>Hidden Warbirds<\/em>&nbsp;series as well as&nbsp;<em>Hidden Warships<\/em>, and is\n\ta co-author of the&nbsp;<em>Wreckchasing<\/em>&nbsp;series.&nbsp;\n\n<br \/><br \/>\n\tDuring his career he’s flown in a variety of helicopters from the AH-1S and OH-58 to the MH-53, various models of the HH-60, Bell 206s,\n\tR22\/R44, and the prototype MDD NOTAR.\n\n<br \/><br \/>&nbsp;\n<br \/><br \/>&nbsp;", 
		"post_icon": "https:\/\/www.kiakahamedia.com\/media\/website_posts\/11\/Nick-Veronico.jpg", 
		"post_content_type": "none", 
		"post_content_url": null, 
		"post_date": "2023-11-15 01:32:11"
	}, 
	{
		"post_id": "10", 
		"post_category_id": "2", 
		"post_title": "Glen White", 
		"post_content_short": "Glen White's journey into aviation began in the South of France &nbsp;in a Bell 47—an aircraft where the full down autorotation was just a normal maneuver. His career is marked by a series of distinguished roles: serving as a Bell 212\/412 instructor at FlightSafety, providing Naval support for the Aegis Program, and flying tours across the azure waters of the Caribbean.<br \/>\n\t<br \/>\n\tAs an EMS pilot, Glen has navigated a multitude of aircraft, undertaking high-altitude mountain rescues that demand precision and calm under pressure. His expertise was further recognized at Eurocopter, where he contributed as both an instructor and a factory pilot.<br \/>\n\t<br \/>\n\tIn 2004, Glen founded EuroSafety with a revolutionary vision: to transform pilot training within the industry. His dedication to evolving the learning process has not waned; to this day,<br \/>\n\t<br \/>\n\tGlen remains at the forefront of educational innovation, equipping pilots with skills to not only fly but to excel in the ever-changing\n\taviation landscape.", 
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		"post_content_type": "none", 
		"post_content_url": null, 
		"post_date": "2023-11-09 00:08:09"
	}, 
	{
		"post_id": "9", 
		"post_category_id": "2", 
		"post_title": "Liz McGonaghy", 
		"post_content_short": "Liz McConaghy was the longest serving female crewman on the Royal Air Force Chinook Fleet, spanning a 17-year career flying on the aircraft and amassing over 3000 hours flying. She was the youngest aircrew to deploy to Iraq aged just 21 and also the only female crewman on the\nChinook wing for 4 years.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nHer career saw her deploy twice to Iraq followed by 10 deployments to Helmand, Afghanistan in support of Operation Herrick which gave her an insightful and very personal perspective on war. In 2020 Liz suffered from PTSD after the traumatic events she witnessed on the MERT(flying\nambulance) which led to her trying to end her life in Aug 2020. She survived and began writing poetry and subsequently an autobiography to\nhelp her recovery journey. Chinook Crew Chick was released in Sept 2022 and went to Amazon Bestseller within 3 weeks.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nShe is now a Keynote Speaker and ambassador for mental health, specifically for Veterans with PTSD. Since beginning her journey as a\nmotivational speaker Liz has won ‘Inspirational Defence woman of the year 2023’ and been nominated for ‘Woman of the year 2023’.<br \/>", 
		"post_icon": "https:\/\/www.kiakahamedia.com\/media\/website_posts\/9\/Liz.jpg", 
		"post_content_type": "none", 
		"post_content_url": null, 
		"post_date": "2023-11-09 00:07:51"
	}, 
	{
		"post_id": "6", 
		"post_category_id": "2", 
		"post_title": "Nick Baird", 
		"post_content_short": "Nick Baird’s career began as an graduate Aeronautical Engineer designing aircraft control valves and pneumatic systems before moving into\n\tbusiness ownership as part of a management buy-out team at Permali Gloucester Ltd, a UK-based manufacturer of ballistic protection,\n\tfire-safe composites and other specialist equipment and materials for civil and defence applications.\n\n<br \/><br \/>\n\tAt Permali he led the growth of the company’s aerospace and defence business, including a significant increase in R&amp;D and export\n\tsales.&nbsp; He also managed numerous projects to add protective armour to airborne platforms including Chinook, Merlin and Puma helicopters\n\talong with various military vehicles, working with the major defence prime contractors as well as directly with Governments on Urgent\n\tOperational Requirements.\n\n<br \/><br \/>\n\tHe now works as an independent consultant and writer, focusing on research and analysis relating to policy, regulation and procurement\n\tissues, and is an advocate for small &amp; medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).\n", 
		"post_icon": "https:\/\/www.kiakahamedia.com\/media\/website_posts\/6\/Nick-Baird.jpg", 
		"post_content_type": "none", 
		"post_content_url": null, 
		"post_date": "2023-11-09 00:06:17"
	}, 
	{
		"post_id": "5", 
		"post_category_id": "2", 
		"post_title": "Kevin Humphries", 
		"post_content_short": "<strong><\/strong>Kevin Humphreys erved in the Australian Army for 20 years flying Black Hawk and Chinook helicopters. He deployed on\n\tmultiple operational and humanitarian missions around the world undertaking a variety of operational flying and staff roles including\n\tCommanding Officer.\n\n<br \/><br \/>\n\tFollowing his military service, he spent the next decade as a civilian Search and Rescue pilot, including roles of flight examiner, Chief\n\tPilot and Director of Operations.\n\n<br \/><br \/>\n\tKevin now plays a significant role in mental health advocacy. He is the Mental Health Ambassador for AIRBUS Australia Pacific, a Community\n\tAmbassador for Mates4Mates (Veteran’s rehabilitation charity) and founder of Cor Infinitus which gives dignity and respect to the families\n\tof those who’ve served their nation and taken their own lives.\n\n.", 
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		"post_content_type": "none", 
		"post_content_url": null, 
		"post_date": "2023-11-09 00:03:44"
	}
]