Alwyn Gordon Vette ONZM (9 July 1933 – 9 August 2015) was a New Zealand airline captain best known for his involvement in the Cessna 188 Pacific rescue...
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on board. The captain was Gordon Vette, the first officer was Arthur Dovey, and the flight engineer was Gordon Brooks. Vette knew that if they did not...
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Bakula as Jay Perkins, the pilot of Cessna 30771, and Robert Loggia as Gordon Vette, the Air New Zealand flight 308 pilot who rescues him. Although the film...
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Vette is a German language surname. Notable people with the name include: Clayton Vette (1988), American professional basketball player Gordon Vette (1933–2015)...
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Beyond Reasonable Doubt, the 1985 film Came a Hot Friday, and as Captain Gordon Vette in the 1988 miniseries Erebus: The Aftermath. In 2013, he appeared in...
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the New Zealand Queen's Birthday Honours list in June 2007, Captain Gordon Vette was awarded the ONZM (Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit), recognising...
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Kreutzer all 5 episodes 1993 Mercy Mission: The Rescue of Flight 771 Gordon Vette Television film 1995 Picture Windows Merce Season 1 Episode 6: "Armed...
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Eric Omundsen – Alistair Douglas Helen Moulder Roy Billing as Captain Gordon Vette Paul Gittins David Cole Maggie Maxwell Kevin Wilson Bill Johnson Paula...
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(born 1927) 7 August – Trevor Barber, cricketer (born 1925) 9 August – Gordon Vette, pilot, TE-901 crash researcher (born 1933) 16 August – Jon Craig, architect...
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Rosemary Jessie Stagg – of North Shore. For services to publishing. Alwyn Gordon Vette JP – of Manukau. For services to aviation. John Wayne Walden – of North...
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