Puller [Wing Pin]
Object detail
Accession number
2005.84.17
Description
Wing pin puller, home-made to remove the wing pins so that the wings can be taken off. Made in Japan prior to aircraft being packed and shipped to Seattle. Metal cylinder containing screw with two nuts and two washers screwed on.
Brief History
This wing puller was made Cliff Tait during his round the world flight in 1969 using an Aero Engine Services Limited (AESL) Airtourer single-engined aircraft. Tait made this puller to help remove the wings off his aircraft when he had to ship it from Japan to Seattle after being denied permission to fly through Russian airspace. Cliff Tait carried out the flight to promote New Zealand and the NZ-built Airtourer to the world. Leaving Hamilton on 12 May 1969, he made the 30,500 mile (49,084 km) trip in 284 hours. Despite a range of challenges along the way, he returned safely to Hamilton on 1 August 1969. Tait made history as the first person to circumnavigate the globe in a New Zealand built aircraft, and probably the first in a single engine aircraft of this small size.
Marks
AERO / SUPPLY Embossed
Media/Materials
Collection
Credit Line
Puller [Wing Pin], 2005.84.17. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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