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Iranian Shahab Forouzandeh (shown here in Wellington in 1991), is a trained pilot who flew planes in the Iran-Iraq war. He applied to the Royal New Zealand Air Force, only to be told he was too old. Although he found work as a bus driver in Wellington, he was considering studying computer science.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)
Reference: EP/1991/0258/4a
by Ray Pigney
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