Post by flyjoe180 on Aug 6, 2007 13:57:47 GMT 12
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spud_One
I had never heard of this nickname being given to the 727. The Broomstick one I am familiar with.
Bolger was nicknamed Spud due to the similarity of his pockmarked face to a potato, or alternatively for the fact that he was an erstwhile potato farmer.
The 727s were replaced with two Boeing 757s in 2003. Some civil servants are known to have branded the 757s as "Broomstick One and Broomstick Two", as a reference to them being transport for Prime Minister Helen Clark. The Labour government was criticised by other political parties for updating VIP aircraft while disbanding the RNZAF's combat arm.
I had never heard of this nickname being given to the 727. The Broomstick one I am familiar with.
Bolger was nicknamed Spud due to the similarity of his pockmarked face to a potato, or alternatively for the fact that he was an erstwhile potato farmer.
The 727s were replaced with two Boeing 757s in 2003. Some civil servants are known to have branded the 757s as "Broomstick One and Broomstick Two", as a reference to them being transport for Prime Minister Helen Clark. The Labour government was criticised by other political parties for updating VIP aircraft while disbanding the RNZAF's combat arm.
