Whanganui Councillor James Barron is a man with a dream — a big plane dream that hasn't quite taken off yet.
James has been the lucky owner of a retired Air Chathams aircraft since 2019. There were murmurs of a plan to turn the decommissioned plane into an Airbnb, but we hear that those plans have been grounded.
Former Air Chathams plane heads to Whanganui to one day become an Airbnb. Photo: Supplied