Gordon Vette, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetGordon Vette
New Zealand aviator
Date of Birth: 09-Jul-1933
Date of Death: 09-Aug-2015
Profession: aircraft pilot
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Gordon Vette
- Alwyn Gordon Vette (9 July 1933 – 9 August 2015) was a New Zealand airline captain best known for his involvement in the Cessna 188 Pacific rescue and his research into the cause of the Air New Zealand Flight TE-901 crash.
- He spent five years in the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) and 55 years as a commercial pilot.
- Vette was portrayed by Roy Billing in the 1988 miniseries Erebus: the Aftermath, which recounts Vette's research into the cause of the Mount Erebus Disaster; and by Robert Loggia in the 1993 TV movie Mercy Mission: the Rescue of Flight 771, which recounts Vette's experiences piloting Air New Zealand Flight 103.
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