There were four Yak 52s at Matamata, including two that were new to me.
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ZK-KEV2 is our latest Yak 52, owned by Kevin Jane of Thames and first registered on 22/4/15. I understand that it is based at Pauanui.
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It carries a hornet logo on the nose and the tail, and has also recently acquired a hammer and sickle.
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ZK-ZAH is the ex Jim Hickey aircraft, now owned by Blue 52 Ltd of Hamilton.
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ZK-KGB2 was originally ZK-LJH until it made the Periera Osprey ZK-KGB an offer it couldn't refuse! It is owned by Malcolm Grant of Pauanui.
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ZK-TYS has been owned by the Thames Yak Syndicate since its initial registration in May 1997. It has also not changed its colour scheme in those seventeen and a half years.
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Formation takeoff by ZK-KGB, ZK-ZAH and ZK-KEV. The first two performed an aerobatic display.
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which include an inverted pass from ZK-ZAH.
The specialist aerobatic Yak 50 ZK-ZSO was also at Matamata and performed a nice aerobatic routine.