I was delighted to find out the NZ Warbird's Miles M 38 Messenger IIC ZK-CMM2 was flying up to Kaipara Flats airfield this morning, so I popped out for some Jodel maintenance until I heard the Blackburn Cirrus engine approaching (sounds a bit like a Tiger Moth) then I went out to catch its arrival, flown by Graeme Woods:
It's dry in the North!
The instrument panel looked very familiar with its nice round dials.
Then Graeme went for a fly with Bruce Lynch, who has his own Messenger nearly finished at North Shore airfield.
The Messenger is painted to represent Field Marshall Montgomery's personal Messenger from WW II
What a photogenic aircraft!