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Ashburton on Friday and Saturday
Three pics from Allan Bowman as taken at Ashburton on Friday and Saturday. Above we see the Bolkow Bo 208C ZK-CJK (c/n 618) of Alistair Matthews and the Super Cub ZK-BOY (c/n 18-6172) of Darlington...
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Black Sands - Saturday the 7th # 2
Four more from Black Sands at Raglan on Saturday from Magnaman.The Murray Belfield Maule M-5-235C ZK-JDT (c/n 7054C) made it over from Tokoroa.Not often seen, this 1976 model Lunar Rocket went to...
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Black Sands. Saturday the 7th # 3
A few more from last weekends Raglan Black Sand fly-in from Magnaman.Tecnam P92 Echo Super ZK-PFL (c/n 1109) is from the Piako Flyers Ltd of Matamata.This is Harvey Carran's Rans S-6ES Coyote II ZK-RAG...
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Black Sands. Saturday the 7th # 4.
The final batch of pics from Raglans Black Sands fly-in last weekend from Magnaman.Titan Tornado II ZK-RSR is c/n D96912SOHF0246 and is Murray Farr's up from New Plymouth.See :-...
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Southern Misc.
Noted at Oamaru Racecourse on Sunday the 8th was this Heliventure NZ Ltd MD NOTAR ZK-IES (c/n LN046).This began its NZ career as ZK-IDZ on 01-05-2015.Check an earlier post on this...
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Omarama yesterday.
The Aerospool Dynamic WT9 Turbo ZK-DYTug (c/n DY502/2014) aka "Plastic Rat" seems to be well liked by the Canterbury Gliding Club and also the local residents because of its quietness compared with...
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Classic cold front.
A really neat shot taken about mid day yesterday by Matt Hayes showing the cold front arriving at Christchurch.A text book cold front with the roll cloud leading the way; just like the ones we used to...
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Two From Ardmore 14-11-15 and one from 10-11-1
A visitor from Hamilton was Diamond DA 42 ZK-CTK msn 42.103 operated by CTC Aviation Training (NZ) LtdParked up outside Hawker Pacific was Piper PA-31-350 ZK-VIP msn 31-7405483 now wearing Barrier Air...
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Wanaka 13-11-2015
I spent some time at Wanaka on Friday the 13th and would like to thank all the hangar owners and aircraft operators for their permission to wander about freely.These first four were shot from the...
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Wanaka 13-11-2015 # 2
The Australian Aircraft Hornet STOL ZK-CCM2 (c/n H025) is the James Loughnan example.Over outside the U-Fly (2014) hangar was their Piper PA-28-140 ZK-EFP2 (c/n 28-7525275). This was originally ZK-DUZ...
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Wanaka 13-11-2015 # 3
More from Wanaka on Friday.Interesting !Starlings delight : NZ6468 (c/n 6799/172/CB009) pole mounted at the entrance to Wanaka Airport.It is lacking wing flaps - I presume they would have been damaged...
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Wanaka 13-11-2015 # 4
Wanaka Helicopter's Aerospatiale AS350 BA ZK-HIH2 (c/n 1723) racing in.Now three views of the SARO P.532-2 Scout AH/1 ZK-HJG4 (c/n 52/5311) refueled and then headed out.Check out its history at...
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Wanaka 13-11-2015 # 5
Another of the Alpine Groups Aerospatiale AS350 B2's is ZK-HOT5 (c/n 2653) which was initially ZK-HTB4 from January 2012 until being re-registered as ZK-HOT on 28-02-2012.More Squirrel's. ZK-HRQ5 (c/n...
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Alexandra 14-11-2015 # 1
The Lakes Regional Rally was held at Alexandra during the weekend.Check the Otago Daily Times item :-http://www.odt.co.nz/regions/central-otago/363290/rally-pilots-and-soaringFrom the South Canterbury...
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Alexandra 14-11-2015 # 2
Tied down beside the Club hangar was this Jabiru SP ZK-JJR (c/n 506) from the Kintore Trust and wears "Spirit of Kintore" on its nose cowl.Check it out on...
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At Cromwell Racecourse on 14th and 15th November 2015
A very active weekend at the nearby motor racing circuit produced the following aircraft at the Cromwell Racecourse. De Havilland DH-1A1 ZK-ARL (c/n 61) is with Jim Chapman of West Melton.Below is a...
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Big survey job !
These three aerial survey aircraft were captured by Lord Nelson on his Samsung Galaxie on the 14th at Nelson. The Cessna 402B ZK-MAP (c/n 402B1056) now wearing Aerial Survey Ltd markings on its...
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Nice one. ZK-HBL.
Shot whilst it was cruising along Lake Dunstan on Sunday evening was the Hiller UH-12 ZK-HBL2 (c/n 2042) from The Alpine Group of Wanaka.This was originally ZK-HDJ from July 1970 and I believe it has...
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A quick NZQN visit # 1.
A quick visit to Queenstown Airport on the 16th produced the following .The Cessna 180C ZK-BYI (c/n 50909) of Mount View Developments Ltd parked on its own little patch of heaven. (I was going to say...
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A quick NZQN visit # 2.
The Wakatipu Aero Club now operates out of a small building tucked away in the corner of the Airfield. Parked outside was their Cessna 172S ZK-JMG (c/n 172S8825).This also got an earlier mention at...
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