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Helicopters at Pauanui
A couple of interesting helicopters called into the Pauanui airfield today being North Shore Helicopters EC130B ZK-HJWAnd not noted here before the Hamilton privately owned Bell 206L-1 Longranger...
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SOCATA TB20 Trinidad ZK-SGT
Captured today outside Solo Wings Ltd at Tauranga by Hairy Mole Rat was the SOCATA TB20 ZK-SGT.This was also first registered in NZ today to Aerius Ltd of Te Puke and should park nicely alongside their...
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Skyfox Gazelle ZK-CRB at Flight Fix Norfolk Road
Norfolk Road airstrip is also the base for Flight Fix NZ Ltd and Gareth Semenoff kindly showed me around and told showed me some of their projects. They specialise in Cessna refurbishments and some of...
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On to Stratford 9-12-2018
After my great time at Norfolk Road, I headed on down to Stratford for my main mission. It was good news as the Jodel's VW engine had started for the first time since fitting the new heads and...
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And On to Feilding and Palmerston North 10-12-2018
I had planned to return to Warkworth on the Tuesday, so I took the opportunity to travel down to the Manawatu with Wayne on the Monday. First stop was Feilding:Rex Brereton was working in his hangar...
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Slightly New Colour Scheme for Aerowork Crescos
Late in the day at Stratford, Mark Tocher arrived back in his Cresco 750 which was a new one since I was last down there in August (when the Cresco was ZK-LTW). He has a garage door opener for his...
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Eurocopter AS 350B ZK-IZP at Te Kuiti 11-12-2018
As Aerowok's Cresco stopped topdressing on a farm just South of the airfield at Te Kuiti, the also locally based Eurocopter AS 350B ZK-IZP was topdressing on a farm just North of the airfield.It now...
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Yak 52 ZK-DSJ at Ardmore 11-12-2018
Heading North from Te Kuiti I aimed for Ardmore by early afternoon, and it did not disappoint with the new Vans RV 14 ZK-VNX that I have already posted.And our latest Yak 52, ZK-DSJ2 was out in the sun...
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Airacobra ZK-COB Update
My final port of call at Ardmore way back on 11/12 18 was to Pioneer Aero where I found them torquing up the newly installed propeller.The Airacobra was registered ZK-COB2 on 14/12/18 where it was...
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Air Chathams SAABs at Auckland International 13-12-2018
When I was waiting for my flight to Wellington (I usually allow some extra time), I carried on down to the Air Chathams base where their 2 latest SAABs were parked outside:SAAB 340A ZK-CIY2 (c/n...
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ZK-VGS - VH-VGS - ZK-VGS? at Auckland International 22-12-2018
Arriving at Auckland International on 22 December was Vans RV 6 VH-VGS, having flown from Southport, Qeensland via Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island.VH-VGS arriving at Auckland International. Photo...
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Pauanui
With the start of the summer holiday season aircraft have started to arrive at the Pauanui airfield to take up temporary residence and these have included the Cirrus SR20 ZK-CJW from Hamilton.Nanchang...
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Very quiet at NZCH 26-12-2018
Biding their time beside the Canterbury Aero Club are the engine-less Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee ZK-CIJ (c/n 28-20230) of George Giddings, and the two Aero L-29's ZK-SSU (c/n 395100) and ZK-VAU (c/n...
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Wellington Back on 14-12-2018
A couple of weeks ago when I was down in Wellington, I found a new spot (for me) on the Maupuia Peninsula to catch a few aircraft flying into Wellington in a light Southerly. A couple of weeks delay...
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Air New Zealand ATR 72s at Wellington
Another couple from my recent visit to Wellington, showing Air New Zealand's first ATR 72-600 and one of their most recent. The Koru magazine lists 27 ATR 72s in the fleet with 8 more on order.ZK-MVA...
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Pauanui
A sunny 25deg day brought a steady stream of visitors to the Pauanui airfield, the star being the rarely seen Sequoia Falco F8L ZK-JPG. This is based at North Shore airfield and was imported from the...
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Beech C 90A ZK-FDN at Wellington 15-12-2018
On short finals to Wellington on 15/12/18 was GCH Aviation's Christchurch based Beech C 90A ZK-FDN2 :This aircraft has been posted previously (some time ago) but not with NZ Flying Doctor titles.
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Pauanui
Another busy day at the Pauanui airfield saw a variety of new visitors including the Father and 2 Children trio of Corby Starlets ZK-TNT & YGL, and RV8 ZK-WLKA surprise from further afield was...
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The Little Plane that Could
When I was in Wellington 2 weeks ago I was pleased to capture these 2 black and white aircraft on finals for Runway 16 in a light Southerly: I think the Tomahawk is hoping to grow up into an Airbus!
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