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Pauanui
The interesting visitors continued to arrive in Pauanui including Hamilton based EC120B ZK-HEK which only stayed a few minutes after dropping off passengersAnd in for lunch from Taupo was the PA24-260...
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Billy T James flying !
The following link here will take you to a video showing Billy T James flying the ski equipped Piper PA-18A-180 Super Cub ZK-BFV (c/n 18-4135) from the Canal road between Tekapo and Twizel, over a...
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A Great Day for Flying in Northland
The Northern Aviators Club struck it lucky again with the weather for their second flyin of the summer season, held at Martin Farrand's airstrip at Whananaki today 30/12/18. Whananaki is on the East...
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The Sport Aircraft Year 2018
As the 2018 year draws to a close, I thought I would look back at the sport aircraft year briefly (There is a problem with just what is a sport aircraft but I do not include most reg and tube...
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Happy New Year for 2019
Nothing to do with aircraft, but uniquely New Zealand. Happy New Year to all our readers, especially those from overseas who may not know that this is the longest place name in the world. It is on...
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1st Fly-in in the World 2019
Hosted by the Central Hawkes Bay Aero Club at Waipukurau and billed as the first fly-in in the world for 2019 the event attracted over 50 aircraft of a wide variety of types. Some of these are new to...
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Druine Turbulent ZK-CWE at Whangarei
I have posted previously about the pair of Turbulents that were owned by Bruce Shepherd of Whangarei - ZK-BWE and ZK-CWE which sport nearly identical colour schemes. For ZK-BWE see HERE and for ZK-CWE...
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Pauanui Waterways
As well as the airfield Pauanui has a large waterways development and some of the owners commute to their house and boat by way of their helicopter. The most regular of these is Hopper Developments...
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Christchurch Heli Centre departures.
A quick stop at the Christchurch Heli Centre this afternoon caught these two departing with seconds of each other. Robinson R44 Raven II ZK-IGR (c/n 12262) of Helicopters South Canterbury 2015 Ltd...
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Pauanui
Of the visitors to the airfield this week a couple have not been noted here before, and also havent appeared on this blog.The first of these was the Bantam B22S ZK-MLK which is based at Te Kowhai, and...
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Question time # 203
Question time # 203.Hmmm !What make and model is this flying machine ?Make sure you get the spelling correct please !Can you offer its ZK registration ?
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Turbulents ZK-BWE and ZK-CWE at Whangarei
Following on from my recent post on the Druine Turbulent ZK-CWE, blog follower and Jodel flyer Steve Gilliam has sent photos of the 2 Turbulents together:Bruce Shepherd cleans his ZK-BWE while ZK-CWE...
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Four Vans and a Tecnam
Saturday brought a small gathering of Vans aircraft at Pauanui comprising RV8 ZK-WLK, RV7 ZK-WLL and RV6 ZK-VRVAnd they were joined shortly thereafter by RV8 ZK-EYT from North ShoreNot often seen is...
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Barrier Air
A visit to AKL saw the Barrier Air Cessna 208B Caravan fleet of ZK-SDB, SDC & SDD lined up ready for today's flightsFirst off the rank was the latest addition to the fleet, ZK-SDD, which was with...
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North Shore Today 6-1-2019
A visit to North Shore Airfield this afternoon saw quite a lot of activity from North Shore Aero Club plus these more interesting sport aircraft and a classic Mooney. They are all locally based...
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Helicopter Me
A July 2018 addition to the North Shore Helicopters / Helicopter Me fleet was the brand new Airbus Helicopters EC120T2 ZK-HSH, seen here departing from their Mechanics Bay heliport.
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Vans RV 14 ZK-VNX
ZK-VNX as captured today at Tauranga by Grayson Ottaway.Vans RV-14 VH-VNX2 (c/n 140331) was registered to Chad Boot of Elizabeth Bay, NSW on 02-03-2018.It was ferried from Coffs Harbour via Lord Howe...
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Cessna U206G ZK-KPM
Cessna U206G Stationair ZK-KPM (c/n U20606210) was first listed to the Cessna Aircraft Company in April of 1981 as N6273Z with a transfer to Asian Aviation Services Ltd of Bedford Texas in June that...
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Matamata
A visit to a very warm Matamata airfield today offered NZ Aviation's Diamond DA40D ZK-DIM on the school's flightlineAnd locally based Just Highlander ZK-JUS doing a series of very short take offs and...
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Tandem Skydiving at Parakai Today 9-9-2019
Lady Minty went for a tandem skydive with Skydive Auckland at Parakai today. She jumped from 13,000 feet and says that the view from up there was spectacular. The aircraft then climbed up to 20,000...
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