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Gyrocopters
A fly in to Pauanui by the Gordonton Microlight Club attracted not only a number of microlights and LSA aircraft, but also two AutoGyro gyrocopters not noted here before, being MTOSport ZK-RCC from...
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Bellanca Super Viking 300 ZK-VIX at Parakai 9-1-2019
Apart from the parachute dropping, weekdays at Parakai airfield (also known as West Auckland Airport) seem pretty quiet and so it was yesterday. There are quite a lot of hangars however all but 2 of...
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Mosquito ZK-BCV Ready to Reach for the Sky
A recent post on the Avspecs facebook page showed the "new" DH 98 Mosquito FB VI ZK-BCV outside in the sun on 9/1/19, and looking complete with the cowlings now fitted. Thanks to Avspecs for the use...
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Pauanui
Amongst today's visitors to Pauanui were a couple of East Coast residents being Cessna 182Q ZK-CME up from WhakataneAnd Robinson R22 ZK-HDT which was acquired by its Whitianga owner in November 2018.
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Question time # 203 resolved.
Flyernzl takes the cake chocolate fish.We have here our one and only registered Pterodactyl Ptiger ZK-MIH1 (c/n MAANZ/082) which was first listed with Murray Hagen of Tuatapere on 26-06-1982.Eddie...
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Mosquito ZK-BCV Has Flown!
This morning at 11.47 am Steve Hinton lifted Rod Lewis's DH 98 Mosquito FB VI ZK-BCV off from Runway 03 at Ardmore for its first flight in New Zealand since 1955. The flight lasted around 20...
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Three Merlins at Ardmore Today 13-1-2019
As the well known saying goes - what is better than the sound of two Rolls Royce Merlins? - the sound of three Merlins!When I saw Avspecs previous Mosquito flying the chase plane was Doug Brooker's MXS...
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Six Merlins Over the Years at Ardmore
What a great day at Ardmore yesterday, and it is great to see the photos from many people, including the Air to Air from Gavin Conroy that is now the heading photo for the Avspecs facebook page...
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Cessna U206G ZK-KPM update.
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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Auckland Seaplanes Beaver All Hanging Out at Ardmore 13-1-2019
I got to Ardmore quite early on Sunday morning not knowing when the Mosquito would fly. And while I was waiting the Auckland Seaplanes amphibian Beaver ZK-WKA was readied for a good days work...
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Hunting Percival P.56 Provost
Over the summer break I dropped in to see what was going on at Palmerston North airport. There was nothing to be seen anywhere so I decided to head over to nearby fielding. This proved to be very...
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Lake LA-250 Renegade ZK-WAI
On a trip to Central Otago earlier this month I happened upon the recently registered Lake LA-250 Renegade ZK-WAI/3 parked at Wanaka. It wasn't until I returned home that it dawned on me this aircraft...
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Sonex Tri Gear ZK-PDB at Ardmore 13-1-2019
I enjoy waiting around aerodromes as given time, something interesting usually turns up. This was the case on Sunday when I was waiting for the Mosquito and Paul Blackmore turned up to fly his Sonex...
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ZK-EAA
After a quiet few days at the Pauanui airfield visitor numbers picked up today and included the striking blue Vans RV12UL ZK-EAA. This was the 3rd RV12 completed at Whitianga by the Mercury Bay...
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A couple of strays at NZCH today.
Nice to see back in the air is the Cessna 180 ZK-BJV (c/n 31452) of Darlington Drilling and Piling Ltd of Blenheim.Until August this year this airframe had been hangared - unused - at Rangiora for...
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Mosquito ZK-BCV Departing
Although there have been many photos published of the stunning DH 98 Mosquito ZK-BCV (especially on our sister blog MRC Aviation www.mrcaviation.blogspot.com), I chose this photo because it shows the...
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A Dash of Splash at NAC Pancake Breakfast This Morning 19-1-2019
The Northern Aviators Club held their third flyin for the year, a slap up pancake breakfast with lots of yummy trimmings, at Kaipara Flats airfield this morning. I got there early and met Rodger...
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NZKF - NZDA 19-1-2019
Rob Fry in his Cesssna 180A ZK-FRY2 departing Kaipara Flats for Dargaville yesterday. But what type of plane are we in?
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Another Dargaville Lunch Run 19-1-2019
Following the great pancake breakfast at Kaipara Flats, quite a few of the guys headed on up to Dargaville for lunch.Peter Armstrong came up for breakfast from Ardmore in his Dyn Aero MCR 4S ZK-PSA....
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