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Wings Over Wairarapa (5) - TVAL 2 seaters
I thought I would go back and post a few other photos from February's Wings Over Wairarapa starting with these shote of TVAL 2 seaters. The light wasn't very good and they are quite long shots, but...
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My week through Christchurch.
On Thursday the 4th we have the Airbus A320-271N ZK-NHA (c/n 8715) reaching for the runway. Parked over at the ANZES hangar I managed a closer passing shot of the withdrawn Airbus A320-232 ZK-OJN (c/n...
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B & F Technik FK 9 Mark IV(s) of New Zealand
There were 2 new types of sport aircraft registered here on 3/2/09, both B & F Technik models and both registered to Polaris Air Ltd of Mt Maunganui.The B & F Technik FK 9 Mark IV is a...
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North Shore
A brief visit to North Shore airfield today caught a couple of interesting aircraft which are based at the airfield, being former South African nose wheel Maule MXT7-180A ZK-RLTAnd the Vans RV9A ZK-VNS
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Trojans at Stratford 31-3-2019
Nick Furmage was on hand a week ago when Brett Emeny and Peter Vause arrived in their Trojans. I would have loved to have been there.Clattering overhead and taxying in.973 is ZK-TPV and 563 is...
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B & F Technik FK 14B Polaris(s) of New Zealand
The second type of B & F Technik aircraft to be registered to Polaris Air Ltd on 3/2/09 was the FK 14B Polaris model.The B & F FK 14 was designed in 1998 and the prototype first flew in May...
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Te Tecnams at Te Kowhai 10-4-2019
A trip down familiar roads to Te Kuiti (for No 2 grandsons birthday) saw a couple of Tecnams outside:Both have appeared on this blog previously but it was the first time I had seen P 92 Echo Super...
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Jurca MJ 8 (Scale Focke Wulfe FW 190)s of New Zealand - ZK-YKZ
The next type of sport aircraft to be registered in New Zealand was the exotic Jurca MJ 8 ZK-YKZ which was imported from Switzerland and was first registered here on 11/2/09.I have previously posted...
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New Zealand Breweries Colt Airship ZK-ALE
There has been some discussions over recent years regarding the Colt AS-105 HA Airship ZK-ALE/2 c/n 886 that was imported by New Zealand Breweries Ltd., Auckland, in 1987.This was a new aircraft,...
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Pauanui
A fine autumn weekend on the Coromandel brought a steady stream of visitors to the Pauanui airfield in and amongst the 4 locally based Yak 52s practising their formation aerobatics.Included were the...
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PA-18S-105 Cub on Floats - ZK-KSS
I had not remembered about this Cub although it has been posted on the blog previously at https://nzcivair.blogspot.com/2016/02/zk-kss.html , but this was when it was on wheels.It has now been...
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Hawera Aero Club's Aeroprakt A 32 Vixxen - ZK-VHC
The Hawera Aero Club has had their A 32 Vixxen ZK-VHC on line since late 2017. It is registered as a Light Sport Aircraft (LSA) and was delivered in all white.ZK-VHC at Hawera recently. It now sports...
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Kaitaia Aero Club's Cessna C 162 Skycatcher - ZK-KTC
Another aero club 2 seat trainer is the Kaitaia Aero Club's recently imported low time C 162 Skycatcher ZK-KTC (c/n 16200148). This aircraft is powered by a 100 HP O-200D engine rather than the...
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Pauanui
A fine start to the Easter long weekend has brought a steady stream of visitors to the Pauanui airfield including up from Dannevirke the local Flying Club's PA28-140 ZK-EBL, which was accompanied by...
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Polikarpov PO-2 takes flight
Polikarpov PO-2 ZK-POL/2, registered just a few days ago to a Wakefield, Nelson address, took to the skies above Ardmore for the first time yesterday. More photos HEREThanks to Agairnz for the photos!
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Pauanui
The flow of interesting visitors over Easter to the Pauanui airfield continued with the Cessna U206 ZK-EDI up from Blenheim, and looking very smart for being 50 years oldAnd from down the coast came...
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Omaka
Both the relaxed Friday and the full on Saturday mornings began like this.Calm and clear with just a hint of frost and/or heavy dew and with the sun pushing the moon above the horizon.Harvard row -...
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New A 22LS Foxbat ZK-JTF at Stratford
The Finer/Hardwick-Smith Syndicate of Eltham's new Aeroprakt A 22LS Foxbat ZK-JTF (c/n 346) was at Stratford on 20 April.ZK-JTF was first registered on 5/2/19.But wait! There is more! The...
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Nice Model of Sunderlnd ZK-AMK
When I was last through Wellington airport I took a wander up to see the new Rydges Hotel which had been recently opened. I wondered if there would be any aviation related themes and I came across...
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Anzac Pup for Anzac Day
Photo of the Anzac Pup taken at this year's Wings Over Wairarapa airshow on 23 February:The Vintage Aviator's Sopwith Pup ZK-AFS2is painted to represent N6185 from 4(N) Squadron RNAS which was the...
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