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Ardmore
A visit to Ardmore on a very grey and misty day was nonetheless rewarding and amongst those seen was the Bolkow 208A Junior ZK-CJF which has been out of the air for some 10 years, and is now looking...
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Nelson
A visit to a busy Nelson Airport earlier today offered plenty of interest including the GA8 Airvan ZK-EHS of Air Kaikoura in for 100 hour checks. This arrived from Australia back in November 2018,...
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Kaikoura
The three Whale Watching operators were busy yesterday in Kaikoura, and included in their fleets are the 2 GA8 Airvans ZK-FSR and KBZ owned by South Pacific Helicopters and operated as "Wings over...
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Just Aircraft of New Zealand - Escapade ZK-SKP
The next type of aircraft to be registered in New Zealand was the Just Escapade, the first (and so far the only) example which was registered on 24/6/09.The Escapade traces its roots back via the...
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A Couple of New Tecnam P 92s at Wanaka
Nearly three years after our last Tecnam P 92 was registered, another two examples were registered to the New Zealand sales agents last week.The P 92 has been a very popular and long lasting aircraft...
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Just Aircraft of New Zealand - Highlanders
Although the Highlander looks quite a bit more chunky, it is a direct development of the Escapade. So although the first Highlander wasn't registered until January 2011, for this series I will Just...
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Just Aircraft of New Zealand - Super STOLs
Following on from the Highlander, Just Aircraft developed the Super STOL as an even more capable STOL aircraft with the same fuselage but with bigger wings with automatic leading edge slats and Fowler...
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Helicopters
Noted in our travels this week were 3 helicopters that havent appeared on this blog before, starting with the Robinson R44 II ZK-HJN sprayer at Tauranga, which is part of the large Rotor Work Te Kuiti...
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Just Aircraft of New Zealand - Super STOL XL ZK-DJG
In 2015 Just Aircraft introduced the Super STOL XL which has a stretched fuselage to offset the installation of heavier and more powerful engines up to 180 HP. Whereas the Escapade, Highlander and...
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Malibu ZK-MPG
The Piper PA-46 Malibu is a six seat low wing pressurised cabin class aircraft with an air stair door. The prototype first flew on 30-11-1979 powered with a Continental TSIO-520 engine.The production...
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Pauanui
Among the visitors to Pauanui on what has been a stunning weather week on the Coromandel was the Pipistrel Virus SW ZK-TCB up from Tauranga. This was imported by the Pipistrel agents in October 2018.
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NuWaco at Tauranga Yesterday 25-5-2019
Warwick Hamilton was on hand to capture Marty Cantlon's lovely NuWaco T 10 ZK-WTW starting up and taxying at Tauranga yesterday:A smokey start up....Dang! that's a nice looking aircraft!Thanks for the...
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Edwardian Era Replica Flying Machines of New Zealand - A Plethora of 1903...
Over quite a few years now I have been posting the histories of homebuilt and sport aircraft of New Zealand that have been registered here. I reckon it has been quite exhaustive, but the other day I...
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Edwardian Era Replica Flying Machines of New Zealand - the Mudrovich 1903...
Around 10 years after the centenary of Richard Pearse's attempts to fly at Waitohi in South Canterbury, Ivan Mudrovich of Auckland completed his re-imagination of Pearse's 1903 flying machine.Ivan's...
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ZK-IPJ at Ardmore 28-05-2019
Advanced Flight of Pikes Point Auckland has acquired three Bell 429 Global Ranger's to cover their new contract for the Police Air Wing operation.ZK-IPJ (c/n 57049) is the last of the three to be...
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Pics of the week.
A selection of photos taken during the last week or so. One I have not seen for many years is the Piper PA-28RT-201T Turbo Arrow IV ZK-EZM (c/n 28RT-7931111) which has been with Management Nelson Ltd...
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ZK-HVR
The Bell 206L-1 LongRanger ZK-HVR3 (c/n 45323) spent its formative years in Venezuela as YV-320CP before popping up on the PNG register as P2-HBB in 1988.On 06-06-2003 it was listed on the Australian...
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NZCH today 31-05-2019
A recent addition to the GCH Aviation Ltd's fleet is this Kawasaki BK117 B-2 ZK-IGS2 (c/n 1091).This had been JA6781 since 22-03-1996 with the Aichi Prefecture Police until being withdrawn from use on...
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Pauanui
A dramatic improvement in the weather on Queen's Birthday Monday brought a steady number of visitors to the Pauanui airfield over the day, including down from Whitianga the RV12 ZK-LSV.From Tauranga,...
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James Aviation DC 3 ZK-AZL at Sunrise at Te Kowhai This Morning 3-6-2019
James Aviation's historic DC 3 ZK-AZL has recently been re-located to Te Kowhai from its previous home at Mystery Creek.I was passing through Te Kowhai early this morning and it looked really great out...
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