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Another Newbie at Stratford - Pioneer 300 ZK-SCN
Nick Furmage also recently photo'd this new Hawera based Alpi Pioneer 300 at Stratford.ZK-SCN (c/n 332) was built from a kit by Sefton Crandall, now of New Plymouth, and was first registered on...
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Australian Aircraft Hornet STOLs of New Zealand
The next type of sport aircraft to be registered in New Zealand was the Hornet STOL.Australian Aircraft Kits of Taree, NSW introduced the Hornet STOL in 2004, for use in the Australian outback...
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ZK-IRS.
ZK-IRS4 is actually a Helibras (a subsidiary of Airbus Helicopters) AS 350 B2 Esquilo assembled in Brazil in 2005 as PR-CAA.It was with a private owner in 2008 and then with Brisair Servicos...
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Airtractor ZK-RUR at Feilding
Jordan Elvy recently captured the Rural Aerial Cooperative's Airtractor AT402B ZK-RUR2 arriving at Feilding in the late afternoon sun on 26 June:ZK-RUR2 (c/n 402B-1022) was first registered to the...
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Homegrown Two Seat Homebuilt Aircraft of New Zealand (9) - Bennett Condor
The last new aircraft to appear on the New Zealand register in 2009 was the Bennett Condor ZK-CON2.The Bennett Condor was built by Bill Bennett at Wanganui. It started out as a Minicab then Bill added...
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Kiwis Abroad
A visit to the excellent Queensland Air Museum at Caloundra this week revealed a couple of former NZ aircraft on display.The first is the Transavia PL12 Airtruk ZK-CWX which was originally imported new...
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TL Ultralights TL 3000 Siriuses of New Zealand
TL Ultralight s.r.o. is an sport aircraft manufacturer based at Hradec Kralove in the Czech Republic. It was formed in 1989 producing trikes. It produces the TL 2000 Sting and the TL 3000 Sirius (and...
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Mike Whittaker MW-6S(s) of New Zealand
The Mike Whittaker MW-6S "Fatboy"ZK-MWS was the next type of sport aircraft to be registered in New Zealand. In my series on Sport Aircraft of New Zealand I wondered whether to include this aircraft...
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Warrior ZK-MND
It has rightly been pointed out to me that the Piper PA-28-161 Warrior II ZK-MND has not featured on these pages. This Warrior is based at Rangiora - as indeed am I - and I probably see it at least...
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Pauanui
A fine Saturday on the Coromandel encouraged a number of interesting aircraft to visit the Pauanui airfield, including several not noted here before.Registered to Auckland Air Charter Limited is the...
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Rotorway Executive 162F ZK-HHN/4 at Masterton 7-07-2019
Jordan Elvy was on the spot at Masterton yesterday to catch the new Rotorway Executive 162F helicopter ZK-HHN4 carrying out some local flying:ZK-HHN4 (c/n 6973) was first registered to D S Buchanan of...
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Turbine Ag Cat ZK-WTA Spraying near Ohakea 8-7-2019
Tim Gorman happened across Hallett Griffin carrying out spraying operations in his Turbine Ag Cat ZK-WTA near Ohakea yesterday and he was able to get some spectacular photos:ZK-WTA (c/n 39B) is...
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Pauanui
In and amongst the rain showers a few more interesting visitors arrived at Pauanui, including Robinson R44 ZK-IAD which has now lost its Volcanic Air titling, having been sold to a Rotorua private...
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Pauanui
A stunning winter's day on the Coromandel brought an increase in aviation activity and visitors to Pauanui included the Autogyro Cavalon ZK-AVL, up from TaurangaAnd from Ardmore the 1975 model Cessna...
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Hallett Griffin's Other Ag Planes
Following on from the recently posted photos of Hallett Griffin spraying in his Turbine Ag Cat ZK-WTA, I thought I would follow with a round up of his collection of historic agricultural aircraft that...
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Transland Ag-2 N8330H in Better Times
Allan Wooller has kindly sent in a photo of Hallett Griffen's Ag-2 in its early life as N8330H.Thanks for the photo Allan.
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Travelair 4000 N9182 in Better Times
Below is a photo of Travelair 4000 N9182 assembled, taken by Russ Ward at his airstrip at Mercer in 2004. (This airstrip has since been closed I think). Does anyone know if it ever flew here?
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40 years with same owner - ZK-HLR.
The Hughes 269C ZK-HLR (c/n 29-0784) was certified by and registered to Dalhoff and King Aviation Ltd at Ardmore on 01-05-1979.It was then listed to Peter and Anne Presland of Mineret Station out of...
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Guimbal Cabri ZK-IMZ at Paraparaumu 13-7-2019
Tim Gorman was at Paraparaumu airport today and captured the Kapiti Districts Aero Club Guimbal Cabri G2 ZK-IMZ3 (c/n 1214) in the hover. This helicopter has been posted previously but it was covered...
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Three of this weeks pics
Three photos from this week. At Christchurch International on the 11th was the Cessna 172P Skyhawk II ZK-BFQ2(c/n 17274943) of Grant Bissett of Wanaka. A photo of it in its Australian marks of VH-BFQ...
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