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ZK-TGN at Ardmore 1-12-15
North American T-28B Trojan ZK-TGN was out doing engine runs at Ardmore this afternoon.
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Aerobatic Monoplanes of New Zealand (2) - Yakovlev Yak 50
The next type of purpose designed aerobatic monoplane to be registered in New Zealand was the Alpine Fighter Collection's Yak 50 ZK-YAC.The Yak 50 was designed by Sergei Yakovlev in the 1970s and is a...
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Sneaky Question time # 182 resolved.
I posted the following back on November the 20th.This was in fact a sneaky Question Time posting. ***FRIDAY, 20 NOVEMBER...
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Titan T 51 Mustang ZK-WZY
I was fortunate to be able to arrange to be at Ardmore this afternoon for the roll out of Titan Mustang ZK-WZY from the Pioneer Aero hangar for some taxi tests. It is a beautifully finished aircraft...
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Ardmore 3-12-2015
Ardmore yesterday provided its usual crop of new and interesting aircraft including the following:Beech 200 ZK-MFT2 was undergoing engine runs outside Hawker Pacific. It was registered to Skyline...
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Titan Mustang ZK-WZY First Flight Today 5-12-2015
Thanks to Colin Hunter we have some nice photos of the first flight of Titan T 51 Mustang ZK-WZY at Ardmore today, flown by test pilot Gavin Trethewey.Take off rollAnd looking great overhead. Thanks...
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Yesterdays take at Russell Flat.
I had a long overdue visitation to the Canterbury Gliding Club strip at Russell Flat today.It was not overly active but the westerly breeze picked up early afternoon which encouraged a few pundits out...
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Lord Nelson reports.
Lord Nelson reports firstly from Nelson Airport yesterday where the Fletcher FU24-550GT Crusader ZK-DDX (c/n 160) is based.It now carries Aerowork colours and title in-lieu of its 'au naturel'...
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Martin Jetpacks of New Zealand
I see from news reports that the Martin Jetpack will perform its first public flight in Shenzhen, China today 6/12/15 in front of thousands of people. So I thought it an auspicious time do do a blog...
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Some pics from Matt
Matt Hayes did a flight to/from Christchurch - Nelson yesterday. Here a a five of his photographs of the trip.On left base for 02 at Nelson yesterday the 5th of December.Looking up Queen Charlotte...
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Aerobatic Monoplanes of New Zealand (3) - Akrotech Giles Aircraft
The Giles G 200 and G 202 were designed by Richard Giles in the 1990s as cheap(er) unlimited aerobatic aircraft that were built from a carbon fibre kitset, and powered by a 4 cylinder engine. The wing...
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HNZ New Zealand at Nelson today.
Two Squirrels sited at Nelson today by Lord Nelson. ZK-HBU3 is c/n 2286 and got a mention at :-http://nzcivair.blogspot.co.nz/2008/10/recently-deregistered-aerospatiale.htmlContinuing this...
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North Shore Today 10-12-2015
Not much was happening at a windy North Shore airfield this afternoon, but the scheduled Barrier Air flight arrived from Great Barrier Island at 5.30. Touching down. Taxying off the runway.And the...
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Aerobatic Monoplanes of New Zealand (4) - Zivko Edge 540
The Edge 540 was developed by Bill Zivko and its origins go back to the Laser 200 for which Bill designed a new composite wing and which became the Edge 360. Then in 1993 Zivko Aeronautics Inc...
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Auster ZK-BMD.
Auster designations - A very satisfying study which I am not going to probe particularly deeply here.Post World War Two Auster were converted to civil using its military number (eg AOP5) to become the...
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Yet to Fly at Ardmore?
Back in February I did a post on the various types of BK 117 helicopter, see: http://nzcivair.blogspot.co.nz/2015/02/ardmore-23-2-2015-bk-117-helicopters.htmlNow when I was at Ardmore last week, I...
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Shots taken this week.
A bit of a slow week this week for the Blue Bus with nothing new to report.All have been mentioned on this blog previously.On Wednesday I was at Rangiora briefly and shot the Aerotek Pitts S-1S ZK-FRJ...
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ZK-CIC in its new scheme.
I have only just finished writing up my notes (as you do on a thundery Sunday afternoon) on the registration cancellation of the Airwork/Lifeflight Fairchild SA227-AC Metro ZK-LFT. This has gone to Air...
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Aerobatic Monoplanes of New Zealand (5) - Zlin Z-50
The Zlin Z-50 was designed in 1973 by Czech designer Jan Mikula as a replacement for the earlier Zlin 26 series (of which we have had one Z 326 and one Z 526 - both types of which were flown to victory...
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Bargeldo1 at Christchurch today
Bargeldo1 did some drive by shooting at Christchurch International Airport today and offers these three shots.The Raytheon 1900D ZK-EAG2 (c/n UE-430) on finals.Parked up at the Garden City Helicopters...
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