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New Caravans and an agplane at Queenstown
A number of new Caravans have been added to the fleets of the various Queenstown operators over the last year or so, starting with ZK-MCS which was imported from the US in March 2019 for Milford Sound...
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Jodel D9 ZK-KMM at Stratford 28-8-2019
The reason I did a quick trip to Stratford was that the weather forecast looked really good, and the aerodrome surface was great to fly off (given it is still winter). The plan worked well but after...
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This week at Christchurch
Not a civil machine but the C-17A Globemaster III 02-1106 (c/n 50114) has been parked up for most of the week at Christchurch. Photographed here on the 26th. Two Cessna T206H Turbo Stationair's were...
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Helicopters in Queenstown
There have been a number of additions and changes to the fleets of the Queenstown based helicopter operators over the last year or so and these include AS350B2 ZK-ICX of The Helicopter Line now...
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Te Kowhai
I called in a couple of times to Te Kowhai on my way South and North. It is always a welcoming coffee stop, and I met up with Peter Lourie who is the Airfield Manager there. He kindly opened a couple...
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Glenorchy
A visit to the revamped Glenorchy airfield revealed a hive of heliski activity with 4 Squirrels on the field starting with AS350B3 ZK-HVA which is registered to Heli My Way, Otautau and was formerly...
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Galatea Gyros on 31-8-2019
Intrepid avianaut theHairy Mole Rat was at Galatea yesterday where there was a gyro flyin. There was quite a variety of gyros there:ZK-RKK is a Paul Scherrer KB 3 and it came from Upper Hutt.ZK-RRM is...
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Alexandra
A visit to a quiet Alexandra on a sunny Sunday morning provided a few aircraft out and about, including the local Central Otago Flying Club's Cessna 172N ZK-ERWAnd heading out for a local flight the...
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Pokeno on 29-8-2019
On my way back to Warkworth last week I detoured off to Pokeno airfield. There is the roof of a very big hangar sitting there which will eventually be raised to house the Catalina.However, of more...
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A couple more at Queenstown
A quick tour around Queenstown Airport prior to our flight departure offered some more items of interest including Hughes 369D ZK-IMT of Heli My Way, Otautau. This was acquired by the company in...
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ZK-CUX
Piper PA-28-140C Cherokee ZK-CUX c/n 28-26943 was registered to Airwork (NZ) Ltd of Christchurch on 18-08-1970.It arrived in NZ aboard the Irisbank, along with ZK-CUW, on 11 September 1970 and was...
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Finals for 07 NZRT
I had the pleasure of a ride with Andrew Drain in his ICP Savannah S ZK-SUA the other day.Here we are arriving back and on final for '07' at Rangiora.Nice.
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Awaiting pending inclemency
A quick look at NZCH early this afternoon found the ATR-GIE ATR 72-212A ZK-MCX (c/n 687) still parked out and minus its markings. Its younger cousin ZK-MVK (c/n 1330) was on the ramp awaiting another...
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Saturday's pie run to NZRT
Sir Minty and self managed a visitation to Rangiora on Saturday afternoon.We found the Zenith CH701 STOL ZK-DUX2 (c/n 7-4272) out in the sunshine.It then proceeded to carry out a test flight.ZK-DUX was...
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More from Rangiora yesterday
Also noted at Rangiora on Saturday was the tidy Piper PA-22/20 Caribbean taildragger ZK-ZTH (c/n 22-6967) of Tony Hay.This had a long history in Australia as VH-GMH before coming to NZ in 2015.And the...
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Cessna 180 Hunkered Down
We came across Cessna 180 ZK-DBX well tied down and protected from the elements yesterday, beside the foot of the access road to Mount John at Tekapo:I thought it was worth a photo just for the...
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Mt Cook Skiplanes - Then and Now
A fantastic day at Mt Cook yesterday with not a cloud in the sky all day, and what views! I thought that as I was so close to New Zealand aviation history that it would be rude not to take a few...
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Helicopters at Mt Cook
I was following in Richard Currie's footsteps with our South Island trip, and I also photo'd a few helicopters against the spectacular backdrops at Mt Cook.At the airport was The Helicopter Line's...
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A Couple of Cherokees from Wanaka
Following on from our flights at Mt Cook we overnighted at Wanaka and then on to Queenstown with a quick stop at Wanaka Airport, where I was pleased to meet up with Steve Bunting who was knowledgeable...
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Pietenpol ZK-ALG at Wanaka
Also at Wanaka, Greg Doran's very nice Pietenpol ZK-ALG2 was in his hangar and well positioned for a photo. It is powered by a Rotec radial engine.Greg hold me that it has performed one test flight to...
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