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Toby Lakin photo'd the Northland Emergency Services Trust's Sikorsky S 76C ZK-HQC5 at Whangarei recently, working up for its entry into service.Thanks for the use of the photo Toby.
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MD Helicopters 600N ZK-HVH
Tussock Creek (north of Invercargill) based Southland Helicopters earlier this month registered three MD Helicopters 600N(otar), all imported from the UK. The first machine, ZK-HVH/4 MSN RN060, was...
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A couple from our travels
A couple of aircraft seen along the way in our travels back to Auckland were the Aerospread Cresco ZK-LTE at Napier, now repainted and heading out before the weather packed inAnd a surprise at Taupo...
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At the Kaikoura Hop
The annual 'Kaikoura Hop' took place last weekend at Kaikoura.It is an annual event around a classic car show, with fun, food and entertainment for all.CMM was on the spot and did his duty and offers...
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Tuesday at Wanganui
A few days ago I was able to spend some time at Wanganui airport.Currently, the most active organisation based there is the New Zealand International Commercial Pilot Academy.This is a local Council...
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Christchurch with the long lens today
A quick whiz around the the perimeter of NZCH today (all 14 km of it) trying out the long lens. The Vans RV 6A ZK-VIA (c/n 23401) visiting again and at the western tie downs. Pilatus PC-12/45 ZK-PLT...
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Dyn Aero MCR 4S (Only One) of New Zealand
I have posted the history of our only Dyn Aero MCR 4S as an addendum to the Dyn Aero MCR 01 of which it is a direct descendent. However I will post it again in date order as it was first registered...
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RV6 ZK-VGS
The very smart RV6 ZK-VGS was noted at Pauanui for the first time today. Based at Ardmore it was originally registered back in 1999 before departing to Australia as VH-VGS in mid 2003. It returned as...
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A Couple from Galatea
The Hairy Mole Rat travelled down to Galatea on 31 August to a mainly gyro gathering, and photo'd a couple of old school 2 seat microlights in the hangar:Our one and only Indy Aircraft T Bird II...
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Auckland Aero Club at Mangere
Departing for the south yesterday, nice to see that the Auckland Aero Club has now been commemorated in the Auckland airport domestic terminal.The three Moths mentioned would have been ZK-AAE ZK-AAT...
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Hamilton
A visit to Hamilton Airport on a stunning spring morning revealed a hive of activity including the privately owned R44 ZK-ILC from Te Awamutu, which was imported from Taiwan back in 1998Up from...
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ZK-NNF
Parked outside the ANZES hangar at Christchurch today was the Airbus A321-271NX ZK-NNF c/n 8839.First flown out of Hamburg as D-AVYR on 2 July 2019 it ferried in to Christchurch on 18 July and carried...
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Ibis Magic GS 700s of New Zealand
The next type of sport aircraft to arrive here was the Ibis Magic GS 700. Ibis Aircraft S A was formed in Santiago de Cali in Colombia in 1990 and has produced around 8 models since that time.The Ibis...
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Pauanui
A recent arrival in NZ is Air Centre One's appropriately registered Beech A36 Bonanza ZK-ACO, which arrived in NZ from Australia in September 2019. The registration "ACO" was last used on a DH89...
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ZK-WOS at Paraparaumu 4-10-2019
Jordan Elvy was at Paraparaumu today to catch the recently imported Vans RV 7 ZK-WOS2:ZK-WOS2 (c/n 73058) was registered to Waste of Space Aviation Ltd of Napier on 17/9/19.Its previous identity is...
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Canterbury Aero Club's new Cessna 172's
Matt Hayes has provided a couple of nice photographs of the Canterbury Aero Club's recently acquired Cessna 172 Skyhawk SP'sCessna 172R ZK-JNE3 (c/n 1720899) was listed to the Club on 29 March 2019...
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Around Auckland
A trip around Auckland's airports and heliports today offered a number of aircraft of interest, including at Auckland International the latest addition to the Airwork freighter fleet 737-36E ZK-FXJ....
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Druine Turbulent ZK-WPT
We have featured the Turbulent ZK-WPT in a couple of posts on the blog, originally by Allan Brizell of Westport (hence the registration?) at:...
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Murchison Heli Tours Ltd Sunday 6th
I was driving through Murchison on Sunday (as you do) and found both of the Murchison Heli Tours Ltd's Squirrels out in the sunshine.Eurocopter AS 350 B3 ZK-IKA2 (c/n 3409) is a recent addition to the...
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Motueka Sunday afternoon October 6th
A belated report from Motueka for SundayDe Havilland DHC-1A-1 Chipmunk ZK-CVM2 (c/n 34) as listed to M Woodhouse of Richmond was out and about.Mentioned previously HereThorp T-18 ZK-EDF (c/n...
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