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Pauanui
The same winds encountered by Keith at Kaipara Flats below have curtailed much of the activity at the Pauanui airfield recently, the exception being the regular flow of helicopters dropping off and...
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First Fly-In in the World
Our annual 'First fly-in in the world' was this year hosted by the Wairarapa Aero Club at Masterton on 1 January. The luncheon event attracted some 30 aircraft on a stunning day and included amongst...
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Manawatu Rescue Helicopter
Tim Gorman was out and about in the Manawatu a couple of days ago and at the Palmerston North Hospital helipad he photo'd the local rescue helicopter arriving and then quickly leaving on another...
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ZK-TRW
An aircraft that hasnt appeared on this blog before is the 1984 model Socata TB9 Tampico ZK-TRW. Exported originally to Australia in 1984 it quickly moved onto NZ in the same year and is currently...
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Question time.
In the Christchurch Press on Saturday there was a full page spread on the Mayfield Emporium.Below is an extract from that article.Can anybody spread more light on this museum and DC-3 ?
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STOL Hangar at Rangiora
I popped into Franks hangar at Rangiora this morning to catch up with his latest addition. Zenair CH701 STOL ZK-EDY (c/n 7-3988) as a project started back in 2001 by Gary Eady of Whangarei.It had a...
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ZK-WHW
An interesting overnight visitor to Pauanui was the 1969 model Piper PA31-310 Navajo ZK-WHW. This was originally imported from the US back in 1996 and still wears the script of its former Paraparaumu...
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Ardmore on 8-1-2020
On my hoped for final trip down to Stratford on Jodel matters, we called into Ardmore for a coffee stop mid morning. It was quiet but I found a few aircraft to photograph:The Percival P56 Provost T1...
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ZK-SDI
Yesterday's interesting visitor to Pauanui was the Tauranga based Stolp Starduster SA100UL ZK-SDI. This has been in NZ since 2008 when it was imported from the US.
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Te Kowhai There and Back 8 & 9-1-2020
A selection from Te Kowhai over the last couple of days:Colin Wade's Cirrus SR 20 ZK-CJW4 was in for fuel. It is his fourth use of the ZK-CJW registration.Roger Gibbs" Savannah S ZK-SRV2 has now...
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A Great Turnout for Lunch at Dargaville Today 11-1-2020
Benign light South-Westerlies saw a lot of aviators arriving at Dargaville for lunch today, and the lunch didn't disappoint! (except maybe for a few latecomers when the food had run out) I counted...
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Jodel D9 ZK-KMM in the North
Perceptive readers of the blog may have noticed that Jodel D9 ZK-KMM has moved North, where it is now hangared at its new base at Kaipara Flats airfield. Which is great news for me, and I took...
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Helicopters at Ardmore
Noted at Ardmore over the last couple of days was the Advanced Flight Guimbal Cabri G2 ZK-HAF now wearing at company's emblemAnd assembled at Oceanair is a new 2019 Bell 505 N194BG c/n 65076On...
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Cessna A185F N185MW
An interesting visitor to Pauanui today was the 1979 model Cessna A185F N185MW which arrived in NZ via Lord Howe back on 7 November. It seems to have spent most of its time at Omarama since then and...
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Stratford to Te Kowhai Flight 9-1-2020
Just over a week ago my instructor at the Dargaville Aero Club, Alan Nelson gave me his approval to carry out cross country flights from Stratford to Te Kowhai and then on to Kaipara Flats to get my...
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Te Kowhai to Kaipara Flats 9-1-2019
In my previous post I posted a photo essay on my flight from Stratford to Te Kowhai in my Jodel D9 ZK-KMM.After about an hour and a half on the ground for a chat and coffee and lunch in their great...
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Steadfast Has Flown in New Zealand!
The spectacular Yak 3U Steadfast has recently flown from Omaka airfield under its new New Zealand ownership as ZK-YOV.This great photo is from the JEM Aviation Facebook page. I am told that it was...
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Tauranga
A visit to a busy Tauranga today offered a number of aircraft of interest including the first in a line up of helicopters Robinson R22 Beta ZK-HCJ3 which is registered to Kahu Helicopters,...
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Nesmith Cougar ZK-CNA at Foxpine Today 16-1-2020
Simon Hills was at Foxpine today for the delivery of the unique Nesmith Cougar ZK-CNA2 to its new owner:It looks like it was a good day for flying all across the country today.Thanks for the photo Simon.
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Pauanui
Amongst the visitors to Pauanui today was the impressive Cub Crafters CCX 2000 Carbon Cub FX ZK-FXC2 from Ardmore. This was imported from the US in early 2019.Previously a regular visitor as ZK-HYJ...
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