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Taieri
Taieri was a hive of activity for the last official day of summer and amongst these were the following, starting with the Jodel D11 ZK-EDG registered back in 1977 but still looking very smart.Work...
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Taieri Wings & Wheels 2020
Today the Otago Aero Club hosted the 2020 Taieri Wings & Wheels at the airfield and due to the amazing weather it attracted a large number of interesting aircraft.Stars amongst these were a couple...
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The Tiger Club North Cape to Bluff Vintage Rally
The Tiger Club North Cape to Bluff Vintage Rally stopped off at Kaipara Flats airfield for lunch today. There was quite a bit of local interest from the aircraft community and altogether 24 aircraft...
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More from Taieri Wings & Wheels
More attendees from the Taieri Wings & Wheels were the Best Off Skyranger Swift ZK-SCT which is locally based and was registered back in 2010.Also locally based is the unique Rex Telfer Rex-1...
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A Few More from Kaipara Flats on 1/3/2020
There were quite a number of more local aircraft at Kaipara Flats on Sunday, to be part of the Tiger Club Vintage Rally coming through. I counted 23 visiting aircraft and one visiting helicopter in...
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Ardmore back on 27-2-2020
On my way back North from Pukekawa last week I stopped briefly in to Ardmore which was quiet on a Thursday afternoon, but there were a few aircraft that caught my eye:Over by Pioneer Aero the Air...
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Our latest Cirrus
Visiting Pauanui this week was our latest Cirrus import, SR22 G3 ZK-FER2 which is registered to a Hamilton based syndicate. This arrived at Auckland back on 31 January 2020 as VH-FER after a...
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Ardmore
A visit to Ardmore today revealed the Whanganui based NZICPA (NZ International Commercial Pilots Academy) Cessna 172S ZK-CAA2 now repainted in the Academy's fleet colours. They acquired this back in...
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Kakariki support
I was privileged today to catch a couple of quick shots of the Christchurch Helicopters (2001) Ltd's Aerospatiale AS 350 BA ZK-HPQ3 (c/n 1420).This machine is used in support of the Department of...
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Mid morning at Christchurch western grass.
Lurking mostly in the shade was the Cub Crafters Carbon Cub CC11-160 ZK-CSS2 (c/n CC11-00193) as listed with Christian Burtscher.And out in the sun and down from Nelson for a bit of survey work was...
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Bearcat ZK-LKA at Waipukurau 6-3-2020
Our fourth R & B Bearcat ZK-LKA (c/n L-145) was registered to Plane Torque Ltd of Havelock North on 2/12/19. It is based at Bridge Pa aerodrome and at present is undergoing its 40 hour test flying...
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A busy hour at Christchurch yesterday (07-03-2020).
I spent about an hour on the balcony at the Canterbury Aero Club yesterday.Here are some of the resulting photos.Locally based Cessna T206H Turbo Stationair ZK-TDO (c/n T20608358) a 2002 model, has...
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North Shore Robin ZK-TZI Today 8-3-2020
A quick swing by North Shore Airfield on my way home today saw some of the North Shore Aero Club aircraft out training, including their newest Robin ZK-TZI2 shown here with ZK-TZK landing in the...
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Yesterday at Makarora
My long lost comrade "CMM" has re-surfaced and kindly sent in these pics taken at Makarora yesterday 7th March. Cessna A185F ZK-FMA (c/n 18503513) has been with Southern Alps Air Charter Ltd since...
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Glide Omarama Ceases Operations
Glide Omarama has announced that it has ceased operations with the loss of 21 jobs as from Monday 9 March due to licensing interpretation differences with CAA. See this article from the Omarama...
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Tiger Club Vintage Rally at Ruatoria and Upcoming Flyin on 21 March
The Tiger Club North Cape to Bluff Vintage Rally called in to Ruatoria airfield last week on their way South. The Gisborne Herald has posted a nice video of the event on Facebook, and the link is:...
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Interesting aircraft at Ardmore
A visit to Ardmore today revealed a couple of interesting twins starting with the Guardian 400 special missions demonstrator C-GVKI which is currently on a world tour. Modified from a standard Viking...
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Vans RV 12s of New Zealand (1)
Back into the histories of all of our homebuilt and sport aircraft...The Vans RV 12 was developed by Dick Van Grunsven as a Light Sport Aircraft and it first flew on 9 November 2006. In New Zealand it...
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ZK-IEX
Seen at Nelson on Wednesday the 4th of March was the Eurocopter EC 130 B4 ZK-IEX (c/n 4941).This was first listed to Airwork (NZ) Ltd at Ardmore on 15-11-2019 and was transferred over to GCH...
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Southland & Otago
Tripping through parts of Southland & Otago today revealed a number of aircraft of interest starting at Gore where Amberley based Fu24-954 ZK-EUA of Aerial Spreading Ltd was tied down. This...
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