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Tiger Moth Fly in Ashburton 14th March # 4
Following along in support mode was the Cessna 180 ZK-AMK2 c/n 32470 as listed with Matahui Airlines Ltd of Whitianga.Not a great deal younger than some of its biplane friends - being of 1956...
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Tiger Moth Fly in Ashburton 14th March # 5
Last of the pics from Ashburton show the Tiger Moth ZK-ALK nearest then ZK-BAH and ZK-BLI with the Gipsy Moth ZK-ADT at the far end. Below we have a monochrome line up with ZK-BRL nearest, then ZK-BMY,...
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Homegrown Two Seat Homebuilt Aircraft of New Zealand (10) - Jodel D 150X...
I will continue and finish my series on Homebuilt and Sport Aircraft of NZ as I will have time over the next few weeks.... So here is the next type of sport aircraft to be registered in New...
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Sikorsky EA 60A Blackhawk ZK-HKU
Kahu New Zealand Ltd's Sikorsky EA 60A Blackhawk arrived at Auckland in June 2019 registered as N160PA and it initially operated here under its American registration. It was registered ZK-HKU3 on...
View ArticleAll Private and Recreational Flying in New Zealand to Cease from Today 25-3-2020
Due to the Covid 19 pandemic and the elevation to Level 4 tonight, the CAA has advised that all private and recreational flying in New Zealand is required to cease from this afternoon 25 March 2020.We...
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Nesmith Cougar (Only One) of New Zealand
The next type of sport aircraft to be registered here was the one off (to date) Nesmith Cougar.The Nesmith Cougar was developed by Robert Nesmith of Houston, Texas in 1957. Â At that time Nesmith...
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Virgin Australia Closes New Zealand Bases
Virgin Australia Airlines has announced that it is looking to close its New Zealand crew bases impacting 550 New Zealand based staff. See HEREBoeing 737-800 VH-YIV on late finals into Queenstown last...
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Question Time
A nice easy Question Time to start the 'holidays'Just tell us what type we have - followed by a likely ZK registration ?To help weed out the multitude of correct answers -:-Â What is written on the wing...
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Coming along nicely.
This Australian Aviation J6 Karatoo under construction at Rangiora was out engine running on Sunday - this was the first time ruining with its spinner attached.I am not privy to its pending...
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Tecnam P 2006T ZK-MTM at Tauranga
There were three Tecnam aircraft imported into Tauranga in February 2020. They were the two Tecnam P 2008s ZK-TJT and ZK-TKT that were registered to the New Zealand Airline Academy of Oamaru on...
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I remember when -
- flying was fun.Here we are outside the Rangitaiki Pub - from memory sometime in 1969.I wonder where they all are now ?I can probably account for the aircraft but alas the people ----On the left is...
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Bee Gyroplane
CKE recently posted the photo below on Facebook - thanks for that Bruce. It is of the Bee Gyroplane as I remember it from the mid 1960s when it was demonstrated at Wellington Airport. I seem to...
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Wanaka
CMM has been on the prowl at WanakaThree Ravens rounded up.Three Robinson R44's.ZK-HQA4 (c/n 1369) as listed with Prosser Heli Ag Ltd of Fairlie is on the left.ZK-HCR2 (c/n 0323) is in the...
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Glide Omarama to Soar Again
Earlier in March I posted that Glide Omarama had ceased operations - see https://nzcivair.blogspot.com/2020/03/glideomarama-ceases-operations.htmlHowever there has been a good outcome with the...
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Slingsby Prefect ZK-GAB
Following on from the previous post about Glide Omarama Soaring again I thought a post on one of the early gliders based in the area would fill in a few minutes.This post is based on the limited data I...
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Question time answer ZK-NEN
Ewan Nichol and P McLeish built the Jodel D.11 ZK-DFM and listed it in mid-1973.It was sold in mid-1980 with Evan registering his second project - the first Zenair Zenith CH-200 in New Zealand - as...
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A Look Back at 2019 NZ Civair Cover Photos
With the current strange times I thought it would be encouraging to look back at our 2019 heading photos of flying activities as things were:I really hope that we can return to flying scenes like this...
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At the Wanaka A and P Show.
Spotted at the Wanaka A and P Show during the weekend was the Eurocopter AS 350 B2 Squirrel ZK-HFF4 (c/n 4967). This has been with Wanaka Helicopters Ltd since July of 2017.
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Slingsby Prefect ZK-GAB Amended
Following on from the previous post about Glide Omarama Soaring again I thought a post on one of the early gliders based in the area would fill in a few minutes.This post is based on the limited data I...
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CubCrafters Carbon Cubs of New Zealand
The next type of sport aircraft to appear on the New Zealand register was the Carbon Cub:The Carbon Cub was developed in the mid 2000s by Cub Crafters Inc of Yakima, Washington State, and it was first...
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