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Something in the Sky Today!
I was excited to hear a passing Northland Emergency Services Trust helicopter flying past Warkworth this morning, after so many days of quiet skies. I guess it was not so exciting for the patient...
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WOW - an A320 on finals for RNWY 29 at NZCH.
I nearly fell out of my chair earlier this afternoon when Airbus A320 ZK-OXD flew within camera long shot on final for runway 29 at Christchurch.ANZ flight 543 Auckland to Christchurch
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Aeropro Eurofoxs of New Zealand (and a Visitor)
The last type of sport aircraft to be registered in New Zealand in 2013 was the Aeropro Kitfox:The Eurofox is a descendant of the Avid Flyer (as is the Kitfox) that is built by Aeropro s.r.o. at their...
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Excitement in our valley yesterday
The excitement for the week in Marsden Valley Stoke.The Aerospatiale AS 350 B2 ZK-HYS3 (c/n 2447) going about its business yesterday (20-04-2020). It was built in March of 1991 and delivered to Japan...
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Eurofox ZK-LKL at Ardmore
Following my post on Eurofoxs of New Zealand, MRC sent me this photo of ZK-LKL at Ardmore on 1/11/19. Has anyone else got any local photos of it?Thanks for the photo Mike.
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Covid-19 support flight coverage update
Following on from the earlier blogpost detailing the adhoc flying activity associated with Covid-19 we cover off some of the recent movements. Qatar Airways Boeing 777-300 A7-BAW touched down at...
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Another Lockdown Day, Another Medivac Helicopter
The Westpac AW 169 rescue helicopter ZK-HLH4 flew past Warkworth this morning, on its way to a callout at Te Arai. Again the sun was in the wrong place but I managed this photo as it tracked North past...
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We Will be Seeing More Aircraft Movements
The CAA has issued a Continuing Airworthiness Directive that allows aircraft to be flown to keep their engines maintained in accordance with the engine manufacturers requirements.This was after the...
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I remember when.
Forty years ago today I had cause to be at Timaru Airport.Here are a few photos taken on that day. North American NA88 Harvard IIA ZK-ENN was being tinkered with.This was c/n 88-10254 and spent thirty...
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Zenair CH 750s of New Zealand
I have posted about our Zenair CH 750s previously but I will re-post this here to keep in the date order of the first example being registered, which was in December 2013:The Zenith/Zenair CH 750 STOL...
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Air New Zealand to India!
Air New Zealand has been chartered to provide passenger repatriation flights from India to New Zealand marking the first time the national carrier has operated to populous nation.Boeing 777-300 ZK-OKO...
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Skyleader GP Ones (Only One) of New Zealand
We are now up to new types of sport aircraft to be registered in New Zealand in 2014, the first of which was the Skyleader GP One:The Skyleader GP One is a carbon fibre aircraft manufactured by Zall...
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Piper Cub ZK-CMQ.
The story about this Super Cub starts with ZK-BPL a PA-18A-150 with the c/n of 18-6379 as first registered to Airwork (NZ) Ltd of Christchurch on 19-06-1958.It gained its NZ CofA on 10-09-1958 and was...
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Rihn DR 107 One Designs of New Zealand
I have posted about the Rihn DR 107 One Design previously but I include it here as it was the next new type of sport aircraft to be registered here in 2014:The Rihn DR 107 One Design was designed by...
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Piper Cub ZK-CMQ.
The story about this Super Cub starts with ZK-BPL a PA-18A-150 with the c/n of 18-6379 as first registered to Airwork (NZ) Ltd of Christchurch on 19-06-1958.It gained its NZ CofA on 10-09-1958 and was...
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ANZAC Day Centennial Celebrations 2015 (1) The Parade
It is 5 years ago today since the very special celebrations to mark the centenary of the first Anzac Day observance, and I was privileged to be there.The day before there was a wonderful parade through...
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ANZAC Day Centennial Celebrations 2015 (2) The Aircraft
After attending the Centennial dawn service at the Pukeahu War Memorial, I headed over to the Wairarapa with Greybeard to catch the action around The Vintage Aviator's flying activities.The first...
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A CD arrived in my letter box last week.Apart from being postmarked Balclutha there were no other details.Here is a short clip from that disc.ZK-MOS at Ardmore 2012.Turn your volume up.Thank you...
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Elmwood Aviation Christavia Mk 1s (Only One) of New Zealand
The next type of sport aircraft to appear here in 2014 was the Elmwood Aviation Christavia Mk 1:The Elmwood Aviation Christavia Mk 1 is a two tandem seat Canadian design by Ron Mason, and was designed...
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I remember when.
In 1972 the Government and People of New Zealand decided it would be a good idea to gift five Fletcher FU24-950's to the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh.Here we see the first two at...
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