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Southern visitors at NZRT on Sunday.
Some visitors from down South popped into Rangiora on Sunday after a night at Motueka.ZK-DDE2 (c/n 1479) is the Tecnam Eaglet U/L as listed with Bill Hopcroft of Balfour since April 2014.We got two...
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More from Wanaka by CMM
Our roving reporter CMM is still lurking around Wanaka and has provided these photosMustang Flights Wanaka Ltd's North American P51D-20NT Mustang IV ZK-SAS (c/n 111-36299) getting some air following...
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Some Different Visitors at NZHA on Sunday 14-6-2020
The Hawera Aero Club held a quickly arranged BBQ lunch flyin on Sunday. 60 aircraft including seven autogyros attended from as far North as Auckland, as far East as Hastings and as far South as...
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A Selection of Aircraft from NZWP on Sunday 14-6-2020
Ron Day was at Waipukurau on a nice day last Sunday, and has sent photos of a few of the aircraft on the field:Piper PA 18S-105 Cub ZK-KSS is a new addition to the fleet of the Central Hawkes Bay Aero...
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More from the Wanaka Museum
The National Transport and Toy Museum adjacent to the Wanaka Airport has a varied collection of aircraft.A lot of these are undercover in the large 'hangars' but are crammed in among other exhibition...
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TechPro Merlin 100s (Only One) of New Zealand
We are getting near to the last new types of sport aircraft registered here in 2017:The TechPro Merlin 100 is a single seat all aluminium personal sport aircraft from TechPro Aviation which is based in...
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Wairoa HB
A visit to the usually quiet Wairoa airfield in Hawkes Bay today revealed some activity at the various agricultural operators based at the airfield.Formed in 2016 by taking over the former Ashworth...
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More from the East Coast
Further sightings from our travels on the East Coast of the North Island included the latest addition to Gisborne based Eagle Flight Training fleet, Diamond DA40 ZK-TTC. This was imported from the US...
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Dedalius Model 1 Aircraft (Only One) of New Zealand
The last new type of sport aircraft to be registered in New Zealand in 2017 was the unique Dedalius Model 1:Allan Fillery of Wellsford has built a unique aircraft with his Dedalius Model 1, not only a...
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Skyreach Bushcat ZK-ZIP at Paraparaumu - 20-6-2020
The new Rainbow Skyreach BushCat ZK-ZIP2 was photo'd by Tim Gorman at Paraparaumu today, presumably on delivery to its new owner at Blenheim.Thanks for the photo Tim.
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Skyreach Bushcats ZK-ZIP and ZK-ZKM
Following my post on the Rainbow Skyreach BushCat ZK-ZIP2 at Paraparaumu, the New Zealand BushCat agent Kevin Mattson has sent in a couple of photos of the two recently registered BushCats taken at his...
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Helicopters & Others at Taupo
A visit to Taupo today revealed a lot of helicopter activity on the airfield including R44 ZK-HAZ2 which interestingly changed ownership today to Bay Heliwork of Hastings. This was imported in 2011...
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Christchurch this day. Monday 22-06-2020
Boeing 777-312ER Airbus A350-941 9V-SWS (c/n 34584 158) has been with Singapore Airlines since mid-2008. November of 2017, GCH Aviation Ltd's Beech C90A King Air ZK-FDN (c/n LJ-1606) in its 'NZ...
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Rangiora this day. Monday 22-06-2020
A trial pie run today found a couple of victims. Above we have the as yet unregistered Arnold Gallagher Special ZK-CZE.Arnold began this project about ten years ago based around a Cessna 150 fuselage...
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Parting shots from Wanaka by CMM 22-06-2020.
CMM is moving on from Wanaka to points further south. Looks like a cool one !Cessna 172L ZK-DAW (17259737) from NSK Farming Ltd in the Haka Valley. Listed with Aylesbury Aircraft Leasing Ltd since...
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N185MW's trip to NZ.
Check out this link that covers the journey of the Cessna A185F N185MW c/n 18503956.https://www.facebook.com/wrongwaytoaustralia/N185MW as spied by Andy Heap at Omaka on 09-06-2020.
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Airdrome Aeroplanes Fokker E III Replicas (Only One) of New Zealand
Carrying on to to 2018, and not many new types of new sport aircraft to go, the first new type for the year was the Airdrome Aeroplanes Fokker E III Eindecker replica:We have had other Airdrome...
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Van's RV 14s of New Zealand
The second and final new type of sport aircraft to be registered in New Zealand in 2018 was the Van's RV 14:The Vans RV 14 is the latest offering from Van's Aircraft. It was designed by Dick Van...
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Spitfire LF Mk XVI ZK-NLJ at Avspecs 25-6-2020
I was able to visit Ardmore yesterday (for the first time this year!) and there were some very interesting aircraft to see.The first was Spitfire LF Mk XVI ZK-NLJ/TB252 at Avspecs which is coming...
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P 40E Kittyhawk at Pioneer Aero 25-6-2020
Across the other side of Ardmore from Avspecs, another WW 2 aircraft restoration is also making good progress at Pioneer Aero:Curtis P 40E Kittyhawk #41-13570 had the fuselage mated with the wings on 9...
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