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A busy heliport.
Purely by chance I was passing the Garden City Helicopter facility today and observed a flurry of helicopter activity to and from Hagley Park. See Press news item...
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Phenom VH-PNM at NZTG
Parked alongside the Cessna 650 Citation N163JM (c/n 0163) at Tauranga today was the Embraer EMB500 Phenom VH-PNM (c/n 50000206)This was registered in Australia on 08-11-2010 to Dos Equis Pty Ltd and...
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On the 8th day of Christmas quiz
Welcome to the New Year.What make and model do we have here then ?How many of this model have we had on the NZ Civil Aircraft Register ?Any thoughts on a suitable ZK- registration for this particular...
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On the 9th day of Christmas quiz.
Name the aircraft manufacturer.Name the operator.And you may as well tell me the NZ civil registration whilst you are at it !
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Christchurch park overs 02-01-2016
Noted from the western grass at Christchurch International Airport mid morning of 02-01-2016 Agusta Bell AB206A ZK-HMU3 (c/n 8127) cranked out in 1969 by Agusta Bell in Italy for the Austrian Air...
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On the 10th day of Christmas quiz
Any thoughts on what type and model we have here ?What was it previously registered ?
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16th birthday solo x 16.
On January the 2nd 2016 Rangitata Island Airfield saw a large gathering of family and friends celebrating the 16th birthday of young resident aviator Ross Brodie.Ross went solo in 16 different aircraft...
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2016 - LVG C VI Coming to Masterton
As 2016 dawns, an amazing aircraft is heading our way in the form of a Luft-Verkehrs-Gesselschaft (LVG) Model C VI. This German 2 seater reconnaissance and spotting aircraft was introduced late in WW...
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On the eleventh day of Christmas.
I end the Christmas Question Time quiz with four easy ones. QT 11-one : Above- I would like to know the manufacturers designation for this machine ?Can you divulge its previous military marking (serial...
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A quick squiz at Mount Cook
Andy Heap was in the Mount Cook region recently and sent in these pic for you purvey.Two Aerospatiale AS 350 Squirrels were seen at Glentanner.Above is the BA ZK-HRQ5 (c/n 1311) and below is the B2...
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The Eleven Days of Christmas quiz answers.
CHRISTMAS QUIZ ANSWER PICS.The first day of Christmas.Question was :-What aircraft type ?What registration ?Answer is Airdrome Aeroplanes Bleriot XI....
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Question Time 183 - Anyone Know What This Is?
This photo comes from the Sport Flying archives. It shows a Rogallo wing on floats off the East Coast of Auckland I think. It must have taken quite a bit of planning to get the shot.Can anyone shed...
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Not the Answer to Question Time 183
Further to Question Time 183, Thomarse suggested it might be this craft that was photo'd recently by his cousin at Tauranga. However I reckon this is the Sea and Sky Cygnet ZK-PWG that is owned by...
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Cessna 185C ZK-CHL
The twenty ninth Cessna 185 to enter the NZ register was the 185C model with the construction number of 185-0757. This was allocated N5857T on the manufactures assembly line before being transported to...
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Another UH-1 for Beck Helicopters.
Beck Helicopters at Eltham add another Bell UH-1 to their fleet.Bell UH-1B-BF c/n 652 was built in 1963 for the US Military and carried the serial number 62-4592.It later joined the US civil register...
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Vintage Cessna 120 at Solo Wings, Tauranga
Hairy Mole Rat has sent a photo of the newly restored Cessna 120 ZK-BFK2 (c/n 11102) taken outside Solo Wings at Tauranga yesterday. This aircraft was damaged in a landing accident at Rotorua on...
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Another New Zealand Cessna 120
Blue Bus has reminded me that we have another Cessna 120 registered in New Zealand, and has sent the photo below, taken at Rangiora on 17/5/14. I have therefore altered my previous post.ZK-XTX (c/n...
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Beck UH-1 Take Two
Just as a follow up to the previous blog, here is UH-1B VH-NYJ on the pad at Eltham the day before it was actually registered. I understand it will operate on the Australian register for a while...
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Windy Christchurch.
What to do on a windy day at Christchurch ?Park alongside 29 and watch the approaches.Here are a few non embarrassing pics from early this afternoon. Raytheon 1900D ZK-EAD2 (c/n UE-427) nicely set up....
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