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Pauanui
Sunday brought another flow of visitors to Pauanui airfield including the vintage 1956 Auster J/5Q ZK-BLW from Matamata, which is still looking very smartAnd registered to a Te Awamutu owner 1973 model...
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Fridays Rangiora run.
The Zenair Mono-Z CH-100 UL ZK-RTI (c/n AACA/609) was caught outside on Friday having engine power checks..This airframe has been around since 1989 as ZK-FSH1 - see the two links...
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Vans RV 10 ZK-RMA at Omaka
Our latest (and third) Vans RV 10 was built in the UK as G-CKYK and was quite quickly exported to New Zealand. It is photo'd below at Blackpool Airport in September 2019. It arrived at JEM Aviation at...
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Question time
Feast your optics on this picture.Now tell me what aircraft type do we have ?And what registration would you expect it to carry ?Come in Mit.
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Beech B 200 ZK-WPN at Wellington
Tim Gorman was at Wellington International yesterday to catch the recently re-registered Beech B 200 Kingair ZK-WPN:ZK-WPN (c/n BB-1466) was re-registered from ZK-MYM on 25/2/20 for Skyline Aviation...
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Question Time ------ Skywise Ultraflight Vampire ZK-VMP
The first correct answer to the Question Time on Monday came from Ross Brodie.We have had just the one Skywise Ultraflight SV-2 Vampire on the New Zealand register.ZK-VMP was c/n SU026 and first flew...
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More on Skywise Ultraflight Vampire ZK-VMP
I got as far as thinking the answer to Blue Bus's recent Question Time was a pusher aircraft but that was as far as I got. When it was revealed that it was the Skywise Ultraflight Vampire ZK-VMP I...
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Air New Zealand's Boeing 777-200ER Fleet
After Covid 19 wreaked havoc with international air travel, back in May 2020 Air New Zealand announced that it had grounded its Boeing 777-200ER (and 777-300ER) fleets and that they would be grounded...
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Saturday at Cass
Spotted parked up at the end/beginning of the Cass Lagoon Saddles Track on Saturday was the Southern Heli Lift Ltd's Garlick Bell UH-1L ZK-HUE2 c/n 6045.Built for the U.S Marines in 1965 as Bu151851 it...
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Rutan Varieze ZK-SHH/2 at Tekapo
I posted about Rutan Variezes of New Zealand back in May 2013 and at the end of that post I wrote "It may be that there is another Varieze or Longeze out there still being constructed". And that came...
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100 Years Ago Today
On 25th August 1920 Capt Euan Dickson flew Avro 504K D6243 from Christchurch to Wellington, with stops at Kaikoura and Blenheim on the way.The trip took just over 7 hours, with a flying time of 4hrs...
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Fox Moth ZK-APT Arriving at Trentham 25-8-2020
Following up from Flyernzl's post on marking the centenary of the first aerial crossing of Cook Strait, here is a screenshot of Paul Hally in Fox Moth ZK-APT touching down at Trentham Racecourse, 100...
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First flight of the Pipistrel Alpha ZK-EAL
The Pipistrel Alpha Eletro ZK-EAL2 (c/n 942 AE 60) was first registered in NZ on 09-03-2020 to Electric Airline Ltd but Covid 19 and the 'first of type' paperwork delayed its first flight until...
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Thames airfield
A visit to Thames airfield this morning offered up the very smart new Vans RV12iS ZK-FGB which is a factory built example registered back in May this year. It displays a personalised Kittyhawk emblem...
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One Design Prop Balancing at North Shore
I had cause to travel down to North Shore airfield recently to get a couple of washer head screws for my canopy from David Wilkinson. He was setting up to do a dynamic prop balance reading for his new...
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Pauanui
Blustery winds over the weekend kept visitor numbers down at Pauanui airfield but amongst those that did visit was the Sunair 1978 model Piper PA23-250 Aztec ZK-FVP, which was imported from Australia...
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The Latest ZK-WOW
In a wow! moment Warwick Hamilton captured the latest version of ZK-WOW at Tauranga recently:ZK-WOW3 (c/n 18264179) is a Cessna 182P for Skydive The Mount Ltd of Mount Maunganui. It was registered...
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Ibis Magic GS 700 ZK-CCL/2
I have previously posted about JP Shulze's Ibis Magic GS 700 ZK-CCL2 as part of my Ibis Magic GS 700s of New Zealand post, see...
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Mooney M 20C ZK-DBN History
I photo'd the venerable Mooney M 20C Mk 21 ZK-DBN (c/n 20C-3041) at Ardmore recently, having some maintenance done at Aero Technology. A rather unprepossessing looking aircraft but it has a long and...
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Lakeview Helicopters
A visit to Taupo today offered a couple of helicopters from the Lakeview Helicopters fleet being AS350B3 ZK-IAE which was imported new in 2015 as ZK-IDF6, progressed to ZK-HTW4 in April 2019 and then...
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