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New Sonex Tri-Gear ZK-VWS at Matamata
Late last year a new Sonex was registered to a Putaruru owner but I had not seen a photo of it until Gavin Magill posted one he took at Matamata back on 19/9/20:ZK-VWS (c/n 1631) was built in Australia...
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Long Lost Tiger Moth ZK-BEW at Kaipara Flats Yesterday 30-9-2020
What are the chances of going out to Kaipara Flats airfield at 4 30 yesterday afternoon (on another matter) and finding a newly arrived Tiger Moth that I have never seen before? But that is what what...
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Originair Jetstream ZK-JSK/2 at Palmerston North 1-10-2020
Tim Gorman was on the spot yesterday to catch the new Originair Jetstream 32 ZK-JSK2 performing test flights from Feildair Engineering, and then leaving on its delivery flight to Nelson:ZK-JSK2 (c/n...
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Vans RV 7 ZK-LDM at North Shore Today 3-10-2020
I travelled down to North Shore airfield today to catch up with Lloyd Morris and his stunning new Vans RV 7 ZK-LDM (c/n 69740) :Lloyd has made a great job of his RV 7 and he has spent a lot of time on...
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A Few More from North Shore Yesterday 3-10-2020
It was such a lovely day at North Shore yesterday that there were lots of aircraft movements. Here are a few that interested me:North Shore based Nanchang ZK-CVI2 about to touch down.Te Kowhai based...
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More on ZK-BEW
Following up on Sir Minty's post on the reappearance of this Tiger Moth, here is a photo of it at Hastings in March 1956 from the Neville Drake collection.At that time it was on line at the Hawkes Bay...
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Long Lost Jodel D 9 at Rangitata Island
Jodel D 9 ZK-CTW was New Zealand's first example, built by Max Murray of Geraldine and first flying at Timaru way back on 2 December 1969. We have had 12 Jodel D 9s registered here and by the 50th...
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Ardmore
A visit to a busy Ardmore today revealed a number of helicopters and aircraft of interest including R44 Raven I ZK-IWO which was a brand new example registered to a Coromandel private owner in March...
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Around the Waikato Region
A visit to Hamilton Airport revealed our only Cessna T303 ZK-EXA recently refurbished by Oceania Aviation and now being readied for departure to Australia. This was originally imported new in 1982 and...
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Pauanui
Less than favourable weather of late has limited recent visitors to Pauanui airfield but amongst those that did venture in was the Helipod equipped R44 Raven II ZK-INC which has been with Auckland...
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ZK-LTW at work
A nice pic of the PAC Cresco 08-600 ZK-LTW3 (c/n 019) at work near Wakefield back on 02-10-2020 thanks to Andy HeapEarlier mention of this airframe can be seen on this...
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Sonex Tri Gear ZK-VWS First Flight at Matamata 20-9-2020
Following my previous post on the recently registered Sonex Tri Gear ZK-VWS (see: http://nzcivair.blogspot.com/2020/09/new-sonex-tri-gear-zk-vws-at-matamata.html ) it made its first flight here on 20...
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Vans RV 7 ZK-RVS/3 at Mercer
The New Zealand Aerobatic Club held their re-scheduled North Island Akro Fest at Mercer over the weekend of 10/11 October. Mark Pattenden was there and this photo of his caught my eye - thanks for the...
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Cessna 172 ZK-TOR at Kaipara Flats Today 14-10-2020
An unusual visitor at Kaipara Flats airfield this afternoon was this Cessna 172H ZK-TOR (c/n 17255598):It has been owned by C J Grylls of Matamata since 1/5/19. I was told that is used to be a...
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Hiller ZK-HAB
Noted at Rangiora on 06-10-2020 was the Hiller (Tri-Plex) UH-12B ZK-HAB3 c/n 737 as listed with Robbie Orr of Swannanoa.Earlier posts on this helicopter can be found on this link....
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Long Lost Jodel D 9 at Rangitata Island
Jodel D 9 ZK-CTW was New Zealand's first example, built by Max Murray of Geraldine and first flying at Timaru way back on 2 December 1969. We have had 12 Jodel D 9s registered here and by the 50th...
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Vans RV 8 ZK-EYT at North Shore 9-10-2020
I called into North Shore a week ago on Friday for some Avgas. The weather was a bit blustery but the locally based Vans RV 8 ZK-EYT was pushed outside:After start up Paul Carran taxied out past the...
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Eagle XTS 150 B ZK-EGL
This Eagle 150B was first noted as VH-NZL (c/n 019) with Eagle Aircraft Pty of Freemantle, West Australia on 20th October 1998.It was ferried from Perth to Auckland, reaching Ardmore on 20th December...
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Airborne Edge X582 ZK-SJR Trike at Kaipara Flats 17-10-2020
I could not make it down to the Tiger Club rally at Taumarunui, but I did make it out to Kaipara Flats for a time this morning, and I heard an inbound radio call from the Airborne Edge Trike ZK-SJR so...
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Tiger Club Flyin at Taumarunui
The annual Tiger Club flyin at Taumarunui is always looked forward to as the first flyin of the flying season. This year the weather played ball and there was a very good turnout of Tigers and other...
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