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Queenstown
An exception to an otherwise very quiet Queenstown Airport today was the entire Glenorchy Air fleet being outside their hangar. Amongst these was the brand new Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX ZK-MMZ...
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A Couple of "Warbirds" that will be on Display at Ardmore on Sunday
The New Zealand Warbirds at Ardmore are having a Warbirds on Display open day at Ardmore on Sunday and it looks like there will be quite a few interesting aircraft on display. Here are a couple of...
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Te Anau & Wanaka
At the Te Anau - Manapouri Airport the latest Cessna U206G floatplane for Wings & Water Te Anau, ZK-DRI2, was nearing completion. This was imported from Australia and registered back on November...
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Skydive Mt Cook
The Skydive Mt Cook operation was busy on Saturday morning at the Pukaki airfield using the former Skydive Fox Walter powered Fu24 ZK-DJE in a revised scheme. Back up aircraft is Turbo Porter ZK-MCK...
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Matamata Aero Club Flyin 28-11-2020
It was a week ago and we have been quite busy on the blog recently, so here are a couple of photos from Jordan Elvy from Matamata back on 28/11/20:Cessna T206H ZK-EAT3 (c/n T20609073) was re-registered...
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Scene from the Give Way sign.
Whilst sitting at a Give Way sign at Darfield on Friday (whilst heading for the pie shop) this beauty cut across my bow.Nice one Ellesmere Transport.
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Thruster Gemini 503TC ZK-FOY.
Lurking in the dark corner of the Canterbury Gliding Club hangar at Russell Flat is the Thruster Aircraft Thruster Gemini 503TC ZK-FOY c/n 086121/MAANZ/387.This hit the register back on 09-09-1987 for...
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Innovator Mosquito XE ZK-HWV/4 at Kaipara Flats 7-11-2020
The Northern Aviators Club held their Christmas BBQ flyin at Kaipara Flats airfield on 7/12/20. However prior to the flyin I was delighted to find that when I arrived early to set up, Bruce Stevenson...
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Trainers from Afar
The wind down of L3 at Hamilton has seen a lot less training aircraft using the Pauanui airfield of late but visiting from further afield were 2 other Cessna 172R trainers being ZK-RQZ operated by the...
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John Goddard. R.I.P.
John James Goddard16th January 1940 - 29th November 2020Photo shows John about to test fly the Simmonds Spartan ZK-ABK at Wigram on 12-01-2009.A memorial service was held in Christchurch today to...
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A Regatta of Seareys at Kaipara Flats on 7-12-2020
The Northern Aviators Club held their 2020 Christmas BBQ flyin at Tim Harrison's hangar at Kaipara Flats last Saturday. One of the highlights was the arrival of three Searey amphibians, all based at...
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The Fourth Mercury Bay Area School RV 12: ZK-MBB/3
The fourth Vans RV 12 to be built by students from the Mercury Bay Area School under the mentorship of experienced local aircraft engineers and builders, has made its first flight from Whitianga on 21...
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Aviat Husky ZK-USK at Koputaroa on 6-12-2020
The Kapiti District's Aero Club's new Aviat Husky A-1C 180 attended the flyin held at Koputaroa airstrip (near Levin) last Sunday, where Jordan Elvy caught up with it:ZK-USK (c/n 3115) was registered...
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Helicopters in Northland
A visit to the Northland Emergency Services helicopter base in Whangarei today found the 2 Sikorsky S-76C ZK-HQC5 and ZK-HQO4 outside. They were imported from Canada in mid 2018 to replace the Trust's...
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A Couple of Real Warbirds at Ardmore Today 11-12-2020
I managed a visit to Ardmore today as I fought through traffic. I could not make it there for the NZ Warbirds Open day and I was keen to see progress on a couple of real warbirds at Pioneer Aero and...
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A Couple of Other Warbirds at Ardmore 11-12-2020
There were also another couple of "warbirds" at Ardmore yesterday:A genuine warbird at Avspecs was the De Havilland DH 89B Dominie ZK-AKU which is owned by the NZ Historic Aircraft Trust of Papakura....
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Springfield Soaring Championships 28th November - 5th December. # 1
Following on from South Island Gliding Championships held at Omarama between the 14th and 21st of November the Canterbury Gliding Club held the Springfield Soaring Championships at the Club's Russell...
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Spring field Soaring Championships 28th November - 5th December. # 2
Not all the competitors have the latest and greatest equipment.The Glasflugel H201B Libelle ZK-GIU (c/n 579) was a pretty mean machine in its day. This first flew in New Zealand on 10-01-1975 and has...
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Springfield Soaring Championships 28th November - 5th December. # 3
Joining our register on 10-09-2020 was this Schempp-Hirth Arcus M ZK-GMS2 (c/n 174) for Onslow Investments Ltd of Christchurch. This motorised soaring machine was being flown by Jerry O'Neil and Mark...
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Springfield Soaring Championships 25th November - 5th December. # 4
Another Schempp-Hirth product is the Ventus-2cT ZK-GRY (c/n 95) as flown by Edwin Vrielink of Christchurch. This was imported new by Gary Wakefield in late 2002.Above and below we see the HPH...
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