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International Healthy Bastards Bush Pilot Champs.
Just half a dozen photos from the International 2021 Healthy Bastards Bush Championships at Omaka on Saturday 6th February.Frank Barker commences to aviate in his Zenith CH701 ZK-NVYDeane Philip doing...
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Jodel D 9s at Ashburton
Surely a highlight of the SAANZ Flyin at Ashburton over the Waitangi Day weekend was the appearance of three Jodel D 9 Bebes on the airfield (two on the Saturday and three on the Sunday). I am...
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Hansen Deuce ZK-JFH at Ashburton
Among the aircraft from the SAANZ flyin over the weekend, one that caught my eye was John Hansen's Hansen Deuce ZK-JFH:When I last saw this aircraft in John Hansen's hangar near Te Awamutu back in...
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Air New Zealand Auckland - Wellington - Auckland
We flew down to Wellington last week on Air New Zealand and I found it quite sobering to see how empty the Auckland domestic terminal was on a weekday afternoon. However passengers arrived out of...
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SAANZ Flyin at Ashburton Wrap Up
I thought I would do a final post from the SAANZ flyin at Ashburton, of aircraft that I reckon were attending their first SAANZ annual flyin:Rohan Rudd's Kitfox III ZK-FYM has had a long road to its...
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Some belated photos from Healthy Bastards
Five photographs from last Saturdays 2021 International Healthy Bastards Bush Pilots Omaka gathering.Zenair CH701 STOL ZK-SLO (c/n 7-6642) from the SLO Syndicate was placed first equal in the precision...
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Pacific Aerospace FBA-2C3 ZK-EPP
The latest aircraft from Pacific Aerospace Ltd, one of their "new" FBA-2C3 models ZK-EPP (c/n 315) made its first flight from Hamilton on 3/2/21:Sadly, it might be the last aircraft from Pacific...
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Fly Synthesis Texan ZK-TKP at Mata Today 13-2-2021
Not often posted on the blog, and the first time I have been able to photograph it, is the Fly Synthesis Texan Top Class ZK-TKP in a hangar at Leo Johns strip at Mata, on the occasion of the Northern...
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NZ parachute jump record broken
On Sunday the NZ record for the number of parachute drops by an individual person was broken at Motueka.Below is a stuff pre attempt new...
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Northern Aviators Club Flyin at Mata 13-2-2021
The Northern Aviators Club held another successful flyin at Leo Johns strip at Mata which is 5 1/2 nautical miles SW of Whangarei airport. The weather was great with an Easterly breeze filling in...
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Cessna 525A Citation Jet ZK-XXK at Wellington
A new business jet appeared on our register in January 2021 when Wellington Jet Charters Trust registered their Cessna 525A Citation as ZK-XXK on 21/1/21. It is a 2008 model and was previously...
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The Original Healthy Bastard's Cessna R172K Hawk ZK-RJG
With the Healthy Bastards Bush Pilots STOL competition at Omaka completed successfully again this year I thought I would give a shout out to Dr Dave Baldwin who started it all nine years ago. Dr Dave...
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Queenstown & Wanaka
A visit to Queenstown and Wanaka today revealed a reasonable amount of activity including at QT the AS350B-2 ZK-HGQ5 now wearing Heli Glenorchy titling since December 2019. It was imported from the US...
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TEAM Tandem Airbike ZK-CKD/2 at Matamata
Another new type of aircraft was registered in New Zealand yesterday, being a TEAM Tandem Airbike. The TEAM Airbike was designed by Wayne Ison of TEAM Aircraft of Bradyville, Tennessee who introduced...
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Southern Travels
Continuing our travels in the lower South Is the activity was mainly helicopter starting with Wanaka Helicopters' R22 Beta ZK-ISX which was imported new in 2008 and acquired by the company in 2012.The...
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Rangiora Thursday lunchtime.
No pie today - just a large belgian biscuit and a cuppa tea with the Zenair Mono-Z CH-100 UL ZK-RTI (c/n AACA/609) parked just out the door.You may note the modified leading edge slats and the tufts...
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Reflecting on Te Anau
A still 28deg afternoon in Te Anau saw the Wings & Water Te Anau fleet of Cessna U206G ZK-DRI2 and U206C ZK-DRH reflecting on the lake awaiting their next customers..
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Canberra WT346 Arriving at Ardmore 20-2-21
English Electric Canberra B(I)8 WT346 arriving at Ardmore from the RNZAF Museum at WigramClose up of Cockpit Arriving at the New Zealand Warbirds maintenance hangar and it's new homeThe crane getting...
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Mandeville - 100 years
This weekend was set aside by the Croydon Aviation Co to celebrate 100 years of aviation activity at Mandeville and today some 40 aircraft and helicopters paid a visit to the airfield. Some of these...
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Kaipara Flats Today 20-2-2021
A great day for a working bee at Kaipara Flats today. The Aero Club hangar has the beginnings of a new colour scheme, and the inside looks super clean and tidy in preparation for some new hangar...
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