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A few more from Mandeville
Some more photos from the Mandeville fly-in comprise Cessna A185F ZK-WSB from Wanaka which was reregistered from ZK-WOS in 2006 and has been with its current owner since 2016.High Country Helicopters...
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A few more from Thames Wings and Wheels
It was great to see a couple of lovely Waco reproductions at Thames:Keith Skilling arrived in his recently acquired Classic Aircraft Waco YMF ZK-CFL2.And Marty Cantlon was there in his NuWaco T-10...
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Two heavies in the sun.
These two heavies were noted parked in the heat of the day at Christchurch International today (32 degrees C). I am afraid the heat haze across the blacktop has not helped the photo clarity.The Boeing...
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Tandem Dominator ZK-RCV at Kaipara Flats 26-2-2021
When I was out at Kaipara Flats airfield yesterday Tony Marsden arrived in his Tandem Dominator ZK-RCVApproach...... and flare. The earthworks are for a new road for the to be built hangar houses.Tony...
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Northern Aviators Club Flyin at Springhill Today 27-2-2021
Springhill airfield just South of Wellsford has been closed for several years following the death of its previous owner and the machinations of the Overseas Investment Office who eventually approved...
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Corbys at Springhill Yesterday 27-2-2021
I was not able to be at the Northern Aviators flying at Springhill yesterday until around 1.30 pm when the food was eaten and some of the aircraft had left. However there still were quite a lot of...
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Wings Over Wairarapa 2021 - the B 52!
I was at Wings Over Wairarapa in 2019 when the flyover by a USAF B 52 was cancelled, and everyone was so disappointed. The 2019 airshow also flirted with bad weather and the Sunday flying programme...
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Wings Over Wairarapa 2021 - Trojan Display Team
I think that the one new display team at Wings Over Wairarapa was Brett Emeny and Peter Vause flying their near identically painted T 28 Trojans. They were scheduled to fly at Warbirds Over Wanaka in...
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Wings Over Wairarapa 2021 - The Vintage Aviator (1)
One of the advantages that Wings Over Wairarapa has is that The Vintage Aviator is based at Hood Aerodrome and WOW provides the platform for what has recently been the only major public display of...
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Wings Over Wairarapa 2021 - The Vintage Aviator (2)
Six wings over Hood Aerodrome!TVALs Sopwith Triplane (ZK-SOP) on the tail of one of their Fokker Triplanes (ZK-JOK).The Sopwith Triplane was introduced in February 1917 and proved superior to the...
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Wings Over Wairarapa 2021 - The Vintage Aviator (3)
As I have previously posted, The Vintage Aviator had a lot of their WW 1 aircraft on display at Masterton for Wings Over Wairarapa, and they also performed several flying displays.TVAL has had a bit of...
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Aero-Kros MP-02 Czajka ZK-PRO/2 at Springhill 27-2-2021
A new aircraft attending the NAC flyin at Springhill on Saturday was the Aero-Kros MP-02 Czajka ZK-PRO2 which is based at Parakai:ZK-PRO2was registered to Robert Prochownik of Auckland on 4/12/15....
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Jodel D 11 ZK-RSB at Springhill 27-2-2021
I was delighted to see Jodel D 11 ZK-RSB at the NAC flyin at Springhill on Saturday:It had pretty sprightly take off performance with one up.ZK-RSB was built by Russell Scott of Balclutha (hence the...
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Air Tractor AT 602 ZK-SXL at Feilding 28-2-2021
Mark Pattenden called into Feilding on his way back from the Wings Over Wairarapa airshow last weekend, where he photo'd this interesting new ag aircraft:ZK-SXL (c/n 602-1147) is the larger 602 model...
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Squirrels at Tauranga
A visit to a busy Tauranga Airport this morning revealed a lot of helicopter activity including the latest addition to the Oceania Helicopters Tauranga fleet AS350BA sprayer ZK-IZW. This was imported...
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Cessna 180F ZK-DXB
Noted at Thames Airfield early this morning was the 1963 model Cessna 180F ZK-DXB2 which was imported in 2020 from the UK and since October 2020 has been registered to a Richmond owner.
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SAANZ Flyin at Ashburton Revisited - Another Jodel Bebe Flyby
I have previously posted a flyby of two Jodel D 9 Bebes from the Saturday of the SAANZ Flyin at Ashburton, but the Sunday went one better with a flyby of three of the aircraft. That is notable as it...
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Helicopters around Auckland
A visit to Heletranz's Albany heliport today revealed no less than 14 helicopters in residence, some being readied for the start of the America's Cup racing tomorrow. Amongst these was EC130B-4...
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Question time.
I have been chastised for not running any Question Times lately.SOTell me the registration of the aircraft that this appears on.Chocky fish may exchange hands !
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JodelD.11 ZK-LAN
The construction of this Jodel was started by Bob Wagner (AACA/192) but it was sold unfinished to Les McAlwee and its designated registration of ZK-DVJ was not taken up.Les McAlwee and Arthur R Jordan...
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