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Silentium Diesel Cessna 172 at Matamata 16-1-2016
Parked up at Matamata was this Cessna 172 ZK-VAT of Middle Earth Flying School.However it is not a standard 172 because it is powered by a Continental Turbocharged Diesel Silentium 155 engine that...
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Todays Christchurch items.
Christchurch today - Nothing new - just a different view.Nice to see was the good old Cessna 185C ZK-CGH (c/n 185-0751). It was covered earlier at...
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Overseas Duo at Ardmore this evening 22-1-16
This 2015 model Cessna 182T N517CS msn 18282417 is here as a demo machine for Flightline having arrived at Ardmore in a container earlier on in the month.YJ-RIR a Cessna T206 Turbo Stationair msn...
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Sport Aircraft at Ardmore 23-1-2016
I only made it as far as Ardmore today, but there were a few aircraft to photograph.The fifth aircraft in the RV display team is Kevin Paulsen in his RV 6 ZK-PRV, photo'd here on departure for...
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Gliding at Drury 23-1-2016
Actually I did pop down the motorway to the Auckland Gliding Club's field at Drury where not much was happening. Pawnee ZK-CEB towed the Club's 2 seater PZL Swidnik PW-6U ZK-GXY for a local release....
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TAWAKA the Grey Duck.
Pre World War Two there had been six DH89's on the NZ Civil Register - five of these were duly impressed into RNZAF service from late 1939 with only one surviving to become ZK-AHS post war.Nine...
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Trojan ZK-TGN is Nearly There! Ardmore 23-1-2016
Brian Hall's North American T 28B Trojan ZK-TGN carried out a compass swing at Ardmore yesterday prior to an engine run. Brian told me that there is just the CAA paperwork to go now, so it is close to...
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Sometime about 10:10pm this evening the two millionth hit on the blog counter will tick over.But that is not the true number because the counter was added some time after the first post was submitted....
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Two DC-3's at Ashburton for the day.
Allan Bowman from Ashburton - a regular contributor - has sent this snip from the Ashburton Courier Newspaper.I wonder where ZK-JGB will be this day ?
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Question time # 184
Question time # 184. You know the story.Tell me the aircraft type.Tell me the engine type.Tell me your postal address for the chocolate fish delivery.
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Vale Ron Killick
It is with sincere sadness I report the passing of a significant member of the New Zealand aviation and amateur radio community, Mr Ron F Killick of Christchurch. Ron was a highly respected enthusiast...
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Agusta Bell AW 119 ZK-ISR at Ardmore 23-1-2016
A new helicopter type to me at Ardmore was the Agusta Bell AW119 Mk II ZK-ISR belonging to Heli Solutions Ltd of Tauranga. The AW 119 is a fixed skid, single engine version of the AW109, and ZK-ISR is...
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Park overs at Christchurch
Three park overs during the last few days at Christchurch.Tony Delaney's Cessna 185C ZK-CHK (c/n 1850755) on the tie downs near the Aero Club. The CTC Aviation Training (NZ) Ltd's Diamond DA42 TwinStar...
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Tigers and a Bird Dog at Ardmore 23-1-2016
Later in the afternoon at Ardmore, a couple of Tigers emerged from their hangars, while a Bird Dog stayed put in its kennel.ZK-ALK has been featured on the blog previously, but it now has the name...
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Question time # 184 resolved.
Anon Glider Watcher has got it spot on.It is the Johnson Acrolite 1C ZK-EMP with a Hirth 3003E motor.It has appeared previously on these pages at...
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Rangiora offerings for 29-01-2016
Parked up in the CRAC number 2 hangar is the Cessna 150A ZK-BPO (c/n 17688) is listed with the BPO Syndicate. It got its NZ CofA back on 12-01-1960. Something a little different is this Sport Copter...
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A visitor from Kiribati at Ardmore 29-1-16
Beech 200 Super King Air T3-JMR msn BB83 of Coral Sun Aviation was parked at Ardmore this evening.
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An open day at West Melton.
The Canterbury Aero Club held an open day at West Melton on Saturday the 30th.Below is the Jim Chapman De Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk ZK-ARL (c/n 61).In the background is the Auster ZK-AYU and the...
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Mechanics Bay 30-1-2016
I went down to the Auckland waterfront this afternoon to investigate the superyacht Suri that carries a Searey amphibian on board, but by the time I got there it had sailed.So off down Quay Street to...
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