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Helicopters in Nelson Tasman
A visit to to Nelson-Tasman today revealed more new helicopter activity including at Nelson Airport the PHI International NZ AW139 ZK-HNZ5. Previously owned by Helicopters NZ, that company was...
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More from Nelson Tasman
Just departing Motueka was our sole Sonex Xenos-B ZK-LAQ2, this being registered to its local owner back in July 2020.Over at Nelson Rans S-6ES ZK-ROY had just arrived back from a local flight....
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A ride in Savannah S ZK-SOX.
A lovely day at Rangiora today.And being in the correct place at the correct time got me a seat in the ICP Savannah S ZK-SOX of the SOX Syndicate.Warm up whilst waiting for the other traffic to...
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And a Flight to Ardmore and Back Today in Texan ZK-TXN
Meanwhile, up in the North I was also enjoying a flight from Kaipara Flats airfield down to Ardmore with Brien O'Brien in his Fly Synthesis Texan ZK-TXN2. The conditions we very smooth and the views...
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New Foxbat ZK-MWK at Tauranga 2-6-2021
The Hairy Mole Rat was on hand last Wednesday when our latest Aeroprakt A 22LS Foxbat was test flown at Tauranga:ZK-MWK (c/n 291) was registered to Tahi Morton of Kawakawa on 11/5/21 and will be based...
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Cessna strays at NZRT on Friday
I managed to capture three of the batch of Cessna 172's from the New Zealand International Commercial Pilot Academy Ltd (NZICPA) fleet refueling at Rangiora on Friday afternoon.Cessna 172R Skyhawk...
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New Super Air Air Tractors
Super Air have been progressively re-equipping with Air Tractors and here are the latest two they have put into operation:Air Tractor 502B ZK-SXM (c/n 502B-0633) was first registered here on 25/9/20,...
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Cessna U206G ZK-EFI Back on Wheels 7-6-2021
Photo'd by Jordan Elvy at Taupo yesterday was the Taupos Floatplane Ltd owned Cessna U206G ZK-EFI which is now without titles and on wheels:Back on land after a very long time on floats, at Taupo on...
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Pilatus Porter ZK-MCN at Ardmore
Arriving at Ardmore from Nelson on Wednesday was the Pilatus PC-6 B2-H4 Turbo Porter ZK-MCN c/n 824.Photos from Damon Edwards.Built in Switzerland as a B2-H2 model it was registered as HB-FCV to...
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A white day at Christchurch
A quick look at Christchurch International Airport today found the Boeing 737-42C ZK-TLM (c/n 24813) parked near the terminal building.This first flew on 30-05-1991 and has worn the following...
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A Real Surprise at Whangarei Today - Pazmany Storch ZK-MWB
Another Friday and another trip away from Kaipara Flats, this time up to Whangarei for lunch. Just after we landed we heard a downwind call from Mike Whiskey Bravo but I really didn't twig what it...
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ZK-IWR
The latest addition to the Heli-Hire Ltd's fleet is this Hughes 369FF ZK-IWR2 (c/n 0213FF).Built by McDonnell Douglas it was initially registered using a dealer registration of N4250K to MD...
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Gone to warmer climes. ZK-OJF
Airbus A320-232 c/n 2153 first flew from Toulouse in France as F-WWIS on 05-12-2003. It was then delivered to Hamburg for fitting out. It was sold to Lombard on 05-02-2004 and handed over to Air New...
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A Flight to Whangarei and Back in Texan ZK-TXN
After a week of really grotty weather in the North, yesterday Friday 11 June was at least flyable and we were keen to fly somewhere! So it was out to Kaipara Flats airfield with Brien O'Brien for a...
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JetRanger ZK-HYH at Dargaville today
Noted today, Saturday 12th June 2021, at Dargaville by Thunderbird5 was the Bell 206B JetRanger III ZK-HYH2 ( c/n 3290) as listed with JR HYH Ltd of Takanini since December of 2015.Listed back in...
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Dawn Raid at Feilding Today - 13-6-2021
The Feilding Flying Club hosted a dawn raid this morning. The weather wasn't totally cooperative in some areas but 21 aircraft managed to fly in. Here are a few relatively new or different aircraft,...
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67th Anniversary of the First Flight of the Fletcher FU 24
It has come to my attention that the 14th of June, was the 67th anniversary of the first flight of the Fletcher FU 24 in the US, on 14/6/54. (That would have been the 15th of June in New Zealand). So...
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Falco 3000 ZK-PNX At Work
Yesterday I posted about the 67th anniversary of the first flight of the Fletcher FU 24, with a photo of the prototype ZK-BDS in its earliest configuration. I reckon that over the intervening years...
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From the Western grass at Christchurch 16th
A rather dull day on the Western Grass at Christchurch.AboveAt Heli Maintenance the MacKenzie Helicopters Ltd's Hughes 369E ZK-IOB c/n 0252E was in for servicing. Tekapo based I believe. BelowThe...
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Mercer & Ardmore on the 17th June
A visit to Mercer and Ardmore airfields today revealed a lot of activity including at Mercer the Avid Aircraft Magum ZK-CLC2 which was originally imported from the US in 2007 and has been with its...
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