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First Flight of Vans RV 14 ZK-LCW at Whitianga on 17-6-2021
Pete Walton's new RV 14 ZK-LCW (c/n 140520) made its first flight at Whitianga yesterday, in the hands of test pilot Harry Gallagher. Gavin Magill was on hand to capture the event:First flight,...
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Pipistrel Alpha Electro ZK-EAL/4 at Paraparaumu
New Zealand's first electric powered aircraft, the Pipistrel Alpha Electro ZK-EAL4 has been carrying out demonstration flights with the Kapiti Districts Aero Club in June:ZK-EAL4 (c/n 942 AE 60) is...
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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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Cessna 172S ZK-CTY/3 at Paraparaumu
Another aircraft photo'd by Tim Gorman at Paraparaumu recently was the C 172S ZK-CTY3 (c/n 172S9819) which has not appeared on the blog previously:An ex-L3 Aviation machine, ownership changed to Merlin...
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Rotorua & Taupo
A visit to the Heli Hire base at Ngongotaha near Rotorua today revealed 3 of their fleet of 6 in residence including Hughes 369D ZK-IWX which was imported from the US in 2009 and acquired by the...
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More helicopters
A revisit to Taupo Airport early this morning provided another sampling of helicopters including the latest addition to the Mid West Helicopters fleet, AS350B2 ZK-IDI. Formerly with Gisborne...
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ZK-CMR from CMM
About a week ago CMM was sneaking around at Motueka and caught up with the Classic Aviation and Adventurer CA18 ZK-CMR (c/n PT001) even went for a very enjoyable ride in it.Built by Malcolm Savill of...
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A Flight to Matamata and Back in Texan ZK-TXN
As we go through winter this year we have had some really wet weather in the North, but after the grot comes a day like yesterday with light variable winds and a clear blue sky - so smooth to be...
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A Spectacular WACO YMF at Tauranga on 26-6-2021
A much anticipated aircraft was out at Tauranga yesterday for its first engine runs, being Marty Cantlon's spectacular WACO YMF ZK-YMF and all the usual suspects were there to chronicle the event:In...
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Avid Flyer STOL ZK-NIC at Waipukurau on 27-6-2021
I have previously posted about Avid Flyer STOL ZK-NIC back on 16 December 2013 as part of my series on Avid Flyers of New Zealand (see...
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Cessna R172K XP ZK-TED/3 at Feilding
Ray Deerness was at Feilding recently and photo'd the newly re-registered Cessna R172K XP ZK-TED3 (c/n R1722915):The aircraft was registered to Harvest Logistics of Whakatu, near Napier, on 21/12/20...
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ZK-NAC the third.
Cessna 172P Skyhawk II c/n 75232 N3400H ferried into Auckland from Pago Pago on the 11th of May 1982 - I don't imagine a lot of 172's have done that.After NZ certification it was registered here as...
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Rotor Hawk Falcon 1 Gyro ZK-RPL at Stratford
On 10/6/21 a new autogyro was registered, being Pat Lee's Rotor Hawk Falcon 1 ZK-RPL (c/n RH-0057):Pat Lee (I guess that is why the PL in the rego) has been working on his new machine at Stratford for...
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Robinson R22 Beta ZK-HJR/4 at Kaipara Flats 1-7-2021
The Auckland Helicopter Syndicate's Robinson R22 Beta ZK-HJR4 (c/n 2016) was at Kaipara Flats yesterday when I arrived:I see that it has been posted on the blog once before but back in 2008! It hasn't...
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Classic Cubs from the Waikato
Classic Cubs (Bill and Neroli Henwood) are based at Te Kowhai and they recently added a long time rebuild Piper PA 18A 150 HP Super Cub ZK-BTC to their existing 95 HP Cub ZK-BQV, and in yesterday's...
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A cold pie run yesterday #1
Friday the 2nd was a pretty cool day.The mercury might have got to 10 degrees if you used your imaginationand a cool collection of aircraft were noted.The ex Rangiora resident Aerospool Dynamic WT9...
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Cold pie run on Friday the 2nd. # 2
First visit on Fridays pie run was Christchurch International Airport.Why is it that after all these years a Cessna 185 still stimulates my phagocytes ? Here we have the...
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Pauanui
Activity increased this weekend at Pauanui airfield and a couple of departure shots were the Tauranga based Autogyro MTOSport ZK-FTB2 which was imported from Canada in 2020.And the 1979 model Piper...
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Water Landings on the Mahurangi
Another fabulous day for flying in the North so I took off from Kaipara Flats airfield to check that my newly refurbished spark plugs were performing as they should (they were). While approaching the...
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Hamilton 5 July
A visit to a very foggy Hamilton Airport this morning was rewarded with the Phoenix Aviation Falco 750XL ZK-PNX3. Phoenix has been acquired by Super Air with both PNX and Fu24-950 EGI transferring to...
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