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Airvan ZK-ZTP
The Gippsland GA-8 Airvan c.n GA8-04-045 was first registered as VH-UAF 2 on 23-12-003 to Arnem Land Communities Airline Pty Ltd of Nhulunbuy, NT who traded under various names. On 12-11-2004 it was...
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Bell 505 ZK-HYB/4 at North Shore Today 26-11-2021
I had to go down to North Shore airfield today, and it was encouragingly busier with several aircraft in the circuit and one overhead doing aerobatics (Vans RV 8 ZK-EYT2).Heletranz's Bell 505 ZK-HYB4...
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Airbus ZK-NHF
Seen at the Air New Zealand base at Auckland International yesterday, their latest A320-271N ZK-NHF.Registered to them on 29th October after test flights as F-WWTM.Delivered into Auckland on 3rd November.
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Pauanui
Amongst the visitors to Pauanui airfield today were 2 that have seen little coverage on this blog and 1 that appears for the first time being 1980 model Cessna 182Q Skylane II ZK-JSB2. This was...
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Vans RV 12iS ZK-TSP at Kaipara Flats
This photo is from Friday 19 November when Steve Taylor and Mark Easson flew into Kaipara Flats in Steve's new RV 12iS:ZK-TSP (c/n 120163) was first registered on 2/10/20 and first flew in late...
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Christchurch to Dunedin
Travelling today down SH1 from Christchurch to Dunedin offered a lot of aviation activity starting with the Helicopters South Canterbury base at Waitohi their Bell 206B ZK-IOI was getting ready to head...
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Taildraggers at Waipukurau
Last weekend was the Taildraggers flyin at Hastings, and from all accounts it went off well. After the flyin some of the taildraggers visited Waipukurau where Ron Day was on hand:The Minicab in the...
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Southern Helicopters
A visit to the Lister Helicopters base today in the backblocks near Milton found all their fleet in residence comprising Hughes 369E ZK-HFT2 which was imported new in 1991 and acquired by the company...
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Vans RV-12 ZK-DMB at Christchurch
A visitor to the Canterbury Aero Club today was the Vans RV-12 UL ZK-DMB2 c/n 120917.Built by Malcolm Belcher at Hastings and registered on 04-07-2016 with a first flight date of 16-07-2016.It was...
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Masterton last Saturday
Zac went down to Hood Aerodrome at Masterton on Saturday the 27th to watch the TVAL pilots training session. Unfortunately the weather didn't co-operate and the fleet remained inside.Sunday was much...
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Helicopters in Te Anau
A visit to the Southern Lakes Helicopters' main base in Sandy Brown Rd in Te Anau found both their Kawasaki BK117s in residence being the Medevac equipped B-2 model ZK-IBK2. This was originally...
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Queenstown & Wanaka
Noted at an otherwise very quiet Queenstown Airport was the former Mt Cook skiplane Cessna A185F ZK-MCV. Imported new back in 1986 it has been operated by Air Milford since December 2020.Across at...
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South Island Akro Fest. Ashburton
The South Island Akro Fest is being held at Ashburton from 2-4 Dec. Thursday was the practice day but very little flying was able to do be done with a pain in the butt Nor'Easter and associated low...
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Up the West Coast
Travelling up a very quiet South Island West Coast there were a number of helicopters out and about starting with Fox Franz Heli Services Hughes 369D ZK-IDD at Fox Glacier. This was originally...
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Koputaroa Breakfast Flyin Today 5-12-2021
The Manawatu Aviation Club held a breakfast flyin this morning at Peter Kernohan's airstrip at Koputaroa, and 30 or so aircraft flew in from Paraparaumu, the Manawatu and as far away as Hastings....
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Douglas DC-3 ZK-BBJ saved !
The pending fate of the Douglas Dc-3 ZK-BBJ was mentioned recently here :-https://nzcivair.blogspot.com/2021/11/the-tale-of-douglas-dc-3-zk-bbj.htmlThe latest news from stuff can be found on the link...
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A Couple of Older Aerial Devices from Koputaroa
Around the back of the hangar at Koputaroa were a couple of first generation microlights from Feilding:Pterodactyl Ascender II +2 ZK-PAY (c/n BRW-1) was originally registered as ZK-PAX back in January...
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Microlight from Rangiora to the Chatham Islands and return
Glenn Martin made a flight from Rangiora to the Chathams Islands in his TL-Ultralight TL-2000 Sting S4 ZK-MTN - leaving last Tuesday and returning on Friday (3rd). He was met near the the coast on his...
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Cessna 185A ZK-CBS poster
Garry Knight writes I took these images of a bromide that we obtained in about 1982.The framed bromide was 1300mm x 1100mm.We bought a travel agent/gift shop in Oamaru that was closing and this image...
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Douglas DC-3 ZK-BBJ in its agricultural role
I have been mildly taken to task for not including a photograph of ZK-BBJ in its agricultural role with Fieldair Ltd between December 1974 and May of 1987.So here is a photograph of ZK-BBJ as taken by...
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