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Tauranga
A brief visit to a busy Tauranga Airport this morning revealed a number of interesting aircraft including the 1957 model Cessna 180A ZK-KDC which was imported from Australia earlier this year and is...
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Cessna 207 ZK-FQY Out and About
Cessna 207 ZK-FQY was at Tauranga yesterday and Warwick Hamilton was on hand to photograph it:ZK-FQY was first registered here way back in August 1988 and it has flown tourists around the South Island...
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Guimbal Cabri G2 ZK-IHA
Noted at Nelson today was the Guimbal Cabri G2 ZK-IHA3 c/n 1259 as listed with Lloyd Heslop of Nelson since new on 22-01-2020.Training on the '02' grass vector.
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My week of it
A stranger in town was the Cessna 180 ZK-BFT c/n 30961 as listed with Meringa Farms Ltd from near Taumaranui.This airframe has an interesting previous history some of which can be found on this site...
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ZK-JOY2
Amongst the 7 aircraft that came up from Tauranga to Pauanui today was Cessna 182Q Skylane II ZK-JOY2 in a smart new paint scheme. Originally imported new in 1977 as ZK-EJC it became JOY in 1995 and...
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Vans on Take Off from Springhill Today - 11-12-2021
I was up at Springhill airfield today for the Northern Aviators Club Christmas flyin. A posse of Vans taildraggers flew up from Ardmore and I captured the following images as they departed:Lining up...
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A Few Others from Springhill on Saturday 11-12-2021
24 aircraft arrived for the Northern Aviators Club Christmas flyin at Springhill airfield last Saturday. This number would have no doubt been higher if the Auckland borders had been open....
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A quick Christchurch visit.
A quick visit through Christchurch this afternoon found the Bell 206B JetRanger III ZK-HTO c/n 2265 of Glencree Helicopters Ltd of Oaro, at Heli Maintenance Ltd.Also at Heli Maintenance out in the...
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A New Bearhawk at Ashburton Today 14-12-2021
The Hairy Mole Rat was passing through Ashburton today and photo'd this nice looking new Bearhawk:It is ZK-NSB2 (c/n 1578B) that was registered to N S Bailey of Christchurch on 29/3/21. However on...
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Cessna 185A poster - poser - resolved
Back on December 7th I posted these two photos from Gary Knight.Garry Knight wroteI took these images of a bromide that we obtained in about 1982.The framed bromide was 1300mm x 1100mm.We bought a...
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Inaugural Barrier Air Auckland - Whitianga Flight
The inaugural Barrier Air Auckland-Whitianga service commenced this morning with flight GB401 operated by their latest Cessna 208B Grand Caravan ZK-SDE. This left AKL at 7.30am and arrived just...
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ACH130 Aston Martin Edition
Noted on a recent corporate charter was Advanced Flight's ACH130 Aston Martin Edition ZK-IJV3. This is an upgrade on the standard EC130T2 and was developed jointly by Airbus Corporate Helicopters and...
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Pipistrel Alpha Trainer ZK-JAT at Kaipara Flats Today 18-12-2021
A new aircraft at Kaipara Flats is the nice looking Pipistrel Alpha Trainer ZK-JAT which is owned by Brien O'Brien and is on line with the Rodney Aero Club:Taxying out for its first training flight...
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Sikorsky S-76B ZK-IBI
Sikorsky S-76B ZK-IBI2 c/n 760447 started its career in Japan as JA6766 in March of 1996 with the Kagawa Prefecture Police until being cancelled as withdrawn from use from 29 November 2017.Photo below...
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A busy day at Rangiora on Saturday the 18th.
With a return to fine weather there was plenty of activity at Rangiora yesterday - Saturday 18-12-2021.Also a great day for first sightings for me.The Litmus Datatech Ltd's Piper PA-18-150 Super Cub...
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Vans RV 12 ZK-VLF at North Shore
I knew that David Wilkinson had carried out the test flight of Keith Weale's RV 12 ZK-VLF (c/n 120944) at Ardmore on Saturday 18 December. So I rang Keith to congratulate him on his 6 year build and I...
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Ardmore
Noted today at a busy Ardmore was GA8 Airvan ZK-JRR which has lost its Glenorchy Air titling and emblem, and is for sale via Dennis Thompson. This was originally imported from Australia in...
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North Shore back on 19-12-2021
Being the first weekend after the Auckland borders had opened to allow private flights in from other places, there were several visiting aircraft on the field including (but not all):Tecnam P 2008...
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A Record Glider Flight on Monday 20-12-2021
A spectacular gliding flight took place over the country last Monday, 20 December, when the father and daughter team of Terry and Abbey Delore flew their Schleicher ASW 25 M motor glider ZK-GZF from...
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Classic Fighters 2023 Newsletter
As our thoughts turn to 2022, why not also look a little further forward to 2023? This first newsletter for Classic Fighters 2023 gives a taste of what we will have to look forward to, and it will be...
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