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Pauanui
This week has seen the arrival of some of the regular summer holiday residents at Pauanui including the Pukekohe Flying Group's 1977 model Cessna 172N ZK-ELY2 in a smart new colour scheme. This was...
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Piper PA32R-301 Saratoga SP N100NA
An interesting visitor to Pauanui today was the Te Kowhai based Piper PA32R-301 Saratoga SP N100NA. Built in 1980 this arrived in NZ earlier this year and is currently registered to a Trustee...
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Three from Christchuch today
Aaron Murphy reports from Christchurch International. On the Tie downs near the Canterbury Aero Club was the Cessna 182T Skylane ZK-PJC c/n 18281476 which has been listed with Europac XP Ltd since...
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Update on Cessna 185A ZK-CBS
Jordan Elvy was at Paraparaumu airport on Christmas Eve and photo'd the venerable Cessna 185A ZK-CBS. As there has been recent posts on this aircraft I thought I would post it in its most recent...
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Revolution Mini 500 ZK-HXH
One of 2 Revolution Mini 500 kitset helicopters currently on the NZ register is ZK-HXH4 which was registered to Havelock owner, Tomino Cacciamani back in 2016. Currently undergoing certification...
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Pauanui
Post Xmas the activity at Pauanui airfield has ramped up and amongst these was the 1972 model Piper PA32-260 ZK-DEF from New Plymouth, featuring a smart new paint scheme. This has been with its...
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Cicare SVH-4 ZK-HZV
Another interesting helicopter currently listed for sale on Trade Me is the Argentinian built Cicare SVH-4 ZK-HZV3. Built by Cicare SA in the Buenos Aires province of Argentina it is a conventional...
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Piper PA31-325 Navajo CR ZK-ECQ
Visiting Pauanui today was the Tauranga based 1976 model PA31-325 Navajo CR ZK-ECQ in a smart new paint scheme. Originally imported from Australia in 1995 it has been with its current owner, Dairy...
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Zenair CH701 STOL ZK-MIZ
Zenair CH701 STOL N821CD (c/n 7-4094) appeared on the US register on 03-02-2010 with Chris Desmond of Sebastopol, California. On 20-04-2012 it moved to Farris Ellis over at Rincon, Georgia followed by...
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Whananaki Flyin Today 30-12-2021
Northern Aviators Club president Martin Farrand hosted the possibly last New Zealand flyin of the year at Whananaki (on the East Coast North of Whangarei), today. The location is great and the weather...
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Airvan VH-PGU at Nelson
Lord Nelson captured the Gippsland GA-8 Airvan VH-PGU3 c/n GA-8-TC320-146 at Nelson today.First noted as VH-BQY2 on 29-06-2009 with MAF International of Cairns, Queensland with a change to P2-MFL2 on...
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A Surprise at Whananaki yesterday
A surprise arrival at the Northern Aviators Club's flyin at Whananaki yesterday was Mike Crene's Titan T 51B Mustang ZK-DBG2. It was a long way from its base at Feilding.It was fitted wing drop tanks...
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Hawkes Bay
For 2022 it was the Central Hawkes Bay Aero Club's turn to host the 'First in the World Fly In' at Waipukurau and a stunning day attracted some 40 aircraft for lunch. Amongst these was the Feilding...
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Something New for Twenty Two!
For many years whenever I have visited Tauranga airport I have looked in at Chris Hoskins' hangar to see the progress he has made on his heavily modified Long Eze. Now thanks to Neil Williams, we have...
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GA200 Towplanes and Gliders
The Auckland Gliding Club at Drury is holding the 2022 Auckland Soaring Championships between January 1 & 8 and assisting their own Pawnee towplane ZK-CEB are Paul Murphy's two Gippsland GA200s...
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A Surprise Late Arrival at Kaipara Flats Last Evening 4-1-2022
I was out at Kaipara Flats airfield around 7 pm last night to go for a flight in my Jodel D9 (it was as smooth as silk up there), when I heard a radial engine growl that morphed into the Cessna 195...
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Pauanui
Amongst the visitors to the Pauanui airfield this week was the Vans RV7 ZK-JPT3 down from Ardmore. This was imported from South Africa in 2021 and registered in July.The New Plymouth based Flight Tech...
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Tecnam Golf ZK-NOL/2 at Kaipara Flats
Another new aircraft to be based at Kaipara Flats is Rob Waters' Tecnam P 96 Golf ZK-NOL2 (c/n 136). Rob has owned his Golf since July 2020 but it has been based at Kerikeri since then, until hangar...
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