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Yaks return
Not seen for some time yesterday saw a gathering of Yak 52s at Pauanui which lead to the traditional evening holiday aerobatics display for the many current visitors to the town. The main formation...
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A couple at Nelson on January 5th.
Lord Nelson captured these two visitors at Nelson on Wednesday the 5th.Robinson R44 Raven II ZK-IGK is c/n 11741 and has been with Peter Leitch of Patumahoe since March of 2015.Normally hangared at...
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Spied at Rangiora yesterday.
Found at the dark end of the hangar was the Micro Aviation B22 Bantam ZK-FTJ c/n 0083 which was recently delivered up from Balclutha to its new owner Wayne Genet of Rangiora.This has been around since...
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More from Pauanui
Doing a great job of reflecting its surroundings is the highly polished Cessna 170B ZK-JCG3 down from Whitianga. This was imported from Australia in 2019.And across from Hamilton was the EC130T2...
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NAC Pancake Breakfast at Kaipara Flats This Morning 8-1-2022
The weather was spectacularly good this morning for the Northern Aviators Club's Pancake Breakfast at Kaipara Flats airfield (although it was reportedly clagged in at Kerikeri and on the Coromandel)....
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Cessna C 208 ZK-EAV/2 at Paraparaumu
Evander Aviation's Cessna C 208 ZK-EAV2 was photo'd by Jordan Elvy at Paraparaumu recently.Wearing similar branding to the Cessna C P206E ZK-FJH that was photo'd by Richard Currie at Hastings on...
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Ardmore
A brief visit to Ardmore today offered another of the Whitiki Ngati Porou aircraft (refer blog below), being the Wellington Aero Club's PA28-181 Archer ZK-FHQ. Built in 1977, this was imported from...
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Helicopters in the South Waikato
A visit to the Heli A1 base north of Otorohanga today found 2 of their 3 AS350 sprayers present including the latest fleet addition, AS350B2 ZK-IAI6 which was imported from the US in mid 2021.Also...
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Airvans at Wellington today
Two Gippsland GA8 Airvans were captured at Wellington today by ZKARJ.ZK-ORC is c/n GA8-02-017 and was initially registered in Australia as VH-AAP6 before becoming ZK-SAF2 in November 2002 with Air...
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To Dargaville Yesterday 12-1-2022
I needed to fly up to Dargaville yesterday to get Brian Taylor to carry out the annual inspection for my Jodel D 9. It was an interesting day and I ended up with ZK-KMM passing the inspection, and I...
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Pauanui
Amongst the visitors to Pauanui airfield this week was the ICP Savannah S ZK-ZAV down from Whangarei for an overnight. This was registered back in 2020.And across from Taupiri the Bristell NG5 which...
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Cessna 152J ZK-EFD/2 at Dargaville on 12-1-2022
A visitor to Dargaville when I was there on Wednesday was the grey Cessna 152J ZK-EFD2 which still carries its Euroflight titles from way back when, and hasn't been posted on the blog for a few...
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Rangiora pie run 2022 number 1
First Pie Run for the year found two worthy of mention.My first sighting of this Savannah in its completed form.Savannah S ZK-SGC c/n 20-12-54-0750 was a six month build for the Maipen Syndicate of...
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Cessna 172M ZK-DRT at Paraparaumu 14-1-2022
The Cessna 172M ZK-DRT (c/n 17263287) has been around since October 1984 and has appeared on the blog only once 10 years ago. I guess it has been quietly going about flying since and at Paraparaumu...
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The Conclusion of the Bluff to Cape Reinga/North Cape Glider Flight on 11-1-2022
I have previously posted about Terry Delore's and his daughter Abbey's attempt to fly from the South to the North of New Zealand in one day back on 20/12/21, in their ASW 25M motor glider ZK-GZF. You...
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GA at Whenuapai
Today, I was able to visit the home of the Aviation Sports Club at RNZAF Base Auckland for the first time in over a year.The Power Section aircraft were lined up in their hangar as follows, left to...
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ZK-ZGO
Noted at Ardmore today was Cessna 650 Citation V ZK-ZGO being one of 2 imported from Australia back in February 2021. The other, ZK-XGO, has been very active on charter work throughout NZ, with ZGO...
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Mechanics Bay
A visit to a busy Mechanics Bay "Helicopter Me" heliport today revealed their latest fleet addition being Bell 427 ZK-HHI4 which was acquired in December 2021. Originally imported from Australia in...
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Cessna 180A ZK-CDY
Cessna 180A ZK-CDY is another aircraft that is carrying the Whitiki Ngati Porou script with a photo montage of C Company of the Maori Battalion on the tail, to assist with Covid vaccination programme...
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A couple of rotary types
Noted at Taupo this week was Bell 206B ZK-HFS5 which was imported from Japan early 2020. It is registered to Cambridge based Eltec Forestry NZ Ltd who also operate AS350B2 ZK-ILP.And at Tauranga the...
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