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Pauanui
The last few days have seen an interesting collection of aircraft visit Pauanui airfield including down from Ardmore the former Glenorchy Air GA8 ZK-ZEA which was sold to Miplane Ltd of Auckland in...
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Hughes 369HS ZK-HGS
ZK-HGS3 is a Hughes 369HS with the construction number of 32-0375HS.The first two numbers of this c/n tells us that it was manufactured in the third month of year two which translates to March of 1972....
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A Belated Look at Stratford from Saturday - 22-1-2022
The Stratford Aero Club Sport Flyers held a well timed flyin at Stratford last Saturday 22 January. The weather was great and a lot of sport aircraft arrived from a wide area. Here are a selection of...
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Taupo
Another visit to Taupo Airport today offered up a couple of visitors from Dannevirke being R66 ZK-HCE3 belonging to Outback Helicopters. This was imported from Australia in 2012 and has been with the...
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Cessna 172E ZK-FNT at Waipukurau on 23-1-2022
Ron Day was at Waipukurau last Sunday and photo'd the Cessna 172E ZK-FNT:This 172 hasn't changed much at all over the years since it was first registered in April 1987, but it was registered to new...
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Helicopters in the Rangitikei & Kapiti Coast
A visit to the Rangitikei Helicopters' main base near Rewa today found 3 of their fleet on hand comprising Bell 206B ZK-IDG which was imported from the US in 2012 and acquired by the company in...
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Classic Fighters 2023 Newsletter #2
Will this be the next major airshow to be held in New Zealand? CF'23 NEWSLETTER #2 January 2022 Stunning aeroplane, stunning surrounds, just a few...
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Helicopters in the Wairarapa
Continuing our visits to the helicopter operators in the lower North Is the first stop was Amalgamated Helicopters NZ base at Carrington in the Wairarapa where their impressive MD600N ZK-IJD2 was...
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Tararua Heliwork
Tararua Heliwork operate from a main base inland from Pahiatua and present yesterday was their very blue AS350B2 sprayer ZK-IDR. This was imported from the UK in 2017 and acquired by the company in...
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And a few aircraft along the way
While visiting helicopter operators in the lower North Is a number of interesting aircraft were also noted along the way including at Feilding the Super Air Air Tractor AT502B ZK-SXM which was imported...
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Air Chathams comes to Pauanui
An interesting visitor to a very busy Pauanui airfield today was the Air Chathams' Rockwell Commander 690A ZK-PVB from Auckland. This is the first noted visit of one of the airlines' aircraft to...
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Couple more helicopters
On hand at Rotor Work's base south of Tokoroa was Bell 206L-3 sprayer ZK-HPC4. This was imported from South Korea in 2019.The company operates from bases in Kerikeri, Whitianga, Te Kowhai, Kihikihi...
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Monty's Miles Messenger at Kaipara Flats Today 31-1-2022
I was delighted to find out the NZ Warbird's Miles M 38 Messenger IIC ZK-CMM2 was flying up to Kaipara Flats airfield this morning, so I popped out for some Jodel maintenance until I heard the...
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Morane-Saulnier MS885 Super Rallye ZK-CDF
Visiting Pauanui on Auckland Anniversary Monday was our sole current example of the MS885 Super Rallye ZK-CDF. This was originally registered back in December 1962 and is powered by a 145hp...
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CMM dumps at Motueka
CMM was at Motueka on Monday the 31st.Edwin Nieman's Harman Rocket II ZK-RMD2 c/n HR2-187-08 was up from Dunedin.This first flew on 13-05-2008.Another 'out of towner' was the Wellington Aero Club's...
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A Couple of Air to Airs
Last Sunday 30/1/22 Brien O'Brien enquired if I would be interested in flying down with him to take some photos of a farm near Te Aroha. Of course I would so we took off from Kaipara Flats around...
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A Couple of Auckland Helicopters
Noted at North Shore airfield today was the Guimbal Cabri G2 ZK-ICN2 on a training flight with Orbit Helicopters Ltd. This was imported from the UK in August 2021 and joins the 2 Robinson R22s also...
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Couple of Agplanes at Hamilton
A brief visit to Hamilton Airport this morning found the Falco 3000XL ZK-KEO still wearing Andy Stevenson Aviation script despite its sale to Murray Hargreaves Ltd, Maungaturoto back in November...
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ZK-HUN out and about.
The seldom seen Mil Mi-34C 'Hermit' ZK-HUN5 c/n 9783034102005 was noted at Heli Maintenance Ltd at Christchurch International Airport on Tuesday the first of the month.As you can see it is still in...
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Sikorsky EH-60A ZK-HKU
Whakatane based Kahu NZ's Sikorsky EH-60A ZK-HKU is currently in Western Australia for the bush fire season being operated by Camden, NSW based United Aero Helicopters on behalf of the WA Department of...
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