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Cessna U206F ZK-DWX in Whitiki Ngati Porou Scheme
Photo'd by Simon Hills at a AOPA flyin at Otaki on Sunday 10/4/22 was the Cessna U206F ZK-DWX in a Whitiki Ngati Porou colour scheme:I understand that the script on the side of the fuselage of the...
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Pauanui Waterways
The long weekend has brought a number of private aircraft and helicopters to Pauanui including the following which have taken up holiday residence in the Pauanui Waterways.Hughes 369HS ZK-HJB3 was...
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Saturday visitors to Pauanui
Amongst the visitors to Pauanui airfield today was the 1974 model Cessna 180J Skywagon ZK-DOD which hasnt appeared on this blog site before. Imported new it has been with its current Pukekohe owner...
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What Might Have Been at Wanaka This Weekend
Great weather across most of the country this Easter weekend has proved bitter sweet for many aircraft enthusiasts who had planned to be at Warbirds Over Wanaka 2022. Sadly it was cancelled back in...
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And a New Pioneer 300 at Wanaka this Weekend
Some of the said aircraft enthusiasts still travelled to Wanaka over the weekend anyway, one of whom was Mark Pattenden, who photo'd this Alpi Pioneer 300 that has not appeared on the blog...
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Pitbull Goes for a Run at Dargaville 16-4-2022
Brian Taylor wheeled out his North American Rotorwerks Pitbull SS gyrocopter ZK-RUN at Dargaville last Saturday 16 April, and Rusty Russell took it for a flight:Jordan Elvy and Simon Hillswere there...
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A Different Type of Hot Air Balloon
The Hairy Mole Rat was down at Carterton last week for the Balloons Over Wairarapa balloon festival and after some delays the balloons got into the air in a lovely blue sky. As balloons are ZK...
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Rockwell Commander 690B 5W-LOR
Of interest at AKL International in the rain today was the Samoan registered RC690B 5W-LOR. It is one of 2 690B operated by Talofa Airways on flights between Samoa, Tonga, and American Samoa (the...
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Dargaville $12 Lunches are Back On Again! 23-4-2022
As it was a nice flying day today (but a bit windy for my Jodel Bébé), and seeing as I was out at Kaipara Flats airfield, it was a no-brainer to hop up to Dargaville for their inaugural post Covid...
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Vulcanair P68C VH-TZN
The Vulcanair P68C is a development of the Partenavia.C/n 462C was built in 2010 and popped up on the US register as N104LT on 08-02-2011 with Orlando Sandford Aircraft Inc of Sandford, Flodida.From...
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Diamond DA40 PK-VVL at Woodbourne.
Spotted at RNZAF Base Woodbourne the other day were three civil registered aircraft.On the left we have the Classic Flights Piper PA-28-140D ZK-DEB c/n 28-7124115 which was damaged whilst landing back...
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Ex John Smith Mosquito Engine Run at Omaka Today 24-4-2022
It was a big day at Omaka today with the main attraction being the ex John Smith Mosquito marked as TE 910/EG-D outside and running its engines. Proceeds from the day will go towards keeping the...
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Anzac Weekend visitors
Another long weekend has brought a number of interesting visitors to Pauanui airfield including the 2002 Jabiru UL-T ZK-CJP. This has been registered to its current Rotorua owner since 2019.The 1974...
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A Selection of Other Aircraft Outside at Omaka on 24-4-2022
I have posted about the ex John Smith Mosquito running its engines at Omaka yesterday, and it generated a lot of interest. However there were also a lot of other interesting aircraft outside for the...
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A Follow Up on DH 82A Tiger Moth ZK-APP
Following from my post on other interesting aircraft at Omaka last Sunday, Aaron Murphy has sent a photo of the nice looking DH 82A Tiger Moth ZK-APP showing its registration:I note that it has a...
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Sikorsky S-92 ZK-HEV at Christchurch.
Arriving into Christchurch just after 1pm this afternoon was the Sikorsky S-92A ZK-HEV c/n 92-0211 as registered to Advanced Flight Ltd and operated on behalf of Rocket Lab.Check out their plans and...
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Charlies fund raising fly in at Darfield May 1st
Sheffield Volunteer Fire Brigade Fund Raiser Wheels and Wings – Sunday 1st of May 2022Gates open at 8.30am Charlie Draper is hosting this fundraiser again at Kimberly Road, Darfield. It is a chance to...
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Vans RV 7A ZK-MEL/3 at Tauranga Today 28-4-2022
The Hairy Mole Rat was at Tauranga today and caught this image of Martin (E) Lobb's newest Vans RV 7A ZK-MEL3 (c/n 71018):ZK-MEL3 is ex N386RV and is Martin Lobb's third MEL after his previous RV 7A...
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Cessna A152 Aerobat ZK-TAA at Tauranga 28-4-2022
Another "new" aircraft captured by the Hairy Mole Rat at Tauranga yesterday was the newly rebuilt Cessna A152 Aerobat ZK-TAA (c/n 0972):The aircraft has now acquired the Tauranga Aero Club colour...
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Pauanui
Despite the variable weather there have a number of visitors this week to the Pauanui airfield including Autogyro Cavalon ZK-OHF which visited for a couple of hours with MTO3 Eagle ZK-MTO. OHF has...
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