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A Retrospective of the Wairarapa Balloon Festival 2022 (1)
Back over Easter Weekend in April 2022 the Hairy Mole Rat attended the Wairarapa Balloon Festival and here are a look back at some of his photos:ZK-FAI is a Boland 38-8 from Masterton, and ZK-OAK is a...
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Helicopters Around Auckland Today 21-07-2022
It wasn't much of a day for flying in Auckland today, but I did catch these 2 helicopters on the ground:Airbus EC 130 T2 ZK-HJW5 was outside in the sun at Mechanics Bay. It is registered to...
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A Retrospective of the Wairarapa Balloon Festival 2022 (2)
The final lot of great Wairarapa Balloon Festival photos from the Hairy Mole Rat:ZK-ZVE is a Cameron N-133 from Hamilton.ZK-SEL is a Cameron N-90 registered to a Private Owner.ZK-RYZ is a Kavanagh C-77...
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Hamilton and up to Auckland
Noted test flying at Hamilton Airport this morning was the PAC 750XL-II (Super-Pac XL) ZK-EPO which was registered to NZ Skydive in June 2022. And up the road at AKL International was Airwork's Boeing...
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Not Civil - the RNZAF's New P-8A Poseidon is Revealed
Not a civil aircraft but I am sure it will be of interest to NZ Civair blog readers. Boeing has rolled out the first of the RNZAF's new P-8A Poseidon aircraft from their paint shop in Renton,...
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A Retrospective of the Wairarapa Balloon Festival 2022 (3)
After seeing the Hairy Mole Rat's Wairarapa Balloon Festival photos I had a look at their Facebook page where there were photos of a few of the other balloons that there were there:ZK-PJK is a Boland...
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A Couple from the Golden Bay Dawn Raid - 23-07-2022
The Golden Bay Dawn Raid was held at Takaka yesterday in good weather conditions from the look of it. Jordan Elvy flew over in the Kapiti Districts Aero Club's C 182R ZK-NML and counted 37 visiting...
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A Great Flight to Mesopotamia Station
To encourage flyers around the country who are ground bound by awful weather, here are a couple of photos from as recently as last Sunday 24 July, of a trip that the Rangitata Island guys flew to...
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EAA Tom Poberezny.
EAA Legend Tom Poberezny Dies at 75by Kerry Lynch and Matt Thurber - July 25, 2022, 11:31 AMEAA is giving Tom Poberezny's Red 3 Volkswagen a prominent place during this year's AirVenture in honor of...
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A New Zealand Connection to EAA Airventure 2022 at Oshkosh
As the EAA Airventure flying is now underway at Oshkosh, I thought I would post some New Zealand connections. Of course there are lots of New Zealanders attending the flyin.One such connection is the...
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Hamilton and onto Ardmore
A surprise at Hamilton Airport this morning was the PAC 750XL / Falco 3000XL ZK-KEO in a new paint scheme and wearing "Independent Airspread" titling. Christened "Karearea" (Maori name for the NZ...
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A First of Type in New Zealand - Rans S 21 ZK-DLH/2
The Rans S 21 Outbound is the latest design by Randy Schlitter of Rans Designs (formerly Rans Inc). It is a departure for Rans as the aircraft is of all aluminium construction. It was introduced at...
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The Return of a Beech Staggerwing
Back in 1995 a Beech D 17S Staggerwing was imported into New Zealand and registered ZK-AMU, a suitably period registration that had not been allocated originally having been reserved in the flying boat...
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Pauanui 1 August
Finally a day of settled weather on the Coromandel brought a number of interesting aircraft to Pauanui airfield today, including a couple of speedy single seaters from Matamata and a smart RV12 from...
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Rans S 21 ZK-DLH/2 Again
I have received another photo of Rans S 21 ZK-DLH2, this one from the New Zealand Rans agent Russell Brodie:ZK-DLH2 at Ashburton showing the cowling lines and larger tyres than in the previous...
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Airbus EC155B1 ZK-ICT
Noted on assembly at Airwork Ardmore today was the EC155B1 ZK-ICT2 destined for an Auckland private owner. The EC155B1 is an updated uprated version of the AS365N Dauphin 2 of which one example was...
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Another ACH130 Aston Martin edition
Noted at Ardmore today was another ACH130 Aston Martin limited edition destined for an Auckland private owner as ZK-HSO5. This follows on from Advanced Flight's ZK-IJV3 imported in 2021.The joint...
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Cessna 172M ZK-DWO at Christchurch
Tied down in the low sun this afternoon at Christchurch International was the Cessna 172M Skyhawk II ZK-DWO c/n 17263680 as listed with James Butler of Waipawa.This was a Rex Aviation (NZ) Ltd import...
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Rotorua Aero Club Cessna 172M ZK-DNT
Noted at Tauranga this morning was the Rotorua Aero Club's sole aircraft, Cessna 172M ZK-DNT. Despite being imported new way back in 1974 this aircraft hasnt appeared on this blog before, and was...
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Beechcraft D17S ZK-AMU
The first aircraft produced by Beech Aircraft Company was the Model 17.This first aircraft had a fixed undercarriage and a 38% negative stagger on its upper wing which ultimately lead to the...
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