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Mt Cook
Mt Cook Airport was busy today with a combination of tourist flights and helicopters operating Tasman Glacier heli skiing trips.The only PC6 Turbo Porter currently based here with Inflite Skiplanes is...
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Tomahawk ZK-EQX at Wellington
Piper PA 38-112 Tomahawk ZK-EQX was on the line at Wellington when I was there a couple of weeks ago:ZK-EQX was registered to the Wellington Aero Club on 11/1/22 and is now without Mainland Air script.
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SPA Panther ZK-PWR
Wayne Richmond of Stratford registered his SPA Panther ZK-PWR back on /17/11/21, and after meticulous finishing he test flew it from Stratford aerodrome one week ago, on 14/8/22. Wayne is a long time...
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JMB VL 3 Aircraft of New Zealand
Back in May 2022 a new type of Class 2 microlight aircraft was registered in New Zealand, being the JMB VL 3 from JMB Aircraft s.r.o of Chochen in the Czech Republic. The JMB VL 3 was originally...
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McDonnell Douglas 500N ZK-HZG
Added to the Way to Go Helicopter Services fleet in June 2022 was the former Mid West Helicopters MD500N ZK-HZG3. Originally imported from Australia in 2008 it is seen here at Rangiora recently.
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Vans RV 12 ZK-OPT First Flight on 16-8-2022
As seen on Sunday on TV 1, the Otago Aero Club's new Vans RV 12 ZK-OPT took to the air for the first time at Taieri recently. ZK-OPT (c/n 121045) was built by students of the Otago Polytech and was...
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Oddments at Rangiora
Above we have a near life size plug for the SAA Canterbury Branch on the end of a hangar row.The view into one of Doug Anderson's hangars.From top to bottomZK-TNG the Air Creation ARV Tanarg...
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Rangiora this afternoon 28-08-2022
A mid-afternoon visit into Rangiora today offered the following.The James Christie Piper Pa-32-260 Cherokee six ZK-DSQ c/n 32-1012 was factory new when it arrived in NZ in late 1973.Until joining...
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Looking Forward to Classic Fighters 2023!
Greetings from Team Yealands Classic Fighters 2023!After two false starts in 2021, we are looking forward to bringing back Classic Fighters in 2023 and finally celebrating our 20th Anniversary. Over...
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Couple of helicopters at Ardmore
Noted at Ardmore today was the Hughes 369E ZK-HTU3 which is one of two former Newcastle Harbour Pilot 369Es imported earlier this year by International Heliproperties Ltd. It was assembled and test...
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Lunch at Waihi Beach on 31-8-2022
Tim Harrison looked at the weather forecast a few days ago, and reckoned that it would be good for a flight down to Waihi Beach yesterday for lunch at the Surf Shack, which is right on the airfield...
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Boeing 737-476 ZK-JTQ
Noted today at AKL International the Airwork NZ Boeing 737-400F Freighter ZK-JTQ has recently lost its Toll tail colourings, just retaining the company's logo on the front fuselage.
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Civil at Whenuapai
A quick visit to Whenuapai airfield yesterday revealed two recently arrived inhabitants.The Just Aircraft SuperSTOL ZK-ZOE has now moved into the WASC hangar.This was built from a kit by Brian Taylor,...
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Black Hawk at Nelson
Captured by Bill Mannix at Nelson yesterday (September 1st) was the Kahu NZ Ltd's Sikorsky EH-60A Black Hawk ZK-HKU3.c/n 70-1132. It has been in the area for a couple of days engaged in heavy...
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Update on ZK-CLK and ZK-MDF.
Allan Churn has sent this photo taken yesterday of his two ex NZ aircraft in his hangar.The Sud Aviation Gardan GY-80 Horizon 150 ZK-CLK c/n 71 departed Kaitaia for Norfolk Island on 13-11-1999...
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Cessna 205 ZK-VAV at Wellington
Captured yesterday by Tim Gorman of ZK-Aviation is the Cessna 210-5A ZK-VAV c/n 205-0570 about to depart from Wellington International heading for Omaka. Check out https://www.facebook.com/ZKaviation...
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Macchi MB 308 ZK-MDF
I have been after a photo of the Macchi MB 308 ZK-MDF for a long time and the recent information from Allan Churn on the blog got me searching again. In fact Allan came up trumps with photos of ZK-MDF...
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Homebuilt Helicopters of New Zealand - Rotorway Execs Early Models
The Rotorway Exec helicopter was a development of earlier helicopters that were designed by B J Schramm from the early 1960s. The Rotorway Exec 90 was designed in the 1970s and first flew in 1980. It...
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Homebuilt Helicopters of New Zealand - Another Rotorway Type, the Scorpion Too
At this point I will take a diversion from our Rotorway Execs to post about our sole Rotorway Scorpion Too helicopter, which was registered early on but slightly later than the first Exec 90s.The...
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Auster J 1N Alpha at North Shore Today 7-8-2022
A trip down to North Shore today for avgas today, and it was great to see the locally based Auster J 1N Alpha out flying circuits in the sun. It was the first time I have seen it out flying:ZK-ATS...
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