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AeroAndina Aircraft - ZK-RTT and ZK-RTZ
Back on 4 February 2015, two AeroAndina aircraft were registered to Pan Tam Holdings of Papakura. I was intrigued as to what these aircraft were so I did a bit of digging which led me to Wess Ruijne...
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Snow time at NZAS
Allan Bowman popped out to Ashburton to check on his Rans ZK-AJB and snapped these fine pics for us. Restoration appears to be proceeding at full steam. Enjoy the sunshine while it lasts. The Sydiving...
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I remember when.
As a result of the recent post on ZK-HLE at:- http://nzcivair.blogspot.co.nz/2015/07/i-remember-when-heli-towing-20-years-ago.html I have received this photo taken by Alan Stratford in the mid 1990's...
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Aerobatic Machines at Ardmore Today 10-8-2015
A pleasant trip to Ardmore today with early New Zealand aircraft photographer Neville Drake produced the usual crop of interesting aircraft. If you stay around long enough there is always something to...
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Really Historical - Waco UIC ZK-ADE Over Wellington
In my previous post I mentioned that I was at Ardmore with Neville Drake - he didn't take the photo below but it is part of his collection.This amazing photo shows not only the Waco but an incredible...
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Pawnee at work.
As a fill in whilst I am working on another project I offer you these two photographs as nicked from CMM's shoe box collection.Taken in the 1970's and probably in the North Canterbury region.Pawnee at...
View Article"Hannibal" Hayes article.
Whilst rummaging through google the other day I stumbled over this article from the North and South Magazine.Its nine years old but still most...
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Sad Sights at Ardmore 10-8-2015
The sad result of the tornado that struck Ardmore on 18 July can still be seen at the airport. The following threee badly damaged aircraft are/were all owned by the Auckland Aero Club.Cessna C 162...
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Really Historical - Rearwin Sportster ZK-AKF at Mangere
Another photo from the Neville Drake collection is this iconic Whites Aviation photo.It shows Rearwin 9000KR Sportster ZK-AKF flying over the Auckland Aero Club at Mangere aerodrome, with a large...
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Classic Taildraggers at Ardmore 10-8-2015
While we were at Ardmore yesterday, Peter Fahey pushed the Isaacs Fury ZK-DMN out of the Taildragger Classics hangar and started it up for a flight.It still looks great 39 years after Barry Thompson...
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Another Spitfire at Avspecs 10-8-2015
With Spitfire Mk XIV ZK-XIV now completed, Avspecs have another Spitfire well on the way to completion.I was advised that this aircraft is a Mk XVI, with the RAF serial Number TB252. It is being...
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Two That Will be Flying Soon at Ardmore - 10-8-2015
A couple of interesting sports aircraft were at Ardmore on Monday. Both are making progress and we will see them flying in the near or medium term future.Cassutt Racer ZK-DHJ has made good progress...
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Fury ZK-DMN airborne.
Sir Minty posted a couple of shots recently of the Isaac Fury ZK-DMNThis has prompted Andrew Phillpott to send in these three shots of him flying said ZK-DMN. The photographs were taken by Maurice...
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Diamond DA 42 Twinstar at Ardmore - 10-8-2015
Ardmore just keeps on giving! ( I am nearly finished).The distinctive shape of Eagle Flight Training's new Diamond DA 42 Twinstar ZK-DAX2 caught my eye for some long shots. The aircraft was only...
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Maule VH-VRF.
The Maule M-9-235C VH-VRF (c/n 36001C) arrived at Christchurch and tied down on the western grass near the Aero Club just on CET on Wednesday.Tony McFarlin caught it this morning just before it...
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Really Really Historical - Supermarine Channel II G-NZAI at Wellington
This really nice photo of the Supermarine Channel II flying boat G-NZAI is scanned from the Neville Drake collection (although he didn't take it!). The date would have been in the 1920's and the...
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Undershot.
I was pottering around out west of Cheviot yesterday when our one and only Helio H-250 Courier ZK-TCE (c/n 2502) purred overhead homeward bound.Nice one Don and Kate.
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Barrier Air Grand Caravan ZK-SDB at Ardmore - 10-8-2015
Posing nicely in the sun at Ardmore was Barrier Air's new Cessna C208B Grand Caravan ZK-SDB.It commenced its first scheduled services the next day, 11/8/15, from Auckland International to Kaitaia and...
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Scene about.
Hairy Mole Rat was active at Tauranga yesterday and captured the Tim Bygate Special ZK-THK.It was noted back on the 8th in the snow at Ashburton (apparently now based at Nelson).See...
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A Couple of Colourful Helos at Ardmore 10-8-15
My final post from Ardmore for a while as I will be overseas for 3 months.These two colourful helicopters were outside the Airbus Helicopters facility on Monday, and offer a comparason between two...
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