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Pawnee ZK-JWW at work
Tanya Salter-Anderson has kindly sent in these pics of Stuart Marshall at work yesterday (22-02-2016) in the Piper PA-25-235 Pawneee ZK-JWW2 (c/n 25-7656031) as listed with Patchett Ag-Air 2015 Ltd.A...
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Yum !
I nipped into the Over The Moon Cafe in Cambridge yesterday and spied these on the shelf.Hot stuph !
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N415TA at TG
Two pics from Grayson Ottaway taken at Tauranga yesterday (23-02-2016) showing the Progressive Aerodyne Searey N415TA (c/n 1018) which had been in the area for a couple of days.This got a detailed...
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Taylor J2 Cub ZK-AGD Restoration at Hastings 20-2-2016
Another special aircraft was outside its hangar at Bridge Pa airfield on Saturday as Kip Netherclift pushed his pristine restored J2 Cub ZK-AGD out into the sun. Unfortunately a carburettor problem...
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ZK-LTB working on The Coast.
Three more pics kindly sent in by Tanya Salter-Anderson.Taken today on "The Coast" ZK-LTB is Pacific Aerospace Cresco 08-750 (c/n 022). In its younger days it was better known as ZK-PKB.
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Art Deco Saturday at Napier 20-2-2016
As well as the SAANZ flyin at Hastings the 2016 Art Deco festival was being held in and around Napier from the 17th to the 21st of February. This attracted several "art deco era" aircraft to Napier...
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Bye Bye Trislanders
At the Great Barrier hangar at North Shore today, there was a lot of activity going on dismantling their three Britten Norman Trislanders. These aircraft have been inactive at North Shore for quite a...
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Floatplane ZK-FPO at Taupo
Taupos Floatplane Ltd have two Cessna 206 floatplanes based on Lake Taupo.Here we see Cessna U206G Stationair 6 ZK-FPO (c/n 20605772) being readied for a days work.After some preliminary cleaning and...
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More DC-3 memories.
Another news Item from the Ashburton Courier newspaper. Dated 25-02-2016.Thanks to Allan Bowman.
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Ashburton .....
Flying New Zealand National Championships are being held at Ashburton 23rd to 28th of February.Here is a clipping from the local Ashburton Guardian newspaper.And some pics all from Allan Bowman.Below a...
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ZK-CAW
I am sure that you all know the Douglas DC-3 at McDonalds in Taupo.And I am sure you all know that it was ZK-CAW1 (c/n 18923).Below is an extract from an earlier post on ZK-CAW.ZK-CAW (18923) started...
View ArticlePAC 750XL lost in Nepal.
Reports are indicating that the PAC 750XL 9N-AJB c/n 160 of Air Kasthamandap has crashed at Chilkhaya in Nepal on 26-02-2016 with thirteen souls aboard.Initial reports indicate that both pilots were...
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Auckland to Wellington by Air New Zealand 11-2-2016
To follow in Blue Bus's wheel-tracks, first I had to get to Wellington, and I enjoyed a pleasant flight down with Air New Zealand. I was fortunate to be allocated window seat 3A. Our aircraft for...
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Wellington International 12-2-2016 (1)
As I posted previously, "you can't beat Wellington on a good day" and Friday 12 February was another one. A light Northerly and stunning sunshine, so I went to my favourite spot off the end of Coutts...
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Three more from Ashburton
Four more photographs from Allan Bowman taken at the Flying New Zealand National Championships held at Ashburton over recent days.AESL Airtourer 115 ZK-CWA (c/n 506) was delivered new to the NZNAC/ANZ...
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Working out of Dargaville.
Working out of Dargaville on the 25th was the NZAI FU24-950 (PT6 powered) ZK-JLU (c/n 234) supplementing the similar locally based ZK-JQB. Thanks to Jean210.
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Two from AKL on 27-2-16
Boeing 737-476 ZK-PAK msn 24444 ex N944NZ / VH-TJS of Airwork Flight Operations Ltd seen with Parcelair titles and logo. I understand that Parcelair is a joint venture between Air Freight NZ Ltd and...
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Jetstar and Air New Zealand Domestic Go Head to Head at Wellington!
At Wellington the other day: Jetstar Q 300 VH-TQD arrived... Followed by Air New Zealand Q 300 ZK-NFI2.Then they went head to head!
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Tokoroa Duo
The Blue Bus recently stopped over in Tokoroa and found these two aircraft.The James Lobet Ganagobie Mousebird ZK-JLO (c/n J.L.010) was parked in the corner of the hangar currently with a bit of an...
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