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Airedale Duo at Timaru
Test flown yesterday 30-03-2016 at West Melton by Russell Brodie was the Beagle Auster A.109 Airedale ZK-COA2 (c/n B.525).It was then delivered to Timaru where it is seen above with the Airedale ZK-CCW...
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Titan T51 Mustang ZK-WZY revisited
Sir Minty has well and truly covered off this fine specimen of an aeroplane in his previous blogpost which can be found HEREHowever I had not had the opportunity to catch up with ZK-WZY so it was very...
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Ardmore Action
Its either a feast or a famine at Auckland's Ardmore airport and it doesn't seem to matter what the weather. A visit on the afternoon of 30 March under stunning blue skies saw the place reasonably...
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Helicopter Trio
Bell 429 Global Ranger ZK-HXW has been with Advanced Flight since August 2014 and it is seen here departing Auckland International 30 MarchEurocopter MBB-BK117 C2 (aka EC145) ZK-ILJ is registered to...
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MTOSport Autogyro ZK-SHT
In a hangar at Whitianga the other day was this locally owned green and yellow AutoGyro MTOSport ZK-SHT. The MTOSport is a development of the earlier MT03 Eagle and together we have 14 of these...
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More Wanaka photos
On static display was the Bucker Bu 131 Jungmann SE-AIK (Werk-Nr 52) from 1939. This was noted at Ardmore in February 2014 as D-EAZO in an all yellow scheme. It was damaged at Ardmore not long after...
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ZK-ICR at Rose Ridge.
Making its approach to Rose Ridge yesterday (31-03-2016) was the Eurocopter AS350 B2 ZK-ICR (c/n 4225) as operated by Jamie Scott.Note the swollen cheeks of the luggage locker.Pic from Tim Hopley.
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Sport aircraft at Wanaka # 1.
There was a good variety of Sport Aircraft on the field during the weekend.Here are some of them. This is the John Ross Just Aircraft Highlander ZK-JKO2 (c/n JA312-08-13). This is Rotax 912ULS powered...
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Sport Aircraft at Wanaka # 2.
Tecnam Australasia Ltd managed to get their P2008 ZK-WOW2 (c/n 100) through the weather up north to take up its static display position.Vans RV 12 ZK-ERV (c/n 120867) got a mention recently at...
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Sport Aircraft at Wanaka # 3.
The only gyro I noted was the AutoGyro Cavalon ZK-AVL2 (c/n V00115) as listed with David Church of Tauranga.The interesting Jodel D.150X Governor ZK-CCD2 (c/n AACA/360/2) of Charlie Kenny was on show...
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Sport Aircraft at Wanaka # 4.
Imported from the States back in 2002 this Vans RV 4 ZK-JRX (c/n 1320) is now listed with Sam Stephenson of Paraparaumu - although it has been on the picketed at Christchurch International for some...
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Sport Aircraft at Wanaka # 5
Kevin Paulsen of Papakura had his Vans RV-6 ZK-PRV (c/n 25658) among the other Sport Aircraft on site for public inspection. The SkyStar Kitfox VIII ZK-ROX (c/n PFA 172D-14024) came from the UK in...
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Sport + Aircraft at Wanaka # 6
Now the final batch of Sport aircraft from last weekends Wanaka Show.Ex C-FVFN and ZK-OAC, the Rans S-7 ZK-WAL's story is hidden in the following link....
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At the Wanaka Lake Front.
Late Friday afternoon of the 25th there was a demo on the waterfront of Lake Wanaka. Cessna U206C ZK-DRH (c/n U206-1179) of Wings and Water (Te Anau) Ltd came up for the occasion. The Consolidated...
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Piper Comanches.
On the 27th of March at Omarama I caught up with this tribe of Piper Comanche's.They were part of the International Comanche Society Convention that was held at Queenstown 22-26/03/2016.Check out...
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Martin Jetpacks
The recent appearance of the Martin Jetpack ZK-JMK2 at the Wanaka Airshow was another step in the long journey of the Jetpack. It did fly at Wanaka but without a pilot whereas I had expected a manned...
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RAANZ flyin Hokitika during February # 1.
Back on the weekend of February 6th and 7th RAANZ held a fly-in at Hokitika.Margo Migirdichyan has very kindly supplied the following photographs. The Zenair CH701 STOL ZK-AMC2 (c/n 7-4094) entered our...
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RAANZ fly-in Hokitika during February # 2.
Some more fine pics from Margo Migirdichyan.Some distance from home was the Cessna 172P Skyhawk II ZK-MAG (c/n 17275101) listed to the Auckland Flying School Ltd of Pokeno. Cranked out in 1982 it flew...
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Whakatane to White Island run.
On March the 12th Air Chathams carried out a charter from Whakatane out to White Island and return in their Douglas DC-3 ZK-AWP.AWP had carried out its normal Saturday run down from Auckland and the...
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Bell 212 ZK-HBQ set to take flight
Imported by Oceania Aviation to New Zealand in December last year was the Bell 212 JA9566, later become ZK-HBQ/4. The helicopter has been outside engine running today (6 April) and it was anticipated...
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