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Douglas DC 3 Memories
My memories of early exposure to aircraft were further jogged by the recent post on Bristol Freighters. So I thought that an evocative early colour photo of a New Zealand National Airways Corporation...
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Titan Mustang ZK-WZY.
A view of the Titan T51 Mustang ZK-WZY (c/n 0076) as captured at Ardmore by Tony Smith at the end of last moth.It was well covered by Sir Minty previously at...
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Down memory lane.
Here we have a pic from a few years back - sent in by Allan Bowman. I am thinking that Memorial Avenue is coming down from the top of the picture with the golf course in the pine trees. The change in...
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Let out for a couple of hours.
Yep - the Blue Bus was let out for a couple of hours this afternoon and managed a quick goosie around Rangiora Airfield.A place where there is always some interesting action is Hangar # 72.STOL...
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Dyn Aero Aircraft of New Zealand (1) - MCR 01 ULCs and Clubs
The Dyn Aero MCR 01 family of aircraft were developed from Michael Colomban's earlier MC 100 Ban Bi (Michael Colomban also designed the MC 15 Cri Cri of which we have had two in New Zealand). It is a...
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Dyn Aero Aircraft of New Zealand (2) - MCR 4S
I will include the Dyn Aero MCR 4S here because it is a direct development of the MCR 01. It first flew in 2000 and is available as a kit for homebuilding. It features the same double slotted wing...
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Yes - it is still happening !
Aviating is still a happening thing at Rangiora - despite the meteorological gods attempts to prevent such activities.A lovely day with a bone chilling breeze did not stop the activity.Above we see...
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Million Dollar Mouse progress.
There was a snip on TVNZ news tonight covering the Million Dollar Mouse eradication project on the Antipodes Islands.Below is ZK-HJM being readied to go ashore.See...
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Skyfox Gazelle(s) of New Zealand
The next type of sport aircraft to be registered, in August 2001, was our one and only Skyfox Gazelle.The Skyfox CA25N Gazelle is a product of Skyfox Aviation from Queensland. The original version of...
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At Tauranga this afternoon (03-07-2016).
Grayson captured these two classics at Tauranga this afternoon.Cessna 180A ZK-CDY is c/n 32968 and is a rebuild of ZK-BUP. See earlier posting at :- http://nzcivair.blogspot.co.nz/search?q=bupIt is...
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Douglas DC-3 ZK-AYZ July 3rd 1963.
Grayson Ottaway has forwarded the following.July 3, 1963 Douglas DC-3 ZK-AYZ crashes in Kaimai RangeIn what is still New Zealand's worst internal civil aviation accident, all 23 passengers and crew...
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Australian Aviation Works J6C Karatoos of New Zealand
The Karatoo was designed by Jesse Anglin of Hendersonville, North Carolina and first appeared in 1982. (Jesse Anglin designed several homebuilt aircraft including the J3 Kitten, the J4 Sportster and...
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AT Christchurch this day.
An early afternoon visitation to the Western Grass area of Christchurch International Airport found these four flying machines - nothing new for these pages alas.The Piper PA-28-160 Cherokee B ZK-CWS...
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Cast your beady optics over this clip.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E8H2abXmYQ&feature=youtu.beWith thanks to :-http://www.offtheedge.co.nz/
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ZK-HUG on the move.
Spotted at Garden City Helicopters facility alongside SH1 at Christchurch today was the Aerospatiale AS 350BA ZK-HUQ2 (c/n 2038).Heading back up to the Pacific Islands.The mound in the background is...
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Homegrown Two Seat (and Plus) Homebuilt Aircraft of New Zealand (6) -...
The Seaflight (NZ) Ltd Shearwater is a very interesting locally designed amphibian that was developed by a group at Mahurangi, East of Warkworth. Martin Farrand owned the Coot amphibian ZK-ECL in the...
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Auster ZK-ASL
The new Auster on the block is the J1 Autocrat ZK-ASL c/n 2150.Post world War Two the Auster Aircraft Ltd's Britannia Works at Thurston, Leicester, UK were poking out Auster V Series J1 aircraft in...
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Pit Bull Running at Dargaville.
For a small airfield Dargaville has a lot of interesting aircraft, and another one has recently appeared. This one is the North American Rotorwerks Pit Bull SS gyroplane ZK-RUN (c/n NAR 62) which was...
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Globemaster 53-028 at Christchurch
This pleasing photograph from an unknown source shows the Douglas C124C Globemaster II 53-028 (c/n 44323) parked at Christchurch International Airport.I would put the date at between late 1962 and...
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Bell 212 N227PH
Thanks to the 'Antarctic Sun' for this photograph showing the Bell 212 N227PH (c/n 30953) working at Lake Bonney in the Antarctic Dry Valleys during the 2011 summer season..It is operated by PHI Inc...
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