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Sikorsky S 76A ZK-IKM at North Shore Today 11-7-2016
The Northland Emergency Services Trust's Sikorsky S 76A ZK-IKM (c/n 760106) was parked outside the North Shore Aero Club today.This helo has been in New Zealand since April 2011. Previously it was...
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Others at North Shore 11-7-2016
Apart from the NEST Sikorsky S 76A helicopter, there were some other avian craft on the ramp:A quartet of Robins - The North Shore Aero Club's ZK-TZK, ZK-TZL2, ZK-TZH and ZK-UWZ which has been in NSAC...
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Lunch at Taupo
Above we have the line up of the Tauranga gang parked up at Taupo for todays lunch break.All have been mentioned on these pages previously.Nearest is the Quickie Q200 ZK-FWF (c/n AACA/646) of Tacan NZ...
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Zenair CH 701SP ZK-ZST
Grant Ellery has sent in a photo of his Zenair CH 701SP ZK-ZST, now with a tasteful orange trim that I think fits the lines of the aircraft very well.Grant has previously advised that he built the CH...
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Last weekend at Matamata.
Richard Currie has kindly submitted these three photographs as taken at Matamata last weekend.Above is the De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk Mk 22 ZK-SKH (c/n C1-0547).This entered service with the...
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The Tecnam Hangar at Ardmore 13-7-2016
A trip to Ardmore yesterday with No 2 grandson (who is the one who is most interested in aircraft and is a member of the No 1 ATC Squadron in Wellington), turned out well when the Tecnam Hangar was...
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Two newies at Tauranga.
Hairy Mole Rat shot these two recent addition to our register outside Solo Wings Ltd at Tauranga yesterday (13-07-2016). ZK-FSH2 (c/n 1DK015) is a Progressive Aerodyne Sea Rey amphibian.It joined our...
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Gippsland GA200C ZK-DPC
The Gippsland GA200C VH-SZV (c/n 200C9831) hit the Australian register on 13-11-1998 with Anceps Pty Ltd of Naracoorte, South Australia. Title changed to the Westpac Banking Corporation of Concord...
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Mid Week Warbirds at Ardmore 13-7-2016
Ardmore surely is the place to catch up with the occasional warbird, even mid-week if you are fortunate, and last Wednesday didn't disappoint.The unmistakeable silhouette of Doug Brooker's Spitfire...
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Progressive Aerodyne Seareys of New Zealand
The development roots of the Progressive Aerodyne Searey amphibian go back to the 1970s when Advanced Aviation produced a series of amphibian aircraft that culminated in the 2 seat Buccaneer (which...
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Dominator ZK-REQ
On a dull Sunday afternoon Trevor Shadbolt of GoGyro Ltd goes aviating from Rangiora.About to start up is the Auto Flight Dominator II ZK-REQ (c/n 012).It has a date of manufacture of 06-11-2007 and...
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Progressive Aerodyne Seareys in New Zealand - US Registered Examples
As I alluded to in my previous post on Seareys of New Zealand, we have had at least four American registered examples operating in our waters, as follows:I think all of these aircraft have been...
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Progressive Aerodyne Searey ZK-SRY at North Shore
Continuing with my theme of progressive Aerodyne Seareys. Back on a lovely day in April, I was at North Shore airfield when the locally based Searey ZK-SRY took flight. The following photos show some...
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Roger Mann/Ragwing Aircraft of New Zealand (1) - Roger Mann Ragabond
Roger Mann founded RagWing Aircraft in 1987 and he produced its first design, the RW 1 Ultra Piet in 1991 (we have had one of these in New Zealand but more of that later). The company produced...
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BK117 ZK-IMX
Registered to Southern Lakes Helicopters of Te Anau in early May this year is this Kawasaki BK117-C1 ZK-IMX. It was imported via Ardmore's Oceania Aviation and arrived as JA6793. A photo of ZK-IMX in...
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RagWing Aircraft of New Zealand (2) - Pietenpol EXP
The RagWing Pietenpol was Roger Mann's first aircraft design and first flew in 1994. It is also known as the RW 1 Ultrapiet. It is an approximate 75% scale single seat version of the Pietenpol...
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Cessna 150H ZK-CXI and ZK-EFC.
The Cessna 150H c/n 15068215 was one of a batch destined for Rex Aviation at Bankstown in 1969. All had US and Australian registrations penciled against then - but I suspect they were never worn on...
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RagWing Aircraft of New Zealand (3) - Ragwing Aero Specials
The RagWing Aero Special was Roger Mann's second aircraft design and was designed to be an ultralight look a like of the Pitts Special. And ultralight it really is with and empty weight of around 276...
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Cessna 172A ZK-WPO
Back on the 10th of July the Wanganui Aero Club held a breakfast ly in at the Flat Hills Strip.One of the attendees was the Cessna 172A ZK-WPO.This Cessna 172A was a product of 1960 out of the Cessna...
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John OakesGone too soon.John passed away on Saturday with a farewell service being held in Oamaru this afternoon.See...
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