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Question time # 189 resolved.
And the winner is - Mit again.And the answer is:-1. Air deflection thingi just ahead of and below the leading edge of the horizontal tail plain.2. On a Piper Cub.3. I had in mind ZK-PSC - but as Mit...
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Kapiti Aero Club Aircraft at Paraparaumu 4-8-2016
Paraparaumu airport is very different these days to what it was when it passed into private ownership in 1995. There is now major non-aviation commercial development along the Northern boundary and...
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Feilding is Cessna Country 4-8-2016
Carrying on up the island from Paraparaumu my next stop was at Feilding which is the opposite of Paraparaumu in that it has developed hugely since the 1990s with many new hangars and a new aircraft...
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Over the fence at Christchurch today 10-08-2016
A quick peak over the fence at Christchurch International Airport this afternoon found the Britten-Norman BN-2A-26 Islander ZK-EVO (c/n 785). It wears 'Fly My Sky' marks on its fuselage side and what...
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Don's new Sportcruiser ZK-DEU
Don's CZAW SportCruiser ZK-DEU2 nearing the end of its NZ certification at Solo Wing facility at Tauranga yesterday (10-08-2016). Photo from Hairy Mole Rat.The first allocation of the ZK-DEU letters...
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Cresco ZK-JOF Exposed 4-8-2016
Also at Feilding last week:Superair's Masterton based Cresco 08-600 ZK-JOF was undergoing major maintenance outside the Aero Support Aircraft Maintenance hangar. It is interesting to see what is...
View ArticleCanadian bush planes
Below is a very interesting link to Canadian bush/float planes.Drill your way down through the various locations and be amazed at what is about.I have noted an NZ connection in there - can you...
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Avspecs Mosquito TIII Getting Closer!
Avspecs have very generously shared the latest updates on the Mosquito ZK-FHC2 on their Facebook page, and by their latest video they will take us along for the ride! Have a look at...
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RGB's arrived
Newly parked up at the CRAC hangar at Rangiora is the Tecnam P92 Echo Classic ZK-RGB2 (c/n 1544) with all of 7.3 flying hours after delivery from Ardmore and a short local test flight by Club...
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DH 98 Mosquito TIII ZK-FHC Revealed!
This is what we have been waiting for! Yesterday at Ardmore Mosquito ZK-FHC2 was out in the open for the first time. These photos from MRC Aviation are no doubt the first of many - feast your...
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Mosquito ZK-FHC at AMZ 12-8-16
De Havilland D.H 98 Mosquito T.III ZK-FHC s/n TV959 emerged from the Avspec hanger, I believe for the first time yesterday afternoon. Unfortunately I only returned home from 3 days away in time to get...
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Playing catch up, new Tecnams at AMZ 9-8-16
Tecnam P92 Echo Classic ZK-RGB msn 1544 which was registered to the Canterbury Recreational Flying Club Inc of Rangiora on 8-8-16 seen outside the Tecnam Australasia Ltd hanger at Ardmore prior to...
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Hawera Dawn Fly-In
Hawera Aero Club's dawn fly in.Sunday 14th August 2016.Can you outnumber last years gathering ?
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Actually, Ardmore is Cessna Country Too 5-8-2016
I previously posted on the many Cessnas that were outside at Feilding on my road trip from Wellington to Auckland. But Ardmore there were also Cessnas aplenty as in these eleven 172s of the Ardmore...
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ZK-FHC today
Noted this afternoon with props on one engine was the latest Avspec gem Mosquito ZK-FHC
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Rangiora hangar gems
Below we see two more aircraft noted at Rangiora on Friday 12-08-2016.One of four Rans S-10 Sakota's on our register is ZK-SIO (c/n 0893163/MAANZ489).See link below for the S-10 histories in...
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Aviation Artifacts Along SH 1
As you follow State Highway 1 North, there are a few aviation artifacts that you come across along the way:Hughes 369HS ex ZK-HKK outside The Deer Story Museum at Manakau.DC 3 ex ZK-APK at Mangaweka.DC...
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Eurocopter EC 130 B4 ZK-HAT at North Shore at Dusk
The other day I was up at North Shore Airfield late in the afternoon and caught this local Eurocopter in the late light with reflections of the sunset. The top of the tail is painted grey.ZK-HAT2 (c/n...
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PP-MOE arrives.
Eurocopter EC 120 B Colibri PP-MOE c/n 1204 arrived at Rotorcraft Ltd at Hamilton yesterday.Photo from Scott.It was first registered in Brazil in mid-2001 to Helibras Helicopteros do Brasil SA for...
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ZK-INN
Captured today sneaking out from the Heli Maintenance facility at Christchurch International Airport was the Eurocopter EC 120 B Colibri ZK-INN (c/n 1570) of Tasman Helicopters Ltd departing initially...
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