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Aaaah! de Havilland at Ardmore 16-9-2016
Although all eyes were rightly on the Mosquito yesterday, there were other examples of de Havilland's aircraft around at Ardmore yesterday:Jan and Jerry Chisum's DH 60G Gipsy Moth ZK-ADT was having...
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Meanwhile
The U.S.Air Force/National Science Foundation Lockheed LC130 73-3300 has been active lately around Christchurch as SKIER00. It spent much of our winter with ANZES at Christchurch undergoing...
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Cleared to cross.
Meanwhile - whilst most in the Northern region are awaiting the first flight of the Mosquito - others are still committing aviation. Hare 1 and Hare 2 you are cleared to cross the active !Caution the...
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Alpi Aviation Pioneer 200s of New Zealand (1)
The Alpi Pioneer 200 was designed in the mid 1990s by a team of Italian homebuilders led by Corrado Rusallen. It was designed as a simple microlight with fabric covered all wooden construction...
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Question time # 190 Resolved
We have a winner for Question time # 190There was no question asked.But the answer was HAREFIELD.From the post Here hareRangiora Airfield.And the winner was Thomarse.
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Nelson look around today 20-09-2016
Another lovely day at Nelson.Lord Nelson has sent these shots of some of the days activities.The Titan T51 Mustang ZK-TCV was out and about.For a better view see :- TCV closer up. Anderson...
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Alpi Aviation Pioneer 200s of New Zealand (2)
New Alpi 200s arrived in quick succession in 2004, including the following lot:ZK-PAA2 (c/n NZ2007) was registered to Ashburton Aviation Pioneers on 26/1/04. It is photo'd above at its home base...
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Just slightly off topic but of some aeronautical interest.Check out the test run of the turbine 16ZSN at :- 16ZSNAnd read the specs at :- http://www.rotorcraft.co.nz/specs.pdfThanks to Rotor-Craft at...
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N163JM at NZNS
Another fine day at Sunny Nelson.Lord Nelson snapped this Cessna 650 Citation III N163JM (c/n 650-0163) at Nelson this morning - it having arrived in town yesterday. Perhaps fitting in with the Bell...
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Nelson sightings today (21-09-2016)
Lord Nelson has sent us shots of two more visitors as seen at Nelson today (21-09-2016). The Marlborough Aero Club's fixed gear Aerospool Dynamic WT9 ZK-DYZ (c/n DY146/2006) was first registered on...
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Wellington's new visitor.
Crossing the threshold this afternoon (14:38hrs) was the Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-200 9V-SRP.For much more info check out our sister MRC blog and the links within at :- NZWN arrivalPhoto from...
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Master Minty Welcomes Singapore Airlines to Wellington
Number 2 Grandson was granted time off from Wellington College this afternoon and headed out to Wellington International airport to watch the arrival of the inaugural Singapore Airlines flight SQ 291...
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SQ291, Singapore to Wellington
Thanks to a very understanding boss I was able to be at the airport to capture the arrival of the Boeing 777-212 ER today. What made it even more special is that I was able to take to of our school...
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Wellington's new visitor.
Crossing the threshold this afternoon (14:38hrs) was the Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-200 9V-SRP.For much more info check out our sister MRC blog and the links within at :- NZWN arrivalPhoto from...
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Alpi Aviation Pioneer 200s of New Zealand (3)
This next lot arrived in the country between 2005 and 2006.ZK-LPS (c/n NZ20013) was registered on 13/4/05 to Ross P Stratford of Nelson. It is photo'd above at Rangiora on 4/3/07.Ross Stratford...
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A day in the life of Garden City Aviation at Nelson
A brief pictorial look at the days activities at Garden City Aviation Ltd's at Nelson Airport.All photographs from Lord Nelson. Barry McAuliffe and crew startup (above) and away (below) at Midday in...
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Alpi Aviation Pioneer 200s of New Zealand (4)
Our last batch of Alpi 200s comprises four aircraft that were delivered in 2006 then there was quite a gap until a kit built aircraft was registered in 2013, and another factory built aircraft was...
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Question time # 168 revisited. HELP please.
We have had a plea from RESTORER "ZK AQK has had the wings repaired ready to do a trial fitting, the fuse has been repaired almost ready to repaint". Does anyone know what the original colour was...
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Beechcraft Sundowner ZK-DVH
One of the many fine Beech Aircraft to come to New Zealand was the Beech C23 Sundowner 180. A development of the A23 Musketeer.One of six Sundowners imported ZK-DVH is c/n M-1551 which was registered...
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Some of last weeks shots
On the tie down beside the Canterbury Aero Club at Christchurch International on 23-09-2016 was the Cessna R172K Hawk XP II ZK-EWA (c/n R1723416).It was listed with Europac XP Ltd Ltd on...
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