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Tauranga last weekend # 2 - Cessna's
Cessna 172M ZK-DPM is c/n 17263202 and was manufactured under the US N4460R registration and shipped to NZ aboard the Austral Envoy reaching NZ on 09-07-1974.It was registered to Rex Aviation (NZ) Ltd...
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Last weekend at Tauranga # 3
Some more pics from Tauranga - taken last weekend by Allan Wooller. The Piper PA-18A-150 Superior Cub ZK-BKJ (c/n 18-4677) was built in late 1955 and was registered to the NZ agents Airwork (NZ) Ltd on...
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North Shore Today 29-10-2016
I went up to North Shore this afternoon to catch up with Gordon Lindsay and his new Starlet.ZK-YGL (for Yvonne and Gordon Lindsay) has been a 30 year labour of love. Gordon was doing the weight and...
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JetRanger trio at Christchurch. Friday the 28th.
Friday the 28th was Bell JetRanger day at Christchurch International.Christchurch Helicopters 2011 Ltd's Bell 206B JetRanger II ZK-HRS2 (c/n 877) returns from a brief foray out west.An earlier post at...
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ZK-DXA passes through Christchurch.
Noted at Christchurch on the 28th was the Cessna 180J ZK-DXA (c/n 18052516) of Gunson Enterprises of Ongaonga.It departed today - Sunday the 30th.Below is a closer view of the tail graphics.I did an...
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NEW Glastar Photo
In my previous post on Stoddard Hamilton Glastars of New Zealand (http://nzcivair.blogspot.co.nz/2016/08/stoddard-hamilton-glastars-of-new.html ), I noted that Geoffrey New of the UK had emigrated to...
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Stampe ZK-BBV at Ardmore 21-10-2016
When I was last at Ardmore, a couple of weeks ago, I came across S.N.C.A.N Stampe SV 4A ZK-BBV2 (c/n 199) in Rob Mackley's hangar. I had not seen this classic aircraft previously so it was good to...
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Robinson R 44 at Mechanics Bay Today 3-11-2016
Helilink's Robinson R 44 Raven II ZK-ICG (c/n 1111) flew into Mechanics Bay Heliport around midday today, wearing their Inflite colours. It arrived with three passengers so it wasn't hired out to...
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Bluebus on the prowl. Kaikoura 03-11-2016
Blue Bus is on the prowl around the North of the South.This first batch of photographs were taken at Kaikoura on 03-11-2016. A recent start up operator on the Kaikoura Airfield is South Pacific...
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Bushby Mustang II(s) of New Zealand
The next type of homebuilt aircraft to be registered here was the Bushby Mustang II.After John Bushby bought the rights to the Midget Mustang design in 1959, he started to develop a two seat version...
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Another New Type of Gyrocopter - the Titanium Explorer
Photographed recently in the leading Edge Aviation hangar at Parakai, is the TAG Aviation Titanium Explorer Gyrocopter ZK-RBZ. Thanks to Brendyn Pilcher of the Whangarei Flying Club for the photo. It...
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Blue Bus on the Prowl. Omaka
A quick look at Omaka found these helicopters. KHI Kawasaki-Bell 47G3B-KH4 ZK-HPG3 (c/n 2082). This is an ex Royal Thai Air Force machine from 1966, which came into NZ after about seventeen years in...
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Helicopters at Paraparaumu airport, 5/11
Whilst photographing the Cook Strait Rally this past weekend these helicopters strayed into my lens! Gisborne Helicopters Eurocopter AS350B2 ZK-IKO Serial No: 3528Kapiti Keliworx Robinson R44 II...
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Black Sands Flyin at Raglan 4 to 6-10-2016
The 2016 Black Sands flyin was held at Raglan over the past weekend. This popular event for sport aircraft is organised by the Waikato Thames Valley Chapter of SAANZ led by Bruce Cooke, and marks the...
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ZK-HSL at Nelson
Lord Nelson captured the Bell 206B JetRanger III ZK-HSL2 (c/n 2888) at Nelson this afternoon (08-11-2016).It has been in Country since the late 1980's when it was rebuilt at Feilding and registered to...
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Blue Bus on the prowl. Omaka # 2
I shot the following fixed wing aircraft at Omaka on 05-11-2016.Cessna 185C ZK-CGH (c/n 185-0751) has been with the Wildcat Trust of Wanaka since 20-11-2015.The Aerospool Dynamic WT9 ZK-EWW (c/n...
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ANZ visiting NZPP
I know that Q300's fly in and out of Kapiti but I have never been there to see it. This flight, ZK-NEK, was an Auckland round trip, only on the ground for twenty minutes. There were a few people on...
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AutoGyro MTOsport ZK-UYM
Our latest AutoGyro MTOsport was noted today at the Solo Wings facility at Tauranga.AutoGyro MTOsport ZK-UYM (c/n MO1212) was listed on the NZ civil aircraft register to John Barrat of Taupo on...
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Blue Bus on the prowl. Woodbourne
A quick drive around the terminal area at Woodbourne back on the 5th gave me these three specimens. Bombardier DHC-8-311 ZK-NEW5 (c/n 648) has been with Air Nelson Ltd since 23-10-2007. Pilatus...
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Blue Bus into Nelson.
At Nelson on the 8th I captured these fling wing machines. The Coast to Coast Helicopters 2013 Ltd's Robinson R44 Astro ZK-HAZ2 (c/n 0745) seen departing to the west. The Bell 47J-2 Ranger ZK-HGI (c/n...
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