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Fixed wingers at Nelson. Twins.
A couple of visits to Nelson Airport on the 7th and 8th of November netted these twins.Two real tidy looking Cessna 402B's were noted in the Originair hangar.Above is ZK-MAP2 c/n 402B1056 as listed...
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NZ Warbirds Armistice Day Open Day at Ardmore
The New Zealand Warbirds are hosting their next Open Day at Ardmore on Sunday. Â In a new direction for NZ Warbirds, they will be displaying their latest acquisition a BE 2 aircraft purchased from The...
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General movements at NZPP, 5/11
While the Cook Strait Rally was taking place a number of aircraft came and went. Here is a selection of them.Cessna 208B Grand Caravan ZK-MYH, c/n 2080604, from Air2there.com Nelson Aviation College's...
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N9TJ at Nelson 11-11-2016
The Bombardier BD-700-1A10 Global 6000Â N9TJ (c/n 9659) dropped into Nelson, ex Auckland, just after mid day on Friday the 11th and was captured by Lord Nelson.First noted as registered to Bombardier...
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Piper PA 31 Navajo Chieftan ZK-FOP
A Piper Navajo that has not appeared on this blog before, has been sitting at North Shore airfield for the past few months. Â It must have the equal most boring colour scheme of any local aircraft.Piper...
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Singles at Nelson
On the 6th and 7th of November I had the pleasure of checking out Nelson Airport.Below we see some of the single engine aircraft. A non work day for the NZAI Fletcher FU24-950 (550GT Crusader) ZK-DDX...
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PAC XL 750 ZK-FNZ Arrives at Auckland International 12-11-2016
After dropping off duties at Auckland International this afternoon, Kiwi Air's geophysical surveying PAC 750XL ZK-FNZ (c/n 102) arrived out of the murk.Taxying in, note the extended tailboom. and being...
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Herd of Mustangs?
Also at Auckland International on 12-11-2016 were a couple of Mustangs of the Cessna 510 variety. Â These aircraft have been posted on the blog previously, but it was quite neat to see two of them...
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Warbirds Armistice Day Airshow at Ardmore - V12s
As I posted recently, the NZ Warbirds hosted an Armistice Day airshow at Ardmore today, 13/11 16. Â The weather largely co-operated although there was quite a bit of cloud. Â Most of the the usual...
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Warbirds Armistice Day Airshow at Ardmore - Catalina
It was great to see the Catalina ZK-PBY/NZ4017 back on the airshow scene.  It was pretty busy during the day and flew some spirited display flights, quite remarkable for a big aircraft. It is now named...
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Warbirds Armistice Day Airshow at Ardmore - the Original Warbirds Harvard
I think that Harvard ZK-WAR (ex NZ1092) was the one that started the NZ Warbirds movement when it was purchased by Trevor Bland in 1978. Â It has recently been repainted into new warpaint that is not...
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Warbirds Armistice Day Airshow at Ardmore - Stearmans
A couple of Ardmore based Stearmans flew a display in the early afternoon slot. ZK-PJS "18" (c/n 75-4245) is a relatively recent import, being registered here in May 2013. ZK-BOE2"77" (c/n 75-5064) has...
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Warbirds Armistice Day Airshow at Ardmore - Jets
During the third airshow slot between 3 and 4pm, it was the turn of the jets. Â It was surprising to me how noisy they were.BAC Strikemaster Mk 88Â ZK-STR/NZ6362Â (c/n 302)Â BAC Strikemaster Mk 88...
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Tauranga snips for 14-11-2016
Grayson Ottaway caught the Piper PA-28-151 Warrior II ZK-ELX (c/n 28-7715291) from the Aviation Training Ltd's Taupo operastion at Tauranga yesterday.It got an earlier mention HEREAfter its Bay Flight...
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NZ Warbirds BE 2e ZK-PXA
One of the main drawcards for me going to the NZ Warbirds Armistice Day Airshow at Ardmore last Sunday was to see their "new" BE 2e ZK-PXAIt is painted as RFC aircraft 687 which was the aircraft flown...
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MDHC 600N ZK-IJD
Snapped today at Heli-Works at Tauranga Airport by Hairy Mole Rat was the MDHC 600N ZK-IJD (c/n RN029) of Amalgamated Helicopters NZ Ltd, to be based near Masterton.As can be seen it still carries the...
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Inside a Couple of Hangars at Ardmore - 13-11-2016
While all the action was going on outside at the Warbirds Armistice Day Airshow, I managed a look into a couple of hangars where there were some interesting aircraft.In the old Warbirds hangar, tucked...
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Motueka
Last of the Summer Wine = ZK-LSW.Ready for final inspection at Motueka is the John Richards Rans S-6ES Coyote II ZK-LSW (c/n 06111942ES).John has been around aeroplanes for a few years now - having...
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A Couple of Odds and Sods at Auckland International 12-11-2016
One week ago down at the Eastern end of Auckland International:I managed a more complete (although pretty wide angled) photo of Israeli Aircraft Industries 1124A Westwind ZK-PJA tucked into the front...
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Kallithea ZK-KTH
Captured today at Tauranga Airport by Hairy Mole Rat was the Niki Rotor Aviation Kallithea ZK-KTH (c/n 0007) as registered to Gyrate NZ Ltd Ltd of Mount Maunganui on 03-11-2016.It featured previously...
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