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Te Kowhai 1-12-2016
My wings at Te Kowhai today: - Jodel D 18 ZK-JAC.A very nice aeroplane.
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A quick gander at Rangiora 01-12-2016
A stranger in town was the Cessna 177B Cardinal ZK-CXM (c/n 17701462) as listed with PSC Aviation of Auckland. (PSC being the initials of the owner).An earlier post can be seen HERE Piper PA-24-180...
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More from Te Kowhai 1-12-2016
Most of the hangars at Te Kowhai are closed mid-week, but a couple opened up in the afternoon to reveal some interesting sport aircraft.ZK-KAD2 (c/n 359A-415) was registered to Aero Australasia Ltd of...
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ZK-JHS at Tauranga 01-12-2016
The Cessna 185C Skywagon ZK-JHS (c/n 185-0677) was captured yesterday (01-12-2016) at Tauranga by Grayson Ottaway.It was covered briefly previously HEREIt was first registerd in NZ to Stephensons...
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Pauanui visitors today.
Richard Currie - our man on site at Pauanui - sent in these two shot of two of todays visitors. The Cessna 182Q ZK-WSJ (c/n 182-65785) is a 1977 model with an extensive US and Australian history. It...
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Surveillance Dash Eight VH-LCL at NZCH
Spied mid-afternoon at Christchurch International Airport - just before it departed to the North - was the De Havilland DHC-8-202Q VH-LCL (c/n 492) as registered to Fugro LADS Corporation Pty Ltd and...
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ZK-TDO
A Christchurch local that I have not seen out and about much is the Cessna T206H Stationair Turbo ZK-TDO (c/n T20608358).This is a 2002 model that came onto the NZ register on 24-09-2012 for Brett and...
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Lady Minty in Cli-mate Cli-mate 100 ZK-EZY
A birthday trip up to Dargaville today produced the normal crop of local aircraft for the Saturday lunch which was a Christmas lunch today with Father Christmas attending.Paul Hopper travelled up from...
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Pauanui today 03-12-2016
Richard Currie reports again from Pauanui with four sightings from today - Saturday 03-12-2016. ZK-DAR (c/n 07SC074) started life as ZK-CXY2 back on 13-12-2007 with the NZ agents Aerosport Aviation...
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Pit Bull Now Running Better at Dargaville
I was talking to Brian Taylor at Dargaville yesterday and he told me that he has been tweaking his Pit Bull gyroplane ZK-RUN with some re-work on the rotor head and also with the addition of fins to...
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Sundays offering from Pauanui.
We have photos of three visitors to Pauanui captured at Pauanui by Richard Currie today - Sunday 04-12-2016.The Boeing Stearman A75N-1 ZK-BWR is c/n 75-2055.It has been with the Kaipara Aviation Trust...
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AOPA Timaru 03-12-2016 # 1
A highly successful AOPA fly in was held at Timaru Airport this past weekend.Hayden Brown has sent in this great batch of photographs taken on Saturday 03-12-2016.There were reportedly 28 visiting...
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AOPA Timaru 03-12-2016 # 2
A vital part of the proceedings. This ex US Army and Canadian Armed Forces Bell OH-58A Kiowa ZK-IXL2 (c/n 44062) joined the NZ register for John Ludgater on 28-08-2012. Stephen Brown's Cessna 182R...
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AOPA Timaru 03-12-2016 # 3
Another arrival from the Woodbury area was the Rans S-7 Courier ZK-ROO2 (c/n 0506430) of Howard Scott. Arnold Gallagher sold his lovely Vans RV-4 ZK-RVI (c/n 800) to Matthew Anderson of Mosgiel in...
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A touch and go day at Pauanui.
Richard Currie reports from Pauanui today (05-12-2016) and advises that it was a touch and go day with training aircraft doing touch and goes but not stopping for a coffee. The Cessna 172S Skyhawk SP...
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Circuit bashing at NZRT Sunday 04-12-2016.
Sunday afternoon at Rangiora watching the landings.Everybody walked away ok.So all scored 10 out of 10.The Cessna 150A ZK-BPO (C/n 17688) has been around since Adam was a cowboy.It has been listed to...
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ZK-HHF into Tauranga
The Bell (Tamarack) UH-1F Iroquois ZK-HHF3 (c/n 7009) made a spirited arrival into Tauranga this afternoon - as captured here by Grayson Ottaway.A little more info can be found Here
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Tecnam P 92-2000RG ZK-TRG at Masterton 3-12-2016
Master Minty travelled over to Masterton with his ATC unit last weekend, and he flew 2 hours of dual in Tecnam P 92-2000RG ZK-TRG, which he reckoned was really good. He has now sent me the following...
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Visitors from afar.
Pauanui today 07-12-2016.Two visitors from afar as captured by Richard Currie.Cessna 185C ZK-CHK (c/n 185-0755) has been with Tony Delaney of Delaney Aviation of Twizel since September 2003.It came on...
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The Vintage Aviator Open Day 27-11-2016
The first Open Day weekend of The Vintage Aviator's season took place over the weekend of the 26th and 27th November. Unfortunately the weekend bought severe gale winds across the lower North Island...
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