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Kaipara Flats today # 1
Jean210 advises us that he Northern Microlight Club held a pre-Christmas fly-in at Kaipara Flats on 17 December, an anniversary day (brothers Wright in 1903) that provided benign skies and fair winds....
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Kaipara Flats today # 2
And three more pics from Kaipara Flats today from Jean210. Robinson R44 Raven II ZK-INC (c/n 10940) came onto the register on 28-02-2006 with Keith Sinclair at Heli Cam Aviation Ltd and was toted as...
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Ardmore and Pauanui today
Richard Currie dropped in on Ardmore today and has provided these three photographs. The Robinson R44 Raven I ZK-IWV (c/n 0184) was sourced from Japan and became ZK-HES3 to Rotor Flite N.Z. Ltd on...
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Piper Cherokee ZK-TGF
Way back on 10 February 1977 a PA 28-151 Cherokee Warrior (c/n 287715223) was registered as ZK-EBW Over the years this aircraft has been re-registered an impressive seven times - ZK-MAI2, ZK-ZEE,...
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Departures from Kaipara Flats 17-12-2016
Chris Opperman flew up in Robinson R 44 ZK-INC to the Northern Microlight Club's Christmas BBQ and flyin at Kaipara Flats on Saturday. He has now sent a selection of nice photos of some of the...
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ZK-PXA airborne at Ardmore this evening 20-12-16
The Vintage Aviator BE 2e ZK-PXA flew at Ardmore this evening and looked superb in the air, am not sure if it is the aircrafts first flight at Ardmore.
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Te Kowhai Yesterday 20-12-2016
It was a fabulously fine day for flying at Te Kowhai yesterday, with a bit of bumpiness thrown in from thermals. The fine weather also bought some other sport aircraft out into the sun and some of the...
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Te Kowhai Visitor 20-12-2016
The Wisnewski Family Trust's lovely Stinson 108-3 (c/n 108-3752) ZK-NCC was parked up at Te Kowhai on Tuesday, departing later in the day. It can be seen that it is ex NC752C. This could be back in...
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Richard Currie Does Thames 20-12-2016
Indefatigable roving correspondent Richard Currie was at Thames last Tuesday (when I was also in the Waikato), and he has sent the following photos of interest:Locally owned Cessna C 210G ZK-DCA2 was...
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Skyworks Squirrel at Thames 20-12-2016
Also in action at Thames airfield when Richard Currie was visiting was Skyworks Helicopter's AS 350 B2 ZK-HQQ (c/n 2240). This helicopter has been around with Skyworks since 16/12/05 and is ex...
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New Mitsubishi MU 2 Air Ambulance at Hamilton 20-12-2016
While Richard Currie was doing Thames, I departed Te Kowhai for Otorohanga on my own medivac mission to pick up injured grandson (on crutches). So it happened that we had to drive past Hamilton...
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More from Hamilton on 20-12-2016
There were quite a few interesting aircraft around the aero club area when I visited:Morane Saulnier MS 885 Super Rallye ZK-CDF (c/n 5248) is now owned by HTH Davison of Culverden so it is a long way...
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Pauanui This Week
Richard Currie has been back on the case at Pauanui this week and has captured the following aircraft of note:Rockwell 114 ZK-JHL (c/n 14263) is owned by Jabatus Holdings Ltd of Whangarei. This...
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Ponder this then.
Ponder this during your Christmas scoff.What is it ?What type of aircraft would you find it on ?Where on this aircraft was it mounted ?Then tell me what aircraft type/model it is on.And to cap it all...
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Merry Christmas to All, Pauanui on Christmas Eve
Ho Ho Ho! Merry ChristmasInteresting arrivals at Pauanui on Christmas Eve included the following aircraft:Nanchang CJ-6 ZK-FRU2 (c/n 2132048), now owned by KG Brew of Auckland has recently been fitted...
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Recent fling wings at Christchurch # 1
Here we have five shots of fling wings that I have snapped during the past few days at Christchurch International. The South Pacific Helicopters (2016) Ltd's Bell 206 JetRanger ZK-HBO2 (c/n 570) wisely...
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Recent fling wings at Christchurch # 2.
Outside Heli Maintenance in the rain on the 23rd was the Bell 206B JetRanger ZK-HQR (c/n 1644) of John McVicar of Ohoka - still boldly wearing its Skywork Helicopters scheme. A recent listing is the...
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Twin Star ZK-ZYX
The Diamond DA 42 Twin Star ZK-ZYX (c/n 42.AC126) arrived at Pauanui today.It was previously recored at Pauanui three weeks ago by Richard Currie in its previous US registration of N121TS.See HERE
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Boxing Day at Pauanui
Here we have a selection of the aircraft movements from Pauanui for Boxing Day.As usual from our man on the spot Richard Currie. The Bell 206L-1 LongRanger ZK-ITK2 (c/n 45628) is of 1981 vintage and...
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ZK-BMJ in the tree.
The Auster B.8 Agricola series in N Z was pretty well covered in several earlier posts -HEREThis photograph show ZK-BMJ (c/n B.102) in the tree after Keith Christie parked it there on 08-05-1961.Adam...
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