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North Shore Miscellany Yesterday 14-1-2017
There was a lot of movements late morning at North Shore airfield yesterday. I photo'd this wide variety of aircraft in a 25 minute period.1100 hrs: Vans RV 6A ZK-TRV.1111 hrs: Cessna 182P ZK-MGU was...
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Squirrel ZK-HVU back from the ice.
Arriving back in Nelson yesterday (15-01-2017) after another summer season at Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica was the Aerospatiale AS 350 B2 Squirrel ZK-HVU4 (c/n 2132) of HNZ New Zealand Ltd.Captured today...
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ZK-IZK at Nelson
Lord Nelson has provided us with this photograph of the Eurocopter EC 130 T2 ZK-IZK (c/n 8133) from Rotor Force NZ Ltd of Hastings having some checks carried out at Nelson this morning (17-01-2017).IZK...
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Tauranga duo 17-01-2017
Grayson Ottaway has sent in these two shots from Tauranga today (17-01-2017).It is nice to see the Lancair ES ZK-EDZ2 (c/n LES-254) out in the sun without cover on today.Powered is via a Continental...
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Bruce Aitken's book is out.
Crashes 'part of the job' says former top-dressing pilot Bruce Aitken.(thanks to stuff.co.nz)SuppliedBruce Aitken survived eight plane crashes and started a top-dressing business in Hawera.Bruce Aitken...
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ZK-HND is also back from the Ice
Also back from Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica is the Aerospatiale AS 350 B2 ZK-HND3 (c/n 2073).Following six years service in Japan as JA9728 this AS 350 B airframe came to NZ for Helicopters (NZ) Ltd of...
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Strikemaster Ltd's Strikemasters Off to the USA
A statement from the owner of our two Ardmore based Strikemasters, Brett Nicholls has sadly revealed that both the Strikemasters have been sold to Blue Air Training of Los Vegas, Nevada, USA. Blue Air...
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Stratford Aerodrome 85th Birthday Celebrations 28 January 2017
Heres hoping for great weather.
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Oamaru report.
We don't very often get reports from Oamaru.So this belated selection of pics from CMM is most welcome.Pics were taken back on 28-12-2016.All four aircrfat have been mentioned in previous blog posts....
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Dargaville Today 20-1-2017
It was pretty quiet at Dargaville today with just the Aero Club Fly Synthesis Storch out doing circuits. The wind was around 20 knots straight down the strip which made for slow groundspeed...
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Convair duo at Chatham Islands.
Bob Newlands sent me these two photos taken at Tuuata Airport on the Chatham Islands (NZCI).Pics were taken on 18th of December last year.Nice to see that Bob has the same problem that I had with the...
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Jurca Spitfire at Classics of the Sky, Tauranga
Wayne Cutforth's yet to be registered Jurca MJ 10 Spitfire replica was on display in the SAANZ area at Classics of the Sky at Tauranga on Saturday. It is 3/4 scale and is of mainly wooden...
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DH 104 Devon NZ1808/ZK-KTT at Classics of the Sky
I have done quite a few posts on the wonderful lines of the DH 98 Mosquito, and it surely is sublime. We have been truly blessed to be able to see those spectacular modern day aircraft flying in our...
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Beechcraft T 6C Texan II at Matamata
No.14 squadron's Beechcraft T-6C Texan II, NZ1410 (c\n: PM-54)graced the sky's over Matamata this passed Saturday afternoon. The crowd attending family day during the Walsh Memorial Flying School...
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Nelson twins 25-01-2017
These two twin engined aircraft were noted at Nelson today by Lord Nelson. The Flight Hauraki Ltd's Piper PA-31-310C Navajo ZK-JGA (c/n 31-7612102) is seen parked out front of the old Helicopters (NZ)...
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N609MK at Ardmore last Saturday.
On Saturday the 21st Errol Cavit captured the Aerospatiale AS 350 B3 N609MK (c/n 3875) at Ardmore.This Squirrel operates of the super yacht SuRi.Built as F-WQDG it then spent a period as N350CK from...
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Final Strikemaster Line Up at Ardmore
Strikemaster Ltd's two BAC-167 Strikemaster Mk 88s NZ6370/ZK-STR (c/n 310) and NZ6362/ZK-NTY (c/n 302) arrived back at Ardmore on Monday 23 January from the Classics of the Sky airshow at Tauranga....
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Visit to Campbell Copters - Kerikeri
Jean210 was invited into Campbell Copters hangar at Kerikeri today. Bell 206B JetRanger ZK-HBB4 (c/n 231) spent its early years between 1965 and 1985 in the Philippines before coming to NZ to become...
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Fletcher ZK-EML's new scheme.
Two photos taken by Terry Nuttall showing the Fletcher FU24-954 Walter conversion ZK-EML (c/n 264) in its new Ravensdown Aerowork Ltd's colour scheme.It is parked with the Fletcher FU24 -550GT Crusader...
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ZK-DRS at NZWR
Cessna 172M ZK-DRS (c/n 17263282) as pictured at Whangarei yesterday 25-01-2017 by Jean210.It is conducting aerial surveys over parts of Northland and Waikato.This Skyhawk II first flew in NZ on...
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