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Bristol B170 Freighter Mk31 Ex ZK-EPG at Ardmore 6-3-17
Today saw Bristol B170 Freighter Mk31 ex ZK-EPG / NZ5911 msn 13135 moved from it's long trem resting place in the Dwen Aeromotive Ltd compond at Ardmore to near the entry gates to the compound. This I...
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TL Ultralight TL 2000 Stings of New Zealand
TL Ultralight is an ultralight aircraft manufacturer from the Czech Republic that manufactures the TL range of aircraft which include the TL 2000 Sting, and TL 3000 Sirius (and the 2 seat tandem...
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Caravans down South
Richard Currie has captured these Cessna Caravans down South. Cessna 208B Grand Caravan ZK-MCL2 (c/n 208B1195) of Milford Sounds Flights Ltd seen at Queenstown on 09-03-2017.Also from Milford Sounds...
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Omarama snips
Last weekend the Tiger Moth Club held their annual fly- in.This year at Omarama.Here a are few shots from Richard Currie. John Eaton's De Havilland DH83C Tiger Fox Moth ZK-AQB (c/n FM.49) first re-flew...
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Airvans down South
Another batch of photographs from Richard Currie showing Gippsland GA8 Airvans in the Wanaka Queenstown area.The Glenorchy Air Services and Tourism Ltd's Gippsland GA8 Airvan ZK-JRR2 (GA8-01-006)...
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Two at Glenorchy
Snapped at Glenorchy on 07-03-2017 by Richard Currie :- Were the Hughes 369D ZK-HQW2 (c/n 180253D) of Action Helicopters Ltd.And the Skydive Wanaka Pacific Aerospace 750XL ZK-ROK3 (c/n 167).
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Shot at Queenstown
Here we have half a dozen helicopters snapped at Queenstown by Richard Currie. The Eurocopter AS 350 B2 ZK-HAO2 is c.n 7622 and has been with the Helicopter Line since September of 2013. Aerospatiale...
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More NZQN flingwings
Another half dozen photographs from Queenstown from Richard Currie. Aerospatiale AS 350 B2 ZK-ICX (c/n 3969) was listed with The Helicopter Line Ltd on 26-10-2016. ZK-IDE is an AS 350 B3 with the c/n...
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Mandeville on Saturday # 1.
Richard Currie continues his Southern tour with a visit to the Mandeville fly-in on Saturday. The De Havilland DH83 Fox Moth ZK-ADI (c/n 4097) is from the Croydon Aircraft Co Ltd. Another from the...
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Mandeville on Saturday # 2.
Visitors to the Mandeville fly-in include these four aircraft. From the Lucky Skunks Club at Balfour came the Club Crafters CCK-160UL ZK-CUB3 (c/n CCK-1865-0055). The Micro Aviation Bantam B22J ZK-SJW...
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MOTAT Update 11-3-2017 - Lancaster
It has been more than five years since I visited the MOTAT Aircraft Display Hall, so when I had a wet day occupying No 4 grandson, we took a ride on a MOTAT tram that ended up at the Meola Road site....
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More from down Central way
Continuing Richard Currie's travels.We see the Walter powered Fletcher FU24-950 ZK-EMA (c/n 250) of Otago Airspread Ltd in its hangar at Roxburgh Airfield.Over at the Cromwell Racecourse in the rain...
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MOTAT Update 11-3-2017 - Mosquito
MOTAT's DH 98 Mosquito T 43 is still on display around the same spot as before. This aircraft is painted as NZ2305.This aircraft was built in Australia and came off the assembly line as A52-1053 after...
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Ardmore Bristol Freighter get's RNZAF help 14-3-17
Yesterday afternoon (13/3) I noted two RNZAF truck's unloading equipment near the Bristol Freighter, this afternoon a further delivery was made, and RNZAF staff were working on the aircraft. I...
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Pauanui this day 14-03-2017
Back home at Pauanui Richard Currie snapped these two visitors today The Pacific Aerospace 750XL ZK-KDN (c/n 209) visited during a test flight. This is another one bound for China.The Eurocopter EC 120...
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Pinguino ZK-JJJ
General Avia was created by Stelio Frati in 1970 with the aim of developing and building new prototype designs. One such was the General Avia Avia F.22R Pinguino.This was a development of the fixed...
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Some interior shot's of ZK-EPG taken on 14-3-17
Was lucky enough to get a look inside ZK-EPG late yesterday,a glimpse into the past.
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Two ex Japanese Helicopters at Ardmore today 15-3-17
Bell 412 ZK-HRX msn 36002 ex JA6636 was registered to Oceania Aviation Ltd, Papakura on 7-3-17 and emerged from the companies hanger late today for what I believe to be it's first engine runs since...
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King Country Aerowork Cresco ZK-LTV
I caught Aerowork's Cresco 750 ZK-LTV leaving Te Kuiti yesterday and arriving at Taumarunui for a fill of Jet A1 today 15/3/17.Pilot James Burgess told me that he is based at Piriaka, South of...
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Te Kowhai on 14-3-2017
On my way to Taumarunui I called in to Te Kowhai for a coffee. It was pretty quiet but a couple of guys were around to have a coffee with and a couple of aircraft arrived:The last ZK-SHL I saw at Te...
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