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Tauranga
A visit to a very sunny Tauranga revealed locally based Adventure Helicopters Guimbal Cabri ZK-IIM, and Solo Wings Searey now wearing its ZK-SWM registration.Visitors included Zenith CH601 ZK-JQT from...
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Omaka as captured by Sir Minty # 1
Sir Minty made it to Omaka for the Easter gathering and offers the following photographs as taken on April the 15th.Gert Van Kruiningen had his Airdrome Aeroplanes Bleriot XI ZK-BXI2 (c/n BLE-003) up...
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Omaka from Sir Minty # 2
Foreign registered aircraft noted at Omaka on 15-04-2017 by Sir Minty include :-The Bucker Bu132 Jungman SE-AIK was previously mentioned HERE.The Comper CLA.7 Swift marked as VH-UVC (c/n 532/10) is not...
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Omaka from Sir Minty # 3
Spitfires three at Omaka on 15-04-2017 thanks to Sir Minty.ITL Aviation Ltd's Spitfire MkIX ZK-SPI is c/n CBAF 3128.The Warbird Adventure Rides Ltd's Spitfire MkIX ZK-WDQ is c/n CBAF 5487.The Chariots...
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Australis Premium Cirrus N438NZ
Magnaman was at Ardmore yesterday 22-04-2017 and snapped the Cirrus N438NZ. Cirrus N438NZ (c/n 4438) gained its US certification and Airworthiness cert on 23-01-2017 being registered to Avcorp US...
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Loburn Abbey Fly-in yesterday
Thanks to Ivan Campbell and his team a very successful fly-in was held at his Loburn Abbey property yesterday.Titan T51 Mustangs 'Six'.
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Mustangs five formation.
Of the six Titan T51 Mustangs on field at Loburn Abbey on Saturday - five of them carried out a mass flypast.This would be a first time in NZ for five Titans to be together.Also the first time the five...
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Loburn Abbey Mustangs
As mentioned earlier there were six completed Titan T51 Mustangs in the line up at Loburn Abbey on Saturday.ZK-DGM2 (c/n M05XXXSOHK0068) is "Linda Lovelace" of Kerry and Lynda Millar. This first flew...
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Loburn Abbey Spitfires
There were four Supermarine Aircraft Spitfire replica Mk26's on field on Saturday. The Mk26B ZK-CGV2 (c/n 52) is Ivan Campbell's aircraft and wears the markings "CG" and RM787 as used by Colin Gray...
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Pauanui Tauranga Visitors
A wet Sunday followed by a stunning Monday produced a number of interesting visitors to the airfield from Tauranga including Cessna 180K ZK-DKP, regular visitor Autogyro Europe MT03 ZK-TCG and the...
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Chipmunk ZK-LOM
Another delight to see at Loburn Abbey was the De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk ZK-LOM (c/n C1-0192) from the LOM Syndicate of West Melton.Looks like Jim up front with Don in the back.As the...
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Austers at the Abbey.
Two visiting classics at Loburn Abbey last Saturday (22-04-2017) were the Auster J1/Y ZK-AVU and J1B ZK-AYU. The Auster J1/Y ZK-AVU (c/n 889) has featured several times on these pages.See HEREAs indeed...
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Pauanui on Anzac Day
Anzac Day brought a number of afternoon visitors to Pauanui from Auckland, Tauranga and Thames including one of the regular Auckland Aero Club 172s, ZK-JSP, and not noted here before the very smart...
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Pauanui Wednesday
Another stunning autumn day brought a variety of visitors to Pauanui from Matamata, Thames, Tauranga and Auckland, including the Skywork Helicopters AS350B3 ZK-HEE doing sling work off Pauanui Beach in...
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Tauranga Airport ANZAC Day
The entrance to Tauranga Airport for yesterdays ANZAC memorial and also as a farewell to John Brunskill (Maule ZK-MSM).
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Aeroprakt ZK-JOM
A recent arrival to join the Rangiora ranks is the Aeroprakt A-22 ZK-JOM2 (c/n 100) for Jerry Philip.This aircraft first entered the NZ register as ZK-WES on 01-11-2011 with Wess Ruijne of Manukau.It...
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The return of Jabiru ZK-DIZ
Jaburu J230 UL ZK-DIZ (c/n 643) first flew on 29-12-2010 but was cancelled as destroyed on 04-05-2016 following storm damage at Ardmore.It re-appeared on the register with Glenn Hannah of Kaikohe on...
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Question time # 195
Here we have a lovely old Continental O-300 powered Cessna 172 obviously marked as 'PWN'To the best of my knowledge - no such ZK-PWN registration has been allocated.The photograph was taken at Omaka in...
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Nieuport 16 Replica ZK-XVI
Registered yesterday 27/4/17 to the AHC XVI Syndicate of Blenhiem was the Nieuport 16 replica ZK-XVI2 (c/n AHC 01). The aircraft was on display at Classic Fighters 2017.The aircraft is a full size...
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