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Christchurch today 22-08-2017
Tony McFarlin's shot of the day is the Eurocopter EC 120 B ZK-IWC (c/n 1584).It has been mentioned briefly in these pages previously.It has been listed with Heliworks Queenstown Helicopters 2012 Ltd...
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Some from Ardmore on 23-8-17
North American Harvard 2A* ZK-TVI c/n 88-14178 'Harvard 57' seen outside the Warbirds Club Rooms having returned from Wanaka on the 22nd following a rebuild after its accident there following the 2016...
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Christchurch pickings for the week
Below is a selection from my lens taken over the last few days at Christchurch International Airport.Independent Helicopters of Christchurch had their Aerospatiale AS 350 BA ZK-HIY6 (c/n 1807) at Heli...
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A couple of weeks ago I had a spare hour in Franz Josef village, as you do.Tine to pop down to the heliport and see what was around.Squirrel s ZK-HTD/2 and A-Star ZK-HJQ/2, both of The Helicopter...
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Two from Auckland International on 27-8-17
Britten Norman BN2A-20 Islander ZK-PIY msn 344 seen taxing and on departure yesterday. This aircraft has recently been painted in a special livery to mark Great Barrier Island being made the worlds...
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PILATUS ANNOUNCE THE END OF AN ERA
MEDIA RELEASE 28.08.2017The End of an Era:Pilatus Discontinues Production of the Legendary Pilatus Porter PC-6.It brought fame to the Pilatus name worldwide – the Pilatus Porter PC-6. This multi-role...
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ZK-LWN at NZTG today.
Noted late this morning at Tauranga by Grayson Ottaway.The Piper Pa-31-310 Navajo ZK-LWN (c/n 32-8112056) arrive in NZ in June of 1995 and until its recent ownership change to Timara Lodge NZ Ltd of...
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Question time # 198
Connoisseurs of chocolate fish may wish to identify this aircraft type.The type and possible registration would be nice.Also if you can tell me what type of engine this is would be most helpful -...
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Harvard ZK-TVI returns home
North American NA88 Harvard 2A* ZK-TVI (c/n 88-14178) has returned to Ardmore from Wanaka following completion of repairs after being damaged in an incident back on 28-03-2016.It is seen below outside...
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ICP Savannahs of New Zealand (2) - Later Models
As I have previously posted, we have had seven of the earlier model Savannahs on New Zealand. From we have had a couple of XL models and three S models. We will be seeing more Savannahs as several...
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Ardmore trio from Friday 2nd Sept
Magnaman visited Ardmore on Friday and has sent in these three images.Cessna 150H ZK-CXG (c/n 15068411) has never been covered seriously on this site previously. Must fix that some time.It is currently...
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Wellington International Last Month
On 17 August I flew Ak-Wn and landed in a gale force Northerly (as you do). It was a pretty full on landing and someone I was talking to on the flight told me that it was the third time she had tried...
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ZK-MCR is back.
Cessna A185F Skywagon II ZK-MCR1 (c/n 18504429) was laid out as N714XT and arrived at Dunedin on 24-12-1984 to become ZK-MCR on 01-01-1985 for The Mount Cook Group.Given the Company number of '32' it...
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The Leaning Tower of Rongotai
While in Wellington I checked out progress on the new control tower at the airport. It is located on the corner of Tirangi Road and George Bolt Street, just off the Western side of the airport and in...
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Meteorological phenomena
Grayson Ottaway thought this meteorological phenomena was worthy of a photograph.We are looking over the wingtip of the Piper Malibu at Tauranga.
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Red Nose Islander at Ardmore 7-9-17
Fly My Sky painted Britten Norman BN2A Islander ZK-SFK msn 236 with a red nose last weekend in support of Cure Kids Red Nose Month / Day which is the month of September with Red Nose Day being...
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Wellington to Auckland on 22-8-2017
On 22 August I flew back from Wellington to Auckland on Air New Zealand flight NZ 418, operated by A 320 ZK-OXJ. There weren't many passengers so I was allocated window seat 27F which provided me with...
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Dargaville for Lunch a Couple of Weeks Ago
I took the opportunity to drive up to Dargaville on 26 August for their famous every Saturday lunch as the day was quite reasonable for flying. There were about ten aircraft that flew in including the...
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Rangitata Island on Saturday 09-09-2017 # 1
The weekend fly in to celebrate the Brodie Family's 100 years in aviation took place this weekend.Conditions were somewhat challenging (according to one well known aviator) with a strong northwesterly...
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Rangitata Island on Saturday 09-09-2017 # 2
TV1 where on the field for much of Saturday.Here we have 4th generation Ross seated beside 3rd generation Russell Brodie being filmed in the cockpit of the AESL Airtourer 150 ZK-DAC (c/n A545)An...
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