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Out of the Sun at Ardmore 05-10-2015
Magnaman captured the Cessna 182K Skylane ZK-DSH (c/n 18257907) out of the bright sunshine at Ardmore on 05-10-2015. Ownership passed to Roy Cunningham of North Shore in February this year.
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A cracker day at NZCH
Such a cracker of a day in NZCH today encourage me to do an early pie run this week Above we see the Singapore Airlines flight SQ298 departing in the form of Boeing 777-212ER 9V-SVJ (c/n 32335). Then...
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Tauranga today 06-10-2015
Grayson Ottaway captured these three aircraft at Tauranga this afternoon. ZK-PIP4 (c/n 801-4161) is the Zenair CH801 four seater and was imported and registered to Brent Addis on 04-08-2014.Two Yaks....
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737's
ZK-NGI may be the last Air New Zealand Boeing 737 but it is certainly not the last of this classic aircraft in NZ.Still on the register are737-3B7 ZK-FXT (23862), ZK-TLA (23383) and ZK-TLD...
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Feast your optics on this - update.
Piper PA-18-150 Super Cub c/n 18-7572 was built in the last quarter of 1960 as N3829Z and was listed with Clem Clark at Underwood, North Dakota in April of 1961.It was cancelled in May of 1964 and...
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Mechanics Bay Squirrel
Eurocopter AS 350B2 ZK-HHX3 (c/n 1940) was noted today by Magnaman at Mechanics Bay.This spent the years between 1986 and 2007 in Norway followed by time in Sweden until exported to Australia in...
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Garden City's new trainer
I spotted this slightly different Robbie at Garden City on Friday last week.Below I spotted it again today and now I know why it looked different from normal.Seemed to be part of a fund raising venture.
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Rangiora spottings.
Now Rangiora based is this Gardan GY-20 Minicab ZK-DRK2 (c/n 249) as built by the late Dave R King (hence the DRK rego) of Tauranga. It was withdrawn from the register until being picked up by Cliff...
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Spitfire TE288 re-mounted
The Spitfire replica of TE288 was remounted on its stand in Spitfire Square near Christchurch International Airport this afternoon.See earlier posts at...
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ZK-IBR milling about yesterday.
Noticed milling around Christchurch Airport yesterday (07-10-2015) was the Eurocopter AS 350B3 ZK-IBR (c/n 4899) of Southern Lakes Helicopters Ltd. It was initially registered to Heli-Works Queenstown...
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Aussie 205
Making an approach and overshoot at Christchurch this afternoon was the Orion 'Aussie 205'.It is in fact serial A9-658 c/n 5782 and ex Bu162659.
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Blunty ZK-VPR.
The ex Royal Saudi Air Force BAC-167 Strikemaster Mk80A ZK-VPR (c/n EEP/JP/4096) was noted today at Christchurch Airport receiving some attention and a refuel. Below are the fin markings.
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With the MRC Blog still off air I take the gross liberty of posting this clip on the NZ Civil site.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeWVhKrWcc0&feature=youtu.be
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OXD.
An overflow from yesterdays photos - showing the Airbus A320-232 ZK-OXD (c/n 5962) arriving at Christchurch International Airport. This one came on line for ANZ on 22-02-2104.
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Spitfire 'Alpha Lima'
Into Christchurch from Ohakea for the opening of the Spitfire Square shopping centre. Squeak Squeak.Supermarine Spitfire MkIX ZK-SPI.
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DH60M ZK-ACI
An old photograph from an unknown source.The De Havilland DH60M Moth ZK-ACI was c/n 1564 received its UK CofA on 10-09-1930 and was shipped out to arrive in N Z on 07-11-1930.It appears to have been a...
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180's at NZHK on Friday.
On Friday Ben Patterson snapped these two tidy Cessna 180's at Hokitika.Cessna 180C ZK-BVV (c/n 50829) of 1960 vintage and now in the hands of Frank Wright of Tauranga.The 1978 model Cessna 180H...
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Cabri ZK-IFH
Whilst chasing the Spitfire yesterday I did a point and shoot at this Cabri that had just landed at Pacific Helicopters at Christchurch.On later checking I see that it is the new Guimbal Cabri G2...
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Black Sands Fly In - Raglan - November 7th and 8th.
The Waikato Thames Valley Chapter of the Sport Aircraft Association of NZ invites all recreational aviators to“Black Sands Fly-In 2015” The fly-in Information Pack is now available and can be...
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