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PAC 750s
Included in the line up of PAC 750s outside Pacific Aerospace at Hamilton today were a couple of new aircraft painted in smart colour schemes, ZK-KDI c/n 206 and ZK-KED c/n 215.
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Wittman W8 Tailwinds of New Zealand (2)
I have previously posted about Wittman Tailwinds of New Zealand back in May 2013. At that time we had had one example only - ZK-RET, and the post can be found HERE Since my earlier post ZK-RET has...
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Antarctic Air Day at Christchurch.
Couldn't have asked for a grottier day for the Antarctic Air Day at Christchurch International Airport as part of the Antarctic Season Opening Festival.That's the Novotel 200 room, 4.5 star,...
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Antarctic Air Day at Christchurch # 2
After taking the through the fence pics (see previous post) I paid my $5 towards Plunket for a car park and then at my allotted time I followed the masses on the look around. Above is the Beaver...
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Nanchang at North Shore 7-10-2017
At North Shore airfield yesterday the locally based Nanchang CJ-6 ZK-CVI2 (marked as PLAAF 61744) was doing circuits.On approach showing the speed brake (or flap/s ?)...Feeling for the runway...And down.
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A New Merlin at Whangarei
A New Zealand-new type of microlight was registered today and it's not often that that happens.TechPro Merlin 100 UL ZK-MEF (c/n MV23) was registered to Allan R Cameron of Mangawhai today, 9/10/17....
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TechPro Merlin ZK-MEF First Flight at Whangarei Today - 10-10-2017
Gary Eady was on hand at Whangarei today as the TechPro Merlin 100 UL ZK-MEF was test flown by Brian Taylor.It looks nice with spats fitted.Thanks again for the photos Gary.
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Just Aircraft Super STOL ZK-ZOE First Flight at Whangarei 7-10-2017
Brian Taylor has been very busy test flying sport aircraft at Whangarei recently. Back on 28 September it was Corby Starlet ZL-LDI and yesterday 10 October it was TechPro Merlin 100 ZK-MEF. But in...
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Cessna Cardinal ZK-DJL
The Cessna 177RG Cardinal N1931Q (c/n 177RG0331) arrived at Ports of Auckland aboard the near new container ship Austral Ensign on 13-04-1973.It was registered to Rex Aviation (NZ) Ltd at Ardmore on...
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North Shore Aero Club Stuff
A couple of North Shore Aero Club aircraft were noted recently: Robin R 2120U ZK-TZG has now been repainted in the Club's colours.This makes four Robins in the new scheme; ZK-TZG, TZH, TZJ and TZK. I...
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ZK-IGF's new colour scheme.
Returning to Christchurch yesterday from a major repaint at Washdyke was the Garden City Helicopters Ltd's Eurocopter EC 130 B4 ZK-IGF (c/n 4228).It was imported from Japan where it operated as JA17MB...
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Question time # 199
It has been a while since I gave away a chocolate fish :-So - who's lovely leg is this then ?We need to know the aircraft type.The Registration.Who added the artwork ?en ?
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Pauanui
A spell of settled weather has increased the visitor numbers to Pauanui and these included R44 ZK-HPO from Warkworth, the first visit of the "new" ZK-MEL as a RV7A, and Tecnam Astore ZK-MSV from Te...
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Heletranz Base at Rosedale Road, North Shore
During the week I was passing the Heletranz heliport at Rosedale Road with the grandson's so it would have been rude not to call in and show them some helicopters (You can see that they enjoyed it!)....
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Around Auckland
A visit to Ardmore today revealed the Hughes 369FF ZK-HIP wearing HeliNorth titling, while over at the Ardmore Flying School two more of the Cessna 172R fleet have been converted to diesel power,...
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New Zealand Connection to 2017 Red Bull Air Race Champion
The final round of the Red Bull Air Race series was held over the weekend of 14 - 15 October at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in America. The winner and overall series champion was Yoshi Muroya from...
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Remos G3NZ Mirages of New Zealand
The next type of sport aircraft to come along in 2005 was the Remos G3 Mirage of which we have had two registered.The Remos G3 was designed in Germany by Lorenz Kreitmeyer and the prototype first flew...
View ArticleGliding Shots from the Nelson Lakes from Andy Heap
The links below should lead you to some footage taken by Andy Heap. The first one is whilst Andy is driving the Nelson Lakes Gliding Clubs Rolladen- Schneider LS4a ZK-GCX2.The second is a collection of...
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Piper PA-28-140 ZK-DJI
The Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee c/n 28-22537 popped up on the Australian register as VH-PWA1 on 17-04-1967 with Westaviation Pty Ltd of Jandakot, West Australia.By 01-11-1967 it was listed with A J...
View ArticleQuestion time 199 resolved.
Yes As usualMit from Takaka has provided sufficient detail to receive the chocolate fish.The aircraft in question is the Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee ZK-DJI.See seperate post on this aircraft.
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