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ZK-CSE in new Company scheme.
Jean210 captured this Diamond DA20-C1 Katana ZK-CSE (c/n C0402) at Dargaville on the 16th.It has lost its CTC Aviation Training (NZ) Ltd markings and now carries the L3 CTS Airline Academy (NZ) Ltd's...
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Warbirds at Ardmore Today 19-10-2017
A visit to Ardmore this afternoon saw quite a bit of action as it was the nicest day we have had in Auckland for a long time. Some NZ Warbirds aircraft were out enjoying the flying conditions:Ryan ST...
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A Couple of Others at Ardmore 19-10-2017
There were also a couple of out of town visitors at Ardmore yesterday:Tecnam P2002 Sierra ZK-WBF (c/n 117) was visiting from Tauranga. It carries the title "Pilot: Jim Smylie"below the cockpit. It...
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Thursdays patrol at NZCH
A few minutes at the western side of Christchurch International on Thursday the 19th reaped the following :- The Taylorcraft 20 Ranchwagon ZK-BQM (c/n 20-014) has found a new owner with Philip Wilby...
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Homegrown Two Seat Homebuilt Aircraft of New Zealand (7) - Stoof Joyrider
Rino Stoof of Cambridge built his Stoof Joyrider in the late 1990s/early 2000s and got it to the stage of carrying out engine runs. Unfortunately it never made it into the air, but I include it here...
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Matamata
A weekend visit to Matamata revealed both the Piako Gliding Club and New Zealand Aviation/ Middle Earth Flying School busy, despite the gusty conditions.The former was using the colourful highly...
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Taupo
Labour weekend at Taupo Airport offered the latest addition to the Taupo Tandem Skydiving fleet, a very busy Cessna 208 ZK-TTS, and a trio of all white Robinson R44s which havent appeared on this blog...
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Another Silentium Diesel at Ardmore
Another aircraft I photo'd at Ardmore last week was the Ardmore Flying School's Cessna 172R ZK-LAT.This has been posted on the blog previously, but it is now Silentium Diesel powered, with a 3 bladed...
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ZK-HPQ and the Kakariki
Aerospatiale AS 350 c/n 1420 began as a D model AStar with Aerospatiale Helicopters Corporation at Grand Prairie Texas from November 1981 as N5782G.In February it was listed with Interstate Coal Co at...
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Ex military - manoeuvres from Omaka, over Woodbourne.
Not to be confused with the current Southern Katipo manoeuvres taking place in the top of the South Island - The North American NA78 Harvard 3* ZK-XSA (c/n 78-6647) was noted at Omaka by Andy Heap...
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SPA Panther ZK-PMD at Stratford
Nick Furmage from the Stratford Aerodrome blog caught Mark Dean's new single seat Class 1 microlight SPA Panther ZK-PMD2 (c/n 0044) arriving at Stratford from its base in Feilding last Saturday 21...
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Fisher R-80 Tiger Moths of New Zealand
The Fisher R-80 Tiger Moth was the next sport aircraft type to appear in New Zealand in 2005. It is an 80% scale version of the DH Tiger Moth that is produced by Fisher Flying Products who have now...
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New Old PAC 750XL ZK-XLR at Tauranga
Our correspondent the Hairy Mole Rat was at Tauranga Airport on 26 October to capture the newly registered PAC 750XL ZK-XLR (c/n 105).ZK-XLR was registered to Northern Southern Holdings Ltd of Otane on...
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Alpine Regional Rally at Motueka # 3
The Alpine Regional Rally was hosted by the Motueka Aero Club on 28-20-2017.Below we have a selection of photographs from Andy Heap. Bob Wagner's Pietenpol Air Camper M/L ZK-ABY2 was admired by...
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Alpine Regional Rally at Motueka # 2
Some more photographs from the Andy Heap camera at Motueka from Saturday 28-10-2017. The Kaikoura Aero Clubs Cessna 150 ZK-DNY was back in its old stamping ground. Another Canterbury Aero Club...
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Alpine Regional Rally at Motueka 28-10-2017 # 1
The Alpine Regional Rally was hosted by the Motueka Aero Club on 28-20-2017.Below we have a selection of photographs from Andy Heap. The Canterbury Aero Club was well represented.Above we have their...
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Pix of the week.
Here are some of the more interesting shots taken this week. At Rangiora on my pie run on Friday the 27th I caught the Kawasaki BK117 B-2 ZK-HEM4 (c/n 1073) refueling whilst on its way to...
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Question Time #200
To mark the milestone of our 200th Question Time I pose the following:So what is it? and what aircraft is it on?I reckon this could challenge all the rivet counters out there.
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Pauanui
A break in the ongoing rain and wind has brought a few visitors to Pauanui of late including the recently re-registered Tauranga Aero Club's Cessna A152 ZK-TAY (formerly ZK-NPL), and the Whangarei...
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Sigma Aircraft Sigma-4s of New Zealand
We haven't had many Russian civil aircraft types in New Zealand, but the first new type of sport aircraft to be registered in 2006 was one such type. There have not been very many Sigma Aircraft...
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