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ZK-LEN at AMZ 8-1-18
Seen at Ardmore this morning was Cessna 172P ZK-LEN msn 17274386 ex JA3997 which was added to the ZK register on 9-8-17
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John Wegg/Jean 210 RIP
It is with sadness that I advise that John Wegg passed away last week after a short illness.John was a good friend of the blog, frequently sending excellent photos from the far North as Jean 210.In...
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Pauanui
Amongst the weather events of late a few aircraft have visited the Pauanui airfield including Northland based Cessna 172M ZK-DXNFrom Albany was the Heletranz Bell 427 ZK-IRP rising above Hamilton based...
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Ardmore
A visit to Ardmore revealed a couple of aircraft that havent appeared on this blog before, comprising locally based Cessna 150H ZK-CTGAnd from Te Awamutu the Stockland Trading Co Hughes 269C ZK-ILG,...
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Avid Flyer ZK-DDB Out in the Sun at Whangarei Today 10-1-2018
I was very pleased to see Avid Flyer Mark IV ZK-DDB2 out flying in the sunshine at Whangarei today, as I had never seen it outside before.Craig McNeal taxying in.The aircraft is registered to Craig's...
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Flying a Foxbat at Whangarei 10-1-2018
The reason I drove up to Whangarei yesterday was to get some dual time with Rusty Russell of the Whangarei Flying Club in their recently acquired Aeroprakt A 22LS Foxbat ZK-FBT2 which they bought from...
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I remember when. Parking outside No 7 Ann Street, Balclutha.
A photo from the depths of the olde shoe box.The dreaded Sud Soap Machine and two Cherokee's spending a couple of days 'off field' due to airfield flooding.Was about the mid 70's I think !
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A Few More From Whangarei
To finish off from my visit to Whangarei on 10-1-18, here are a couple of other aircraft I photo'd:Autogyro Europe Calidus Fern autogyro ZK-MZM arrived from Parakai after a flight up the East Coast....
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Pauanui
Despite some good weather its been a quiet week for visitors to Pauanui, but those who did call in included another of the L3 fleet, Cessna 172S ZK-CTS which hasnt appeared on this blog before.From...
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Fletcher ZK-EMW
The N.Z.A.I Fletcher FU24-954 is c/n 277 and was registered to New Zealand Aerospace Industries Ltd of Hamilton on 17-04-1980 and delivered to Rangitikei Air Services Ltd of Taihape on 29-05-1980.It is...
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At Christchurch
Tony McFarlin caught the Cessna 402B Utililiner ZK-SVQ (c/n 402B0601) of Kiwi Air Ltd on the Western grass at Christchurch International Airport today (13-01-2018). Yesterday I noted the Aerial Surveys...
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Sunday at Pauanui
Sunday brought a variety of visitors to the Pauanui airfield including the first visit of the recently imported Aeroprakt A22LS Foxbat ZK-CEC from HuntlySeveral EC130 called in to drop off and pick up...
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Unregistered Homegrown Single Seat Homebuilt Aircraft of New Zealand (1) -...
Back in July 2012 I was posting on the histories of Homegrown Single Seat Homebuilt Aircraft of New Zealand when I got to the Williams Mark 4. The link to this post is:...
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Unregistered Homegrown Single Seat Homebuilt Aircraft of New Zealand (2) -...
Geoff Williams' second aircraft was built between October 1971 and January 1973. It was then taken to the Hooper's Inlet airstrip where it first flew on 11 April 1973. It was a high wing strut braced...
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Unregistered Homegrown Single Seat Homebuilt Aircraft of New Zealand (3) -...
Although Geoff Williams signed a document that he would not fly his Williams Mark 2 aircraft again, he figured that that would not stop him from designing , building and flying another aircraft.So the...
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Some changes at Auckland this month.
..Saab SF340A N135GU msn 340A-135 arriving at Auckland on the evening of January 9th on delivery to Air Chathams from Guam via Honiara. The aircraft had previously been operated by Skydive Guam LtdThe...
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ZK-MCK update.
The Pilatus PC-6 B2-H4 Turbo Porter ZK-MCK (c/n 809) has been mentioned on at least three previous occasion - Here.Nathan Graham has sent in these two recent photographs of her. Above it is seen at...
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Unregistered Homegrown Homebuilt Single Seat Aircraft of New Zealand (4) -...
Maybe because of the lack of success with his Mark 3 model Geoff Williams still wasn’t finished with building aircraft, and in May 1988 materials arrived from the USA for the start of the Williams Mark...
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19-1-18 New Caravan for Barrier Air
A smart looking 2008 built Cessna 208B Grand Caravan N2057 msn 208B2057 arrived into Auckland tonight from Apia on the final leg of its delivery flight to Auckland based Barrier Air.
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The pick of my week.
The 'Bluebus' was down South Canterbury way during the last few days.Below are four photographs taken on this journey.First sighting was the Micro Aviation Bantam B22J ZK-JQL (c/n 05-265) purring...
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