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Wanaka # 4
Now a selection of visiting aircraft.I leave the military aircraft and the airshow to more qualified persons. See MRC HereThe Gavin Wills Piper PA-18A-180 Super Cub ZK-BFV (c/n 18-4135).It appears to...
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Wanaka # 5
Our Australian Aircraft Hornet STOL population only extends to two units to date.Both reside at Wanaka.Our first example was ZK-JCM2 (c/n 023) was factory built and test flown in Australia.It came onto...
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Wanaka # 6
A reasonably recent addition to the NZ civil register (and a first sighting for me) was the Cessna 180A ZK-FRY2 (c/n 32914) very aptly listed to Rob Fry of Albany on 09-08-2017.This was test flown by...
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Hamilton
A visit to a busy Hamilton Airport today produced some aircraft of interest including from Rotorua the Volcanic Air Safaris EC120B ZK-IRO, which was imported by the company in November 2016 from...
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Wanaka # 7
Doug Hamilton's Schleicher ASH-25 ZK-GTF (c/n 25104) has been on the scene since November of 1997. Seen here on tow. Great demo. There were three helicopters lurking in the visiting aircraft park.The...
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Wanaka # 8
Not what I would call the prettiest helicopter on the block - but this is the new Bell 505 Jet Ranger X ZK-IJX (c/n 66050) which was registered to Tutituki Bay Farms Ltd of Auckland on 13-03-2018.This...
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Wanaka # 9
There were a couple of gyrocopters among the Sports Aircraft Display. The AutoGyro Cavalon ZK-KLC2 (c/n V00150) has been listed with David Wright of Papakura since 13-06-2014.The Gyrate NZ Ltd of...
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Wanaka # 10
Sneaking along the grass taxiway heading for departure was the Stoddard-Hamilton Glasair III ZK-MKP2 ( c/n 3191) of BOP Marine Life Trust of Tauranga. Check Here for more gen on this beast. Cessna...
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Wanaka # 11
The first of its type in NZ is this SPA Panther ZK-PMD2 (c/n 0044) as built by Mark Dean of Palmerston North. See here for more detail.Below we have a Panthers tail.There is something about a strait...
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Wanaka # 12
There were several Vans aircraft lined up.Here are three of them. ZK-NVS is a Vans RV7 with the c/n 72596 of Stephen Jones of Auckland. First flown on 27-11-2009 on its O-320 engine. It also has extra...
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Wanaka # 12A
There were two Beech 76 Duchess aircraft in the visitors park.ZK-SMI (c/n ME-151) was originally listed here as ZK-FIC2 in April of 2001 following import from Australia. It was re-registered as...
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Pauanui
A sunny Coromandel day brought a stream of 172s into the Pauanui airfield, but amongst these were also some other interesting vistors.First time noted here was the privately owned Bell 206B ZK-HLA up...
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Wanaka # 14
Not all the action was at Wanaka.On Sunday the 1st of April I captured these four aircraft. Spotted at the Cromwell Racecourse strip was the Gardan GY-20 Minicab U/L ZK-BUC (c/n AACA/90.Below is an...
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Wanaka # 15
Foreign civil aircraft at Wanaka. Jurgis Kairy was back again with his own design Juka LY-JKA (c/n 01) in a new scheme. On the sales stand we have the Cessna T240 N362CS (c/n T24002062) with its...
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Wanaka # 16
Foreign registered civil aircraft at Wanaka The lovely Beech D18S N43927 (c/n A-26) parked alongside the main highway.For an earlier post check out sweet-as Above we have the bare essentials of the...
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Cessna 180 ZK-BDB at Great Barrier
Noted today at Great Barrier Island this afternoon by Phillip Kyle was the Cessna 180 ZK-BDB (c/n 30462).It still retains the Patchett Ag Air titles on its tail although it has been with Clevedon...
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Back to NZ by Dreamliner
After our all Boeing trip to Nepal then China and Phuket (lots of exotic aircraft but not NZ civil), our last leg home yesterday was from Singapore to Auckland on Air New Zealand's B 787-900 Dreamliner...
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Wings and Wheels Darfield 07-04-2018 # 1
The bi-annual Darfield Wings and Wheels event was held at Charlie Draper's airstrip on Kimberley Road, Darfield on 7 April 2018. Proceeds from this event go towards the Sheffield Fire Brigade, Malvern...
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Wings and Wheels Darfield 07-04-2018 # 2.
The Maule M-5-235C Lunar Rocket ZK-DWR (c/n 7234C) is from Pegasus Aviation of Rangiora. Above - now we know why they have big tires. This North American NA88 Harvard (c/n 88-14672) is nicely painted...
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Just Aircraft Highlander ZK-JUS at Tauranga
The recently imported Just Aircraft Highlander N419EC was registered as ZK-JUS on 1/3/18, and has been covered HERETo complete the story, here it is with its New Zealand registration applied at...
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