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Another Great Aussie Flying Adventure
Following in the slipstream of David Wilkinson, Bill Luther and Peter Merwood who flew their RVs across the ditch and back in May/June 2016, a pair of Tauranga SAANZ flyers are now in Australia having...
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Below I have a trial run of a video clip as taken by Ted Stratton on his airstrip in the Piper Pawnee days.
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Wanaka pics from Andy Heap
Some belated photos from Wanaka through the lens of Andy Heap. Devon NZ1805 (aka ZK-ZKF) returning to the aircraft park. Hispano HA1112 'Black 2' (aka G-BWUE) on the move. Trojan '563' (aka ZK-JGS)....
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ZK-ICO at Tekapo
Another airfield on the way to Wanaka is the private field of Air Safaris and Service (NZ) Ltd.I managed to get a shot of their Bell 206L-3 LongRanger ZK-ICO2 (c/n 51459) on my way South on the 29th...
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Pics from Phoenix8
Just getting to Wanaka by road means passing several airfields along the way.Phoenix8 has provided the following photographs from his trip South. Down at Pukaki (Twizel to me) was the Grumman G-164A...
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Easter Misc down South.
Some misc shots taken during the WoW weekend. The two F16's making their run on 30-03-2018. The Campion 7GCAA ZK-CPM (c/n 7GCAA-68) was the towplane for the ASH-25 glider during the weekend. A Phoenix8...
View ArticleGreat Aussie Flying Adventurers Heading Home
Following on from my earlier post on Tauranga SAANZ members Trevor Parker and Steve Carr heading off across the Tasman Sea in their aircraft (Pazmany PL 2 ZK-TLP and Vans RV 7A ZK-ECE2) - see...
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Fly Synthesis Storch's of New Zealand
It is time to get back to the series of homebuilt and sports aircraft of New Zealand, with the Fly Synthesis Storch, with the first of type being first registered here in February 2006.The Fly...
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From the 70's and 80's.
Four photos from Graeme Stratton The Piper PA-18A-150 super Cub ZK-BPA (c/n 18-6175) at Centenial Park Taupo in 1972 whilst with Joe Keeley (Midland Recovery Ltd). ZK-BPA is still with us - having been...
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ZK-NTO in action 15-4-18
Last Sunday (15/4) in variable weather conditions I had the opportunity to spend time with John Ponds of Cropdusters Ltd as he flew Gippsland GA200C Fatman ZK-NTO msn 200C9938 from a strip in the Ness...
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Loburn Abbey fly-in 21-04-2018
On Saturday the 21st of April Ivan and Sandy Campbell and Crew held an open day at their Loburn Abbey facility North of Rangiora.The weather was initially great with a rather fickle wind which changed...
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Cessna 172S ZK-SWX.
Noted at Ardmore today by Magnaman was the Cessna 172S Skyhawk ZK-SWX.This is c/n 172S10004 which began its NZ career on 16-11-2005 as ZK-XOX with Cherub Aviation Ltd of Auckland followed by a move to...
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Helicopters
A selection of helicopters shot over the last few days included Inflite's AS350BA ZK-HBR which has been relocated from the South Is to Mechanics BayAlso at Mechanics Bay there is now a AS355F1 "Police...
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Super-Pac 750XL ZK-JZL at Hamilton Today 23-4-2018
I photo'd this aircraft outside the Pacific Aerospace hangar at Hamilton today, (after scrambling across the drainage channel). I thought there had to be a story behind it and there is, as advised by...
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Some helicopters at Ardmore during this past week.
Helisika Agriculture Ltd duo taken on the 17th. At the top is Eurocopter AS350 B3 ZK-IJO msn 7451 seen in the Oceania compound and wearing Helisika titles but at the time still registered to Rotor...
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Another Dreamliner Laid Up
Another visit to Auckland International last week as I traveled to Wellington, and another Air New Zealand Dreamliner laid up at their engineering base sans its Rolls Royce Trents.A somewhat cluttered...
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Wanganui on 22-4-2018
I headed back North from Wellington on Sunday 22 April on a lovely day. First stop was Wanganui which was much more accessible than last time I called in, and quite a few aircraft were out in the...
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Nostalgic Fletcher FU 24-950 ZK-EGK at Wanganui 22-4-2018
I was delighted to see a Fletcher in the old Wanganui Aerowork scheme when I was at Wanganui. Although now owned by Ravensdown Aerowork Ltd (from 4/9/12) I think it is great that they have kept in its...
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New Zealand Aviation
Another of the 6 Australian Cessna 172Rs imported by Aeromotive last year has been converted to diesel power and added to the NZ Aviation fleet at Matamata as ZK-NUU. Fellow 172R import ZK-NUC was...
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