Hawera on 22-4-2018
Up the road from Wanganui, Hawera was also also in the sun. The Hawera Aero Club operates on Sundays so their aircraft were outside.Cessna A152 Aerobat ZK-UNB (c/n A1520920) has not been posted on the...
View ArticleStratford on 22-4-2018
Further on up the road is Stratford which was my overnight stop - thanks Nick. Stratford is a hot-spot of sport aircraft activity and in the mid afternoon quite a few aviators and aircraft were...
View ArticleCessna 150G N5JP at Te Kowhai 23-4-2018
Parked outon the grass at Te Kowhai was the 1966 model Cessna 150G N5JP. I think it could be based there as it was parked in the same spot when I was there a couple of months ago.It has been around in...
View ArticleVarious CT 4s at Hamilton and Ardmore
There were several examples of Pacific Aerospace's ultimate development of the CT-4 at Hamilton and Ardmore as I passed through:ZK-PTH (c/n 207 and ex NZ1992) is one of the batch of 12 remaining PAC...
View ArticleRapture ZK-GXB
A very recent addition to the NZ register is the Jonker JS3 Rapture ZK-GXB (c/n 03-015) registered to J S Sailplanes Ltd of Tauranga on 06-04-2018.This is the first of its type in NZ and follows on...
View ArticleStemme S 10 ZK-GDC
I saw this photo on the Stratford Aero Club photo board, so I took a photo of it.The impressive Stemme S 10 ZK-GDC2 is owned by Fine Particle Application Ltd of Inglewood. It was D-KGCS and was first...
View ArticleBolkow Junior ZK-CJF at Ardmore
When I arrived at Ardmore last week Keith Trillo was working on his hangar doors, and inside the hangar was his Bolkow Bo 208A Junior ZK-CJF:Keith's Bolkow is the first one I have seen with spats....
View ArticleYak 52 ZU-DSJ Now ZK-DSJ
When I was at Ardmore on 23/4/18 I noted the newly New Zealand registered Yak 52 ZK-DSJ in the Aero Technologies hangar, still in its South African markings as ZU-DSJ.Jason Alexander owned the aircraft...
View ArticleRotorua
A surprise at Rotorua Airport today was the Cessna U206F floatplane ZK-CBT which was imported from the US in November 2017. This was believed to be a replacement for the Picton based U206G floatplane...
View ArticleMatamata
Another diesel powered addition to the ever growing NZ Aviation training fleet at Matamata is 172R ZK-NUC, which was part of a batch of 6 172R's imported by Aeromotive from Australia in August 2017.
View ArticleA Couple from Avspecs 23-4-2018
An interesting aircraft at Avspecs last week was the Cassutt Racer ex ZK-DHJ which is being restored by Daniel Frew and Louis McNair. The engine has had a trial fitting and as can be seen the cowlings...
View ArticleRangiora this day 04-05-2018
A quick wizz around Rangiora Airfield at lunch time today found the Robinson R44 Raven II ZK-IXG (c/n 10751) of Way To Go Heli Services Ltd all in one piece again outside the 'Black Hangar'.I last...
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Two shots from Hairy Mole Rat as seen at Tauranga on 03-05-2018. The MBB-BK117 B-2 ZK-HNP2 (c/n 7017) has been on our register since 12-03-2015 - initially with Airwork (NZ) Ltd and then with Helilink...
View ArticleAn Auster and two helicopters at Ardmore this past week
Eurocopter EC 130 T2 ZK-HJW msn 8372 of North Shore Helicopters of Albany seen taking on fuel at Ardmore on 30-4-18Eurocopter AS 350 B2 ZK-ITJ msn 3547 of Oceania Aviation Ltd seen in the company...
View ArticleMore info on ZK-HNP and the BK117-850D2
I have been advised that ZK-HNP is the new Trustpower TECT rescue helicopter.***********************Below is a snip from Aviation Week.com50 And Counting For The BK117-850D2by Daniel WilliamsSep 12,...
View ArticleDargaville Today 5-5-2018
It was a good day at Dargaville today for their regular every-Saturday lunch, and their club competitions also kicked off in the afternoon - more about that later.There were a couple of different...
View ArticleFound Aircraft Canada Inc Expedition at Ardmore 5-5-18
N883MX a Found Aircraft Canada Inc FBA-2C3 Expedition msn 307 built in 2012 arrived at Ardmore yesterday afternoon from Hamilton having been assembled at that location after arriving in the country in...
View ArticleBombing and Landing Comps at Dargaville 5-5-2018
As I posted previously, the Dargaville Aero Club held the first of their competition days yesterday with a dozen pilots competing in bombing and precision landings (which involved both a powered...
View ArticleMagnificent Recreation of Lockheed 10A Electra ZK-AFD
Readers of this blog will have been aware of Rob Mackley's rebuild of his Model 10A Electra in his hangar at Ardmore. I have briefly referred to this in an earlier post at:...
View ArticleZK-HMU update.
The ex Austrian Air Force Agusta AB206A ZK-HMU3 (c/n 8127) came onto the NZ registerwith H F T Ltd on 20-01-2012.It was re-listed with Mike Ross of LAM Systems Ltd of Wellington on 05-09-2014.It is...
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