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North Shore airfield
A brief visit to North Shore airfield today revealed a couple of interesting aircraft, firstly the Maule MXT7-180A ZK-RLT which was imported from South Africa earlier in the year.And not often seen...
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Beaver ZK-SBV.
Now too large to fit into its hangar at Motueka is the De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver c/n 763.As can be seen this will soon become ZK-SBV. Note the two extra fuselage side windows and the wing and tail...
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Air Chathams SAAB 340s at Auckland International 20-5-2018
Outside the Air Chathams base at Auckland International on Sunday were their two airworthy SAAB 340s in a nice position for photos:Both of the SAABs with their third one ZK-CIY2, still marked as N135GU...
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ZK & VH Aircraft at Wellington International
When I was in Wellington a couple of days ago, there were quite a few ZK and VH airliners coming and going:My flight from Auckland on Sunday was in the NZ domestic Jetstar A 320 VH-VFN and we arrived...
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Fly Synthesis Texans of New Zealand
The next type of sport aircraft to be registered in New Zealand was the Fly Synthesis Texan, the first example of which was registered on 17/2/06. That was the same date that our first Fly Synthesis...
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For the last couple of weeks we have been receiving comments on this blog site that have no connection with our main subject.I am therefore currently 'Moderating' all comments before they are...
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An early Bantam at Greymouth.
This neat monochrome photograph from Sheryl Locke shows an early Micro Aviation Bantam flying near the Greymouth Aerodrome with the old Victoria Park stables in the bottom of the view.We believe that...
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Tauranga 28-05-2018
The Cessna 172S ZK-TAI3 is c/n 1729752 which is a re-registration of ZK-COS2.This 172 was built as N643DB and listed with Cessna Aircraft Company of Wichita, Kansas in about mid-December of 2004 and...
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Pauanui LSA's
Some settled weather at last on the Coromandel has brought a number of LSA visitors to Pauanui over the last few days including the Aeroprakt 22LS Foxbat ZK-LFP from TuakauNewly imported Bristell S-LSA...
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ZK-HOP at Ardmore 30-5-18
Seen on the Airbus ramp yesterday afternoon was Eurocopter AS 350 B2 ZK-HOP msn 4857 of Helisika Agricultural Ltd but wearing Helinorth titles.
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Titan T 51 Mustangs of New Zealand (1) - the Rotax Mustangs
The next type of sport aircraft to be registered here was the Titan Mustang which is a 2 seater and has proved to be very popular with 20 of the aircraft registered in New Zealand to date.The original...
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A quick business trip through to Whangarei provided a brief chance to check out the activity at Onerahi airfield on Wednesday late afternoon.Parked out next to the tower was a visitor from Tauranga,...
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ZK-HCB the sixth
Registered to Endurance Fishing Company of Nelson back in March 2018 is this Airbus Helicopters H130 T2 ZK-HCB MSN 8429. It has been undertaking flying activities from the manufacturer's Ardmore...
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Codes on Catalina 31-5-18
Consolidated Vultee PBY-5A Catalina ZK-PBY msn CV-357 had squadron codes applied late yesterday at Ardmore
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Pauanui
Interesting visitors continued at Pauanui this week as the spell of fine weather lingered. These included the R44 ZK-HEW up from TaurangaAnd from further afield the Wanaka based Maule M5-235C ZK-JQI en...
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Western Grass at Christchurch International 01-06-2018
A late morning visitation to the Western side of Christchurch Airport today (01-06-2018) produced the following items of interest.The first three are at the Christchurch Helicopters 2001 Ltd's...
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North Shore 1-6-2018
A trip to North Shore airfield in the sunshine this afternoon saw several aerial craft worth a photograph:Hughes 369FF ZK-HUJ2 has been posted on this blog several times previously (try typing ZK-HUJ...
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Auckland Aero Club - 90th Anniversary
The Auckland Aero Club is celebrating its 90th Anniversary this weekend with a celebratory gathering this afternoon as outlined in the flyer above.Not sure how the weather will pan out for the aircraft...
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Titan Mustangs of New Zealand (2) - Suzuki Powered Mustangs
As seems to happen with aircraft (and probably more so because the Titan Mustang is a scale model fighter), there is a tendency to install more powerful engines. And so the various builders started...
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Titan Mustangs of New Zealand (3) - Mazda Rotary Mustang
John Shuttleworth of Morrinsville built his Titan Mustang at Hamilton and powered it with a unique Mazda 13B Renesis rotary engine which produced around 200 HP. (I have found other Mazda rotary...
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