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Two Sikorsky S 76Cs arrive in the NEST at Whangarei
The Northland Emergency Services Trust registered two replacement Sikorsky S 76C helicopters on 2/7/18. They are to replace two of their three existing S 76As.Rusty Russell photo'd them outside the...
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ZK-NRH and others at NZRT
Aeroprakt A-22LS ZK-NRH2(c/n 317) was first registered to Nicholas Hitchins of Christchurch on 12-06-2018 and was noted out today at Rangiora. Also chugging around were the regulars Piper PA-18A-150...
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ZK-IJB and ZK-HWT
Robinson R44 Raven II ZK-IJB1 (c/n 10267) was registered to the NZ agents - Skysales Aviation (NZ) Ltd of Christchurch on 03-03-2004 and was transferred over to John Butterfield (the JB in the...
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Unique Westland Bush Plane in New Zealand
The next type of Amateur Built Aircraft to be registered was the Westland Bush Plane which was constructed by Russell Cook of Kaihinu, just North of Hokitika. It is obviously from Piper Cub stock but...
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Pauanui
A period of settled weather brought some visitors to the Pauanui airfield, the star being the Provost ZK-JOT which arrived on Friday afternoon, and left Saturday for Tauranga.The newly reregistered...
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MX Technologies MX 2(s) of New Zealand
The next type of sport aircraft to be registered here was the all out aerobatic MX Technologies MX 2 ZK-MXT2 (c/n 007) which was imported by Doug Brooker and first registered to him on 27/8/07. I have...
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Captured today, Air New Zealand's short-lease Boeing 777-212 ZK-OKI ex 9V-SVL arriving in Auckland from Honolulu as flight NZ09.
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Pauanui
A couple of interesting LSA's in for coffee from Hamilton today were the Remos G3NZ ZK-REM and Aeroprakt A22LS ZK-SAJ, the latter being imported earlier this year.
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Another diesel 172 conversion
Another Cessna 172R of the Ardmore Flying School fleet, ZK-ZAT, is currently having its diesel conversion completed as noted yesterday.
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Pauanui
An interesting visitor from afar to the Pauanui airfield today was the Robinson R22 ZK-HXG, which is registered to a Greymouth owner. It spent the day doing sling work in the nearby Tairua hills.
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Big Bird at Auckland International 23-7-2018
On another trip down to Wellington I was pleased to see Air Chatham's recently acquired General Dynamics Allison Convair 580 ZK-KFL (c/n 372) outside their maintenance hangar.It has been painted with a...
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Air New Zealand's Latest Trentless Dreamliner at Auckland International...
ZK-NZF3 was parked up outside the Air New Zealand Engineering Services hangar on 23/7/18. It was still there on 28/7/18.
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New Wellington Aero Club Scheme 25-7-2018
The recent weather in Wellington was pretty typical for winter, but on the Wednesday afternoon there was some flying by the Wellington Aero Club and a surprise to me.PA 38-112 Tomahawk ZK-WAC3 was...
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A Business Jet at Feilding! 26-7-2018
I was pretty surprised to see a business jet when I visited Feilding aerodrome last Thursday. It was the Wellington based Cessna 650 Citation III N163JM that was at Avcraft for maintenance.Mat Bailey...
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Pauanui
First time noted at Pauanui Cessna A185F ZK-JKL paid a very fleeting visit late afternoon. It was acquired by a Tauranga owner earlier this year.
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Cresco 06-800 ZK-PWT at Kairanga 26-7-2018
On a blustery Manawatu afternoon topdressing aircraft were safely parked away including the resident Cresco ZK-PWT (c/n 010) at Hallett Griffin's base at Kairanga, just outside Palmerston North.ZK-PWT...
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Veteran Islander at Ardmore
Britten-Norman BN2A-26 Islander ZK-FVD msn 316 photographed at Ardmore on the evening of 29-7-18 devoid of titles.This aircraft owned by Great Barrier Airlines is I believe destined for a new life in...
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ZK-HPO
A recent arrival in the South is Robinson R44 Raven II ZK-HPO5 (c/n 13486).As mentioned in a previous post this was originally VH-HCL4 with Heliflite Pty Ltd of Sydney from 16-10-2013.It entered the NZ...
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What ever happened to ---
The classic textbook cold frontal passage ?I recall from my youth - and yes I can remember back that far - that a Cold Front approach consisted of a wall of very black cloud moving in from the...
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Air Tractors at Feilding 27-7-2018
On the Friday morning at Feilding there were two Air Tractors, both AT 402B models.ZK-JHG (c/n 402B-1021) is the "new" Airtractor for the Rural Aerial Cooperative Ltd of Pahiatua. The original...
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