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Malibu VH-BHR at Tauranga 12-08-2018
Noted today (12-08-2018) at Tauranga by Grayson Ottaway.Piper PA-46-350P Malibu Mirage VH-BHR (c/n 4622019) was built as N9157Q in 1989 and delivered to Australia to become VH-LBE1 on 02-06-1989 with...
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Te Kowhai on 4-8-2018
It has taken me a while to get around to posting from my trip down to Stratford last weekend, but better late than never (and I still have some other aircraft to post). There were a couple of...
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Feilding on 12-8-2018
Jordan Elvy was at Feilding on Sunday and captured some interesting aircraft: The key to checking out these aircraft is to be there when the many private hangars are open.Torana Investment's Ltd's...
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New Sonex ZK-SXR at Ardmore
Gary Briggs' new Sonex ZK-SXR (c/n 1531) was in the Taildraggers hangar at Ardmore last Saturday. It was first registered on 5/6/18. There will be several new Sonexs registered here in the not too...
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A Bevy of Bantams
B 22 Bantams are still quite common and Te Kowhai and Stratford provided a few:B 22J (for Jabiru power) ZK-ZAF (c/n 07-316) taxied in at Te Kowhai.and the Gordonton Microlight Club's nice B 22J ZK-DKT2...
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Van's RV 10s of New Zealand
2007 was a busy year for homebuilt and sport aircraft with seven first of types being registered, the third of which was the Van's RV 10.The RV 10 was Van's entry into the four-seater homebuilt...
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Back in 2015 Blue Bus and I were exploring a few sheds in the backblocks of Canterbury, as you do, when we sighted a yellow Piper Cub. It carried the lettering AND.Nice to see that just last month,...
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AND again.
The Piper J3C ZK-AND2 c/n 6615 of the AND J3 Syndicate as seen today 19-09-2018.It has yet to fly.
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A visitor from Wanaka at Ardmore 19-8-18
Cessna 172B ZK-BZU msn 17248261 belonging to NZ Flying Adventures Ltd of Wanaka seen at Ardmore on 19-8-18. This aircraft has been posted on this blog before but not in this livery.
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The Hawera Aero Club's Dawn Flyin - 19-8-2018
The Hawera Aero Club held their annual Dawn Flyin yesterday. I don't know how many aircraft they were expecting but a whole lot turned up - 11 local aircraft and 55 visitors! I suspect that part of...
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Yeoman Cropmaster ZK-CPW at Hawera Aero Club Dawn Flyin
One of the aircraft that flew in to Hawera for their dawn flyin was the unique Yeoman YA-1 Cropmaster 250R Series 2 ZK-CPW (c/n 119). The history of this aircraft has been well covered on the blog...
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CT4E Airtrainers
The 12 former RNZAF CT4E Airtrainers that have lanquished at Napier Airport for some time now have started to disperse with ZK-PTH noted at Hamilton, ZK-PTA & PTB on the Dennis Thompson ramp at...
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Boeing 777 ZK-OKT
The latest short-term lease aircraft for Air New Zealand was parked at Auckland International today.Boeing 777-35EER ZK-OKT is ex B-16717 of Eva Air and was registered to AirNZ on 8th August.
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Sonerai 1 ZK-EEV Revisited
Following from my visit to Te Kowhai on 4 August where I photo'd Gavin Brown working on his single seat Sonerai ZK-EEV2, Gavin has sent a nice photo of his aircraft with all the cowlings on.At Te...
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Question time # 202
Below we have a photograph sent in by Allan Wooller.Can you name the place and date ?
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Lockwood Air Cam(s) of New Zealand
The next type of sport aircraft to appear on the NZ Civil Register was the unique Lockwood Air Cam. This aircraft features twin pusher Rotax 912 or 914 engines but can be flown without a twin rating....
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Lunch at Dargaville Today 25-8-2018
There weren't many visiting aircraft for lunch at Dargaville today but there were a lot of lunchers which was good. One regular visiting aircraft was Ross McLean's Socata TB 9 Tampico ZK-TBA. It has...
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Jetranger Topdressing at Ruawai 25-8-2018
On my way back from Dargaville late yesterday afternoon, I came across a slick helicopter topdressing operation just North of Ruawai.The helicopter being used was Bell 206B Jetranger ZK-IPM3 (c/n 2067)...
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Two visitors at Ardmore on 26-8-18
Glasair Sportsman 2+2 ZK-SPO msn 7071 departing Ardmore yesterday afternoon, this smart looking aircraft is registered to Adventures New Zealand Ltd of FieldingBell 206L-1 Longranger ZK-HVF msn 45404...
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ZK-TGS
A belated report from Rangiora from the 18th when I captured -:Pipistrel Alpha Trainer ZK-TGS c/n 926AT912 LSA just back from another flight.Tie-Upp Aviation is a recent start up Company at Rangiora...
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