Sunday, December 4, 2022

Koputaroa Breakfast Fly-in

 Today was the annual Breakfast Fly-in held at Koputaroa. This fly-in is great for me as it's just a 40-minute drive up the road and I always help out the strip owner, Peter, with the fly-in.

Sadly, this year though there were 2 other aviation events also on today, Turangi Lunch Fly-in and Warbirds on Parade at Ardmore. Due to these 2 events, it was likely there was less that attended that could of.

But still, there was 28 aircraft that flew in for breakfast.

Here is everything that showed up:

Local Aircraft:
ZK-PLP Ultravia Pelican PL
ZK-PTP Rans S-7S Courier

Visiting Aircraft:
ZK-BFK Cessna 120
ZK-CES Cessna A185F
ZK-CFT Sud-Aviation Gardan GY.80-150
ZK-DAT Cessna 172L
ZK-DXL Cessna 172M
ZK-EBR Sky Arrow 480T
ZK-EMK Cessna 180K
ZK-EQQ Piper PA-28
ZK-ETJ Cessna A152
ZK-JDP Rans S-6S Coyote II
ZK-KFA Tecnam P2002
ZK-KMA Tecnam P92
ZK-KSD Jodel D.11
ZK-KTA Quicksilver MXLII
ZK-LLY Tecnam P2004
ZK-LSF Tecnam P2002
ZK-MMJ Miller M1-Superchamp
ZK-NWY Aviat A-1C-180
ZK-OBH Zenith Zodiac CH 601-XL
ZK-OFC Cessna 182R
ZK-OUZ Zenair CH701 STOL
ZK-PMD SPA Panther
ZK-PWR SPA Panther
ZK-SKO Sky Arrow 480T
ZK-TES Tecnam P92
ZK-TRD Tecnam P92
ZK-USK Aviat A-1C-180
ZK-XPA Maxair Drifter XP503

And then a selection of my favourite pics:


Winning furthest travelled Tecnam P92 ZK-TES from Tauranga.

SPA Panther ZK-PMD from Feilding, lovely colours!

My only new one, SPA Panther ZK-PWR from Stratford.

One I haven't seen for a while, Tecnam P92 ZK-KMA from Hastings.

Cessna 120 ZK-BFK from Ardmore, didn't win furthest travelled due to only coming from Whanganui today. Nice to meet you today, Simon!

Always nice to see Gavin hop across from Foxpine in his Zenair CH701 ZK-OUZ.

A great morning out and a huge thanks to Peter for organizing the fly-in!