Golden Bay Dawn Raid

 An early wake up of 6am was in store today, but since it was to fly over to a dawn raid, I can live with it. My ride over was the Kapiti Districts Aero Club's Cessna 182R ZK-NML and we got airborne just after 7am.

Was a bit of cloud going over the sounds, but otherwise was a very good flight, the return being even better. We joined the overhead at Takaka just at 8am and was down a few minutes later. We were the first to arrive which meant we got to watch the other 36 aircraft arrive from as far north as Whanganui, as far east as Masterton and as far south as Franz Josef and Ashburton.

Here is everything I saw whilst I was at Takaka:

Visiting Aircraft:
ZK-CEO Cessna 172S
ZK-CFT Gardan GY-80
ZK-CQF Cessna 172G
ZK-CUZ Alpi Pioneer 300
ZK-DES Van's RV-7
ZK-DIH Cessna 177B
ZK-DWX Cessna U206F
ZK-DXL Cessna 172M
ZK-EKE Cessna 172N
ZK-ETR Cessna 152
ZK-EWW Aerospool WT-9
ZK-FML Piper PA-38
ZK-FMS Piper PA-28
ZK-FNA Piper PA-28
ZK-KAT Piper PA-28
ZK-LDR Van's RV-4
ZK-LPE Alpi Pioneer 200
ZK-LPS Alpi Pioneer 300
ZK-MGB Cessna 182H
ZK-MWL Alpi Pioneer 300
ZK-NAG Cessna A152
ZK-NAH Piper PA-44 (Missed Approach)
ZK-NAI Cessna 152
ZK-NAJ Cessna FA152
ZK-NAK Cessna 152
ZK-NAO Cessna 172R
ZK-NAQ Cessna 152
ZK-NAS Cessna 172S
ZK-NML Cessna 182R
ZK-PJM Alpi Pioneer 300
ZK-REX Van's RV-7A
ZK-RJE R&B Bearhawk
ZK-SJK Cessna 170B
ZK-TCV Titan T-51
ZK-VQM Piper PA-32R
ZK-WAC Piper PA-38
ZK-ZNR Zenair CH.601XL

Local Aircraft:
ZK-DAZ Cessna 172L
ZK-JDK Micro Aviation Bantam
ZK-MJB Zenair Tri-Z CH.300
ZK-TKA Zenair CH.601XL
ZK-TRT Titan Tornado I
ZK-TTE CFM Shadow Series B-D
ZK-WRB Piper PA-38
ZK-ZOG Piper PA-28
ZK-ZUG Gippsland GA-8

And a handful of my favourite photos:

A very awesome day, I look forward to next years Golden Bay Dawn Raid!