South Island Trip #3

Another day in the south island and this time the weather really brought it. An absolutely stunning day was on and ran right through the whole day.

As i stated in my last post, the plan was to firstly go to Omaka to see what else would come in for Healthy Bastards. So here is what I saw differently:

Visiting Aircraft:
ZK-CBS Cessna 185A
ZK-CVC Piper PA-18-150
ZK-DAN Cessna 177B
ZK-DAT Cessna 172L
ZK-DAZ Cessna 172L
ZK-EAV Cessna 208
ZK-JRM Zenair CH701 STOL
ZK-MAS Cessna TR182
ZK-SLO Zenair CH701 STOL
ZK-TRO Cessna T210R
ZK-VQU Cessna U206F
ZK-WHC Alpi Aviation Pioneer 200
ZK-ZSC Zlin Aviation Savage

Local Aircraft:
ZK-BER De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth
ZK-EQQ Piper PA-28-235
ZK-SME Cessna 185A

And some photos from the quick walk down the line:

So shortly before 10am, we hit the road towards Christchurch, first stop being Kaikoura. A bit of activity and was nice to see most of the locals out.

Here is everything I saw whilst there:

Visiting Aircraft:
ZK-BLA Piper PA-22-150

Local Aircraft:
ZK-EHS Gippsland GA8
ZK-FSR Gippsland GA8
ZK-HBE Eurocopter EC 130 B4
ZK-JCT Cessna 172M
ZK-JKO Just Aircraft Highlander
ZK-KBZ Gippsland GA8
ZK-KSC Zlin Aviation Savage
ZK-MIF Cessna U206G
ZK-ORC Gippsland GA8
ZK-TUG Aeropro EuroFox 3K TOW

And some pics from here also:

So just before midday we hit the road again to Christchurch, next stop being Rangiora. Oh boy was this a busy place, plenty to see and do.

Here is what I saw:

Visiting Aircraft:
ZK-DDY Tecnam P2008
ZK-DJA Piper PA-28R-200
ZK-DWX Cessna U206G
ZK-MGO R & B Bearhawk

Local Aircraft:
ZK-BDE Cessna 180
ZK-BLE Piper PA-22-150
ZK-BNX Piper PA-18A-150
ZK-CCB Morgan Aero Works Cheetah
ZK-CCL Ibis Magic GS-700
ZK-CHT Chilton DW.1
ZK-COG Piper PA-18A-150
ZK-CPY De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk Mk 22A
ZK-CUD Piper PA-28-140
ZK-CXC Piper PA-18
ZK-CXL Cessna 150H
ZK-DBW Piper PA-28-151
ZK-DGR Airborne XTS-912
ZK-DUG Airborne XTS-912
ZK-DXC Cessna U206F
ZK-EBK Piper PA-28-180
ZK-EIY Piper PA-38-112
ZK-EUA NZ Aerospace FU24-954
ZK-FGH Piper PA-28-181
ZK-FSL Cessna A152
ZK-FVK Kolb Twinstar Mark II
ZK-HJH Westland Westland Bell 47G-3B-1
ZK-JMB JMB Aircraft VL-3E-1 UL
ZK-JMF NZ Aerospace CT/4B Airtrainer
ZK-KJA Piper PA-24
ZK-KPD Alpi Aviation Pioneer 300
ZK-KTW Australian Av Works Karatoo J6 C
ZK-LAK ICP Savannah S
ZK-LOW Airborne Windsports Redback 503
ZK-LSB Zenair CH701 STOL
ZK-MAW Gippsland GA200
ZK-MGK Alpi Aviation Pioneer 200
ZK-MHG ICP Savannah XL
ZK-MND Piper PA-28-161
ZK-MOF Europa Europa Classic UL
ZK-MTP Maule M-6-235
ZK-MWN Solar Wings Pegasus XL-Q
ZK-NAC Reims/Cessna F172P
ZK-NVY Zenair CH701 STOL
ZK-OLI Beech 76
ZK-PHS Airborne XTS-912
ZK-PIP Zenair CH801
ZK-RNK TL-Ultralight TL-3000 Sirius
ZK-SAP Facet Sapphire
ZK-SDQ Neico Lancair 235
ZK-SGC ICP Savannah S
ZK-SIM Vans RV-4
ZK-SOX ICP Savannah S
ZK-SRT ICP Savannah S
ZK-STE Zenair CH701 STOL
ZK-TFD Piper PA-28RT-201T
ZK-TGS Pipistrel Alpha Trainer
ZK-TNG Air Creation ARV TANARG 912 ES-Bionix
ZK-TQW Solar Wings Pegasus XL-R
ZK-TZW Robin R 1180 TD
ZK-UTC Foxcon Aviation Terrier 200
ZK-VLT JMB Aircraft VL-3TE-915 UL (Destined for North Shore)
ZK-WMR Rans S-6ES Coyote II
ZK-WPT Druine Turbulent U/L (Unregistered)
ZK-ZME Zenair CH701 STOL
ZK-ZUB Zenair CH701 STOL

And the last pics of the day:

What a fantastic day it was today. Plan tomorrow is to do the long drive to Queenstown, of course stopping at all the airfields along the way, which is a fair chunk of them!