Sunday, March 19, 2023

Bill Bennett Memorial Fly-In at Turangi

 Today the Turangi Aero Club held a BBQ lunch fly-in in association with the late Bill Bennett's memorial.

The weather was really good at Turangi and the drive up was mostly fine all the way up. Apparently cloud and rain most likely heeded aircraft arriving from up north, but there was still a number of aircraft that flew in for the event.

Here is what I saw:

Local Aircraft:
ZK-FCW Cessna 172H
ZK-HKH Aerocopter AK1-3M
ZK-OFB Bowers Flybaby (Unregistered)
ZK-XRD Vans RV-3

Visiting Aircraft:
ZK-CDY Cessna 180A
ZK-DAN Cessna 177B
ZK-DKM Cessna 172M
ZK-DUQ Piper PA-28-180
ZK-DXL Cessna 172M
ZK-DYC Cavalier SA.102.5
ZK-FRS Piper PA-38-112
ZK-JAB Jabiru J230
ZK-JIP Cessna 172S
ZK-OHF AutoGyro Cavalon
ZK-OUZ Zenair CH701
ZK-MAL Ultravia Pelican Club GS
ZK-RBE AutoGyro MTOsport
ZK-RKK Paul scherrer KB3
ZK-SLN Sling Aircraft Sling 4 TSi
ZK-SXR Sonex
ZK-THK Tim Bygate Tiger Hawk
ZK-WHC Alpi Aviation Pioneer 200
ZK-YGG AutoGyro Calidus
ZK-ZOT Zenair Zodiac 601 UL

And then some photos from the day:



Nice to finally see ZK-DYC, also in a new scheme, note the registration on tail coming off due to it only being tape



My only new one from the event, certainly a unique helicopter!