A beautiful day across the bottom of the North Island meant for a trip round all the fields in the Manawatu and Kapiti Coast.
First thing I did though was meet up with Mark Pattenden from the Tauranga Blog who was staying in Levin for a couple of nights.
First airport stop was Palmerston North, not much was happening just the Massey Aircraft in the circuit and parked up, so moved on to Feilding where a few things were happening.
Here is what I saw at Feilding:
Visiting Aircraft:
ZK-CJE Bolkow Junior
ZK-SXS Air Tractor AT-602
ZK-YUG Gippsland GA8-TC 320
Local Aircraft:
ZK-CBM Cessna 172S
ZK-EJV Cessna A152
ZK-EOJ Cessna 152
ZK-FHB Jodel D.11
ZK-FWB Light Miniature LM-1
ZK-FXG Micro Aviation B22 Bantam
ZK-GAN Schleicher Ka 6CR
ZK-GDG DG Flugzeugbau DG-1000S
ZK-GHF Glasflugel Standard Libelle 201B
ZK-GLI Rolladen-Schneider LS 3
ZK-GLK Rolladen-Schneider LS 3
ZK-GMA Grob Astir CS 77
ZK-GPE Schleicher ASK 21
ZK-JBU Cessna 152
ZK-JSG Cessna 172M
ZK-KEM Pitts S-1D Special
ZK-KVZ Cessna U206G
ZK-LLY Tecnam P2004 Bravo
ZK-LPD Alpi Aviation Pioneer 300
ZK-MBI Piper PA-34-220T
ZK-MEJ Piper PA-22-108
ZK-MMC X-Air Hanuman
ZK-OFC Cessna 182R
ZK-PMD SPA Panther
ZK-PNL VPM VPM M16 Tandem Trainer
ZK-SKO Sky Arrow 480T
ZK-STG TL-Ultralight TL-2000 Sting
ZK-SUG Piper PA-25-235
ZK-TRD Tecnam P92 Echo
ZK-UDY Zenair Zenith CH-200
ZK-UPX Piper PA-34-220T (Unregistered)
ZK-XPA Maxair Drifter XP503
ZK-ZOT Zenair Zodiac 601 UL
And a couple of pics:
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| My first time seeing outside its hangar, moved over for some TLC! |
Afterwards we headed to the Kairanga Airstrip where a few locals were around:
CX-AYC Transland Ag-2
ZK-AZB De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk 1
ZK-BXO Auster B8 Series 1
ZK-PJO Zlin Z-37T
ZK-PWZ Edgar Percival Prospector Type EP9
Next stop was Foxton, sadly nothing was happening, but local Piper PA-32-300 ZK-WGO showed up from New Plymouth and opened up to also show locals Cessna 172L ZK-DAT and SG Aviation Storm 300 ZK-VEE.
Next stop was Otaki and for the first time ever i got to go on to the Airfield, so was very nice getting to see the locals, even if most were locked up inside hangars, here is what I saw:
Visiting Aircraft:
ZK-VIA Vans RV-6A
Local Aircraft:
ZK-BLV De Havilland DH 82A Tiger Moth
ZK-BQY Piper PA-18
ZK-CLX Jabiru J160
ZK-DCL American Champion 8KCAB
ZK-EHH Cessna 172N
ZK-FZR Staaken Flitzer Z-21a
ZK-UPF Waco UPF-7
Had to get a couple of pics whilst i was there:
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| Nice to see ZK-FZR up close! Shame about the cover blocking most of the aircraft from view. |
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| Of course, I had to get a picture of ZK-UPF who was out doing joy flights for some people today. |
Last stop of the day was my home airport of Kapiti, for once i will put a list of everything I saw, but I didn't take any pictures.
Visiting Aircraft:
ZK-DUN Piper PA-28-151
ZK-FHQ Piper PA-28-181
ZK-KAT Piper PA-28-161
ZK-MDF Cessna 152
ZK-MLN Cessna 208B
ZK-MTI Diamond DA 40
ZK-NAI Cessna 152
ZK-TWU Harmon Rocket II
ZK-CTE Cessna 150H
ZK-DIO Piper PA-23-250 (Unregistered)
ZK-DKW Grumman American AA-5
ZK-DRP Cessna 172M
ZK-DRT Cessna 172M
ZK-DYB Jodel D.11
ZK-ELA Cessna 152
ZK-ELS Cessna A152
ZK-EKM Cessna 152
ZK-FLC Cessna 152
ZK-IMZ Guimbal Cabri G2
ZK-JEN Cessna A152
ZK-KAL Cessna 172S
ZK-KAZ Cessna 172S
ZK-KID Cessna A152
ZK-KEA Falconar F-11
ZK-LSF Tecnam P2002 Sierra
ZK-MTZ Diamond DA 40
ZK-MWM Piper PA-28-181
ZK-NML Cessna 182R
ZK-TDL Piper PA-38-112
A great day in all, now to enjoy a nice couple of days resting!
