Sunday, August 27, 2023

Hawkes Bay visit 27-08-2023

 Finally, some good weather that also fell on the same day as when i'm free.

So, with the good weather in mind I went off to Hawkes Bay to see what was around.

The first visit was Dannevirke where nothing was happening, but did note these locals:

ZK-DAL Cessna 150G
ZK-DAN Cessna 177B
ZK-DGL Piper PA-28-180
ZK-EBL Piper PA-28-140
ZK-IBP Bell 206B
ZK-RIT Neil Hintz Tandem Dominator
ZK-TFP Vans RV-12

Next stop on the agenda was Waipukurau where a bit more activity was noted.

Here's what I noted:

Visiting Aircraft:
ZK-ULL Cavalier SA102.5

Local Aircraft:
ZK-ARL De Havilland Canada DHC-1A-1
ZK-DHZ Jodel D.9
ZK-ETJ Cessna A152
ZK-JLD Micro Aviation B10 Bantam
ZK-RPH Evektor-Aertechnik Sportstar Plus

Next up was Hastings, where quite a few aircraft were up aviating.

Here is what I saw:

Visiting Aircraft:
ZK-BZR Cessna 180
ZK-FNT Cessna 172E
ZK-HBQ Airbus Helicopters AS350B2
ZK-HLT Hughes 269C

Local Aircraft:
ZK-BSP Cessna 180
ZK-CDK Aero Commander 680-F
ZK-CHG Nanchang CJ-6
ZK-CPD Champion 7ECA
ZK-DFL Piper PA-28-180
ZK-DSK Piper PA-28-151
ZK-EDS Beech F33A
ZK-EIR Piper PA-38-112
ZK-EKG Cessna 172N
ZK-EQB Piper PA-38-112
ZK-FCQ Cessna 152
ZK-FQQ Piper PA-28-181
ZK-FTQ Piper PA-38-112
ZK-FWK Cessna A152
ZK-GHB Grob G103C Twin III SL
ZK-GHN Glasflugel Standard Libelle 201B
ZK-GJA Schempp-Hirth Ventus-3M
ZK-GLZ Glaser-Dirks DG-200/17
ZK-GMF Rolladen Schneider LS3-a
ZK-GMX Grob G103 Twin II
ZK-GRJ Schleicher ASH 25M
ZK-GWG PZL-Swidnik PW-5 Smyk
ZK-GXS Rolladen-Schneider LS8
ZK-HLQ Hughes 269A
ZK-IDR Airbus Helicopters AS350B2
ZK-JFY Cessna 152
ZK-JHF Piper PA-38-112
ZK-JKA Cessna 172R
ZK-JMR Cessna 172S
ZK-JSD Cessna 172S
ZK-JTC Piper PA-38-112
ZK-JVC Piper PA-38-112
ZK-LKA R & B Bearhawk
ZK-NJT Piper PA-38-112
ZK-NPK Cessna 152
ZK-SHB Diamond DA 42
ZK-SMB Vans RV-12
ZK-SVQ Cessna 402B
ZK-TLP Pazmany PL-2
ZK-TOD Cessna 152
ZK-TUT Cessna 152
ZK-WAJ Piper PA-38-112

Then a few pictures






Last stop of the day was Napier, not much happening here, but did note the following:

Visiting Aircraft:
ZK-DXF Cessna 172M
ZK-ECQ Piper PA-31-325
ZK-IBZ Robinson R44 II
ZK-MRR Grumman American AA-5A
ZK-WTA Grumman G-164B
ZK-XLR Pacific Aerospace 750XL

Local Aircraft:
ZK-BZZ Morane-Saulnier MS 880B
ZK-CKZ Cessna 182J
ZK-EUA NZ Aerospace FU24-954 (Major maintenance)
ZK-LQA Cessna 172M
ZK-MJO Cirrus Design SR22
ZK-MSL Piper PA-34-200T
ZK-NPR Piper PA-31
ZK-ROW Cessna 208B

And one photo:



A great day out, despite not seeing much aircraft flying. Looking forward to the next trip, got many planned from end of September right through October.