Hawera BBQ Fly-In

 Finally, a Fly-In after 4 months of either bad weather or no fly-ins.

Today was the day of Hawera Aero Club's annual daylight savings BBQ fly-in. Whilst the weather wasn't the best of the drive up or just before the aircraft started arriving. It was nice for the rest of the day!

Here are the aircraft that braved the fly-in today:

Local Aircraft:
ZK-AIL De Havilland DH 82A Tiger Moth (Under rebuild)
ZK-BKV Piper PA-18
ZK-CAW EAA Acro Sport II
ZK-CJE Bolkow Junior
ZK-DGO Piper PA-28-180
ZK-DGQ Piper PA-28-140
ZK-FMP Cessna 172M
ZK-MAG Cessna 172P
ZK-TEL TRI-R KIS TR-4 Cruiser
ZK-UNB Cessna A152

Visiting Aircraft:
ZK-BTC Piper PA-18A-150
ZK-CBH Cessna 180
ZK-CTF Cessna 150H
ZK-DKM Cessna 172M
ZK-DPL Cessna A150L
ZK-EBR Sky Arrow 480T
ZK-FRS Piper PA-38-112
ZK-JFG Cessna 180K
ZK-JIP Cessna 172S
ZK-KFA Tecnam P2002 Sierra
ZK-OCC Cessna 170A
ZK-OFC Cessna 182R
ZK-PBH R & B Bearhawk
ZK-RIK Cessna 182S
ZK-RTO AutoGyro MTOsport
ZK-SKO Sky Arrow 480T
ZK-THK Tim Bygate Tiger Hawk
ZK-YGG AutoGyro Calidus
ZK-YRA Yakovlev Yak-52
ZK-ZIM Beech C23
ZK-ZKP Zenair Zodiac CH 601-HD
ZK-ZOT Zenair Zodiac 601 UL

And some photos from the day

Very nice to see this rock in, seen here taxiing out to head home!

My first time getting a photo of this lovely looking bird!

A slight update in livery since I last saw it!

Been a long time since I've seen this gyro, glad it turned up!

Always nice to see a classic Cessna show, with a slight change in livery since I last saw it!

After the fly-in, I decided to head up to the other Taranaki airfields whilst i was in the area. The next airfield was Startford with a bit of activity happening, here are the locals I saw:

ZK-JLZ Zenair CH701 STOL
ZK-JNV ICP Savannah
ZK-JTA Aeroprakt A-22
ZK-RFD B & F Technik Vertri FK 14 B
ZK-RPL Rotor Hawk Falcon 1
ZK-TKF Micro Aviation B22 Bantam
ZK-WER Alpi Aviation Pioneer 200

Then I headed up to Norfolk Road, sadly the gate to the airfield was shut on way up and back down, so sadly couldn't see what was around. So last stop was New Plymouth where a bit was happening, here is what I saw:

Visiting Aircraft:
ZK-EFP Piper PA-28-140
ZK-SHB Diamond DA 42

Local Aircraft:
ZK-CYT Piper PA-24
ZK-DOK Piper PA-30
ZK-EGN Cessna 320E
ZK-JDH Piper PA-34-200T
ZK-JEZ Cessna 172N
ZK-PBY Consolidated Vultee PBY-5A
ZK-VCE Alpha R2150
ZK-WTD Cessna 172M

And I got one photo:

A good day in the end, despite the poor weather at the start. Looking forward to Flat Hills Fly-In this coming Sunday.