Gyrocopter, Vintage Aircraft and Glider airfields today

A very neat day today of seeing a nice range of aircraft.

The first stop was being Dannevirke where the NZ AutoGyro Association were holding their annual Gyrocopter AGM and fly-in.

Here is what I saw:

Local Aircraft:
ZK-DAL Cessna 150G
ZK-DAN Cessna 177B
ZK-DGL Piper PA-28-180
ZK-IQG Airbus Helicopters AS 350 B2
ZK-RIT Neil Hintz Tandem Dominator
ZK-TFP Vans RV-12

Visiting Aircraft:
ZK-IHA Guimbal Cabri G2
ZK-LMO ELA Aviacion ELA-08-R-115
ZK-RCB Rotor Flight Dominator
ZK-RCI Bensen B8M Gyrocopter
ZK-RCR Magni Gyro M16
ZK-RCT Rotor Flight Dynamic Sub 4 Single Dominator
ZK-REG Neil Hintz Tandem Dominator
ZK-RKK Paul Scherrer KB3
ZK-VPM VPM M16 Tandem Trainer
ZK-YGG AutoGyro Calidus

And photos from the event:

My first new ZK- aircraft for the year, nice to see a Bensen Gyro!

As part of the Gyrocopter fly-in, on Sunday they head down to Athby's strip near Woodville for lunch. Sadly Athby no longer has an aircraft, so there were only visiting aircraft there. This is what i saw:

ZK-DAN Cessna 177B
ZK-LMO ELA Aviacion ELA-08-R-115
ZK-PTP Rans S-7S Courier
ZK-RKK Paul Scherrer KB3
ZK-SKO Sky Arrow 480T
ZK-TFB Dyn'Aero MCR ULC
ZK-YGG AutoGyro Calidus

Then a couple of photos from there:

Next stop of the day was Masterton as every last weekend of the month between October and April they have a vintage flying weekend, so today they should have been out. When I got there, low and behold there they were. So here is what I saw:

Visiting Aircraft:
ZK-EBH Piper PA-28-151
ZK-PUG Pitts S-1S
ZK-SXN Air Tractor AT-502B
ZK-UPF Waco UPF-7

Local Aircraft:
ZK-ANL De Havilland DH 82A Tiger Moth
ZK-ANQ De Havilland DH 82A Tiger Moth
ZK-BEW De Havilland DH 82A Tiger Moth
ZK-BFS De Havilland DH 82A Tiger Moth
ZK-CBE The Vintage Aviator BE2c-1L
ZK-DHA De Havilland American DH-4 Replica
ZK-DOS Piper PA-28-180
ZK-DOY Tecnam P.2002 Sierra
ZK-DVA Albatros DVa-1
ZK-EIN Fokker E.III Replica
ZK-END North American Harvard 3*
ZK-FOD Fokker D.VII Replica
ZK-JBX Piper PA-38-112
ZK-JOF Pacific Aerospace Cresco 08-600
ZK-JOK Fokker Triplane Replica Scout
ZK-LGT Akrotech G200
ZK-NIM Nieuport XI Replica
ZK-REK The Vintage Aviator RE8-1
ZK-SBY Sopwith 7F.1 Snipe
ZK-SGQ North American Harvard 2A*
ZK-SOP Sopwith Triplane Replica
ZK-TRG Tecnam P92-2000RG
ZK-TVE Albatros DVa-1
ZK-OTU North American Harvard 2A*
ZK-ZEP The Vintage Aviator BE12-1

A few photos from the day:

ZK-NIM taxiing in

ZK-REK taxiing in, my first photo of this bird!

ZK-DVA taxiing in.

Last stop of the day was the glider strip of Papawai. Was pleasantly surprised to see a fair few gliders around, so here are what I saw, only locals:

ZK-GHA Rolladen-Schneider LS1-f
ZK-GLD Schleicher ASW 20
ZK-GNB Glaser-Dirks DG-100G Elan
ZK-GNC Schempp-Hirth Standard Cirrus
ZK-GNK Rolladen-Schneider LS 4
ZK-GNP Grob G103 Twin II
ZK-GUB Grob Speed Astir IIB
ZK-GXN Schempp-Hirth Discus b

Last photos of the day:

A very nice day today, glad to have visited a few airfields.

Have nothing planned until weekend of the SAANZ Fly-in at Whakatane, which i'll be driving up for the weekend. So, expect to see photos from that in 2 weeks!