Feilding Open Day 2025

 Today Feilding Aerodrome and the weather was mostly good for the day, got a bit overcast around midday otherwise no wind and lots of blue sky.

I got there early to help out with the aircraft movements and stayed right till pack up to assist with aircraft going home and being put away.

Was a fantastic day and well worth the early start.

Here is all that I saw:

Visiting Aircraft:
N861WP De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk Mk 21
NZ1401 Beech T-6C Texan II
NZ3404 Agusta A109LUH
ZK-ADT De Havilland DH 60G Gipsy Moth
ZK-AFD Lockheed 10-A
ZK-AGD Piper J-2
ZK-ANL De Havilland DH 82A Tiger Moth
ZK-ATS Auster J1N
ZK-BAC BAC BAC-167 Strikemaster Mk88
ZK-BEF De Havilland DH 82A Tiger Moth
ZK-CXF Cessna 150H
ZK-DAT Cessna 172L
ZK-JDL Stoddard-Hamilton SH-2 Glasair TD
ZK-KAT Piper PA-28-161
ZK-KAZ Cessna 172S
ZK-MNT Vans RV-7
ZK-NWM Europa Aviation Europa Tri-Gear
ZK-OTU North American Harvard 2A*
ZK-PTP Rans S-7S Courier
ZK-PWR SPA Panther
ZK-RJK Gardan GY-20 Minicab
ZK-SND Monnett Sonerai IILS
ZK-WUA Diamond DA 42

Local Aircraft:
NZ1806 De Havilland DH.104 Devon C.2 (Broken Up)
VH-LLQ Lancair Legacy
ZK-AWH Auster J1B
ZK-BVF Champion 7EC
ZK-BZB Piper PA-28-160
ZK-CHH Cessna 150H
ZK-CHI Cessna 150H
ZK-CXH Cessna 150H
ZK-DRU Cessna 177B
ZK-DUN Piper PA-28-151
ZK-DUQ Piper PA-28-180
ZK-DXL Cessna 172M
ZK-ELC Cessna A152
ZK-EMK Cessna 180K
ZK-ENB North American Harvard 3*
ZK-FPC Cessna 180K
ZK-FXB Aeroprakt A-22LS
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-IJJ Rotorway A600 Talon
ZK-ILH Guimbal Cabri G2
ZK-JBS Robertson B1-RD
ZK-JOS Aerostar 601
ZK-JSG Cessna 172M
ZK-KEM Pitts S-1D Special
ZK-KTA Quicksilver MXL II
ZK-KVZ Cessna U206G
ZK-LDJ Pitts S-2C
ZK-LDR Vans RV-4
ZK-LDW Cessna T182T
ZK-LJI Piper PA-28-181
ZK-LLY Tecnam P.2004 Bravo
ZK-LPD Alpi Aviation Pioneer 300
ZK-LTU Pacific Aerospace Cresco 08-600
ZK-MKO Cirrus SR22
ZK-MKV Sling Aircraft Sling 4 TSi
ZK-MMC X-Air Hanuman
ZK-MSW Cal Parker Teenie Two (Not Yet Registered)
ZK-NEI Cessna 152
ZK-NPT Evektor - Aertechnik Sportstar Plus
ZK-NWY Aviat A-1C-180
ZK-OFC Cessna 182R
ZK-PAY Pterodactyl Ascender II+2
ZK-PEG Pitts S-1E Special
ZK-PMD SPA Panther
ZK-PPP Percival Provost T Mk 1
ZK-REF American Champion 8KCAB
ZK-SKO Sky Arrow 480T
ZK-SLH Jabiru J160
ZK-SLN Sling Aircraft Sling 4 TSi
ZK-SLR Jabiru J230
ZK-SMJ Rand KR-2 (De-registered)
ZK-STG TL-Ultralight TL-2000 Sting
ZK-SUG Piper PA-25-235
ZK-SVG ICP Savannah
ZK-TEC Cessna 177B
ZK-TFB Dyn'Aero MCR
ZK-THK Tim Bygate Tiger Hawk
ZK-TRD Tecnam P92 Echo
ZK-TRO Cessna T210R
ZK-USK Aviat A-1C-180
ZK-XPA Maxair Drifter XP503
ZK-ZOT Zenair Zodiac 601

Nice to see this outside, rarely goes anywhere!

A109 arriving for its static display

Highlight of the day! Huge thanks to Rob for allowing to look after the aircraft, especially whilst it was departing.

Newish resident to Feilding

New one for me and the newest resident at Feilding.

A huge surprise was seeing this outside, i've never seen it outside the hangar in all my time being at Feilding!

All in all, was a great day out and I bagged 4 new ones. Next event will most likely be the Waipukurau dawn raid in 2 weeks' time. If that event gets cancelled, I will most likely not be posting much as will be on holiday.

Waikato Visit 13-04-2025

 A pleasant day was forecasted for yesterday so I decided to take advantage of this and do a long drive up to the Waikato and see what I could find at the airfields around.

First port of call was Taupo for breakfast, with the motorsport race on at Taupo over the weekend, there was a few visiting aircraft around for it, including a nice bizjet. Here is what i saw:

Visiting Aircraft:
VH-VVI Learjet 45
ZK-EOS Cessna 172N
ZK-HBJ Bell 206B
ZK-HGF Robinson R22 Beta
ZK-HWH McDonnell Douglas 500N
ZK-IFC Eurocopter EC 130 B4
ZK-IRL Bell 206L-1
ZK-WBW Falcomposite Furio LN27 RG
ZK-WFT Cessna 172N

Local Aircraft:
ZK-BPT Cessna 172A
ZK-CEN Jabiru SK80
ZK-CIA Piper PA-18-150
ZK-CSW Cessna 150G
ZK-EWF Cessna 172P
ZK-HCX MBB MBB-BK117 B-2
ZK-HIU Airbus Helicopters AS 350 BA
ZK-JMP Cessna 208B
ZK-KCA Vans RV-8
ZK-SKZ Cessna U206F
ZK-SNZ GAF Nomad N22C (De-Registered)
ZK-TTS Cessna 208
ZK-UWE Cessna 172N
ZK-ZSP Partenavia P 68B

Next stop on the trip was Tokoroa, I don't often stop here as usually nothing is happening and that was still the case, no aircraft activity was happening, only model aircraft gathering. One aircraft was outside, the local Aeroprakt A-22LS ZK-LFD.

onwards to Hamilton where there was a bit more aircraft around, the biggest surprise was a Diamond DA62 on the Denmark register! I believe is on a demo tour as I recently saw this in Australia doing a local flight. Sadly, wasn't in a good spot for a photo.

Here is what I saw anyway:

Visiting Aircraft:
OY-RZE Diamond DA.62
ZK-DIM Diamond DA 40 D
ZK-DXY Cessna 172M
ZK-HNP MBB-MBB BK117 B-2
ZK-LFL Beech B200
ZK-SWA Pacific Aerospace 750XL
ZK-TXF Boeing 737-86N

Local Aircraft:
ZK-AAC Cessna 162
ZK-HOD Bell 206B
ZK-IAV Aerospatiale AS 355 F1
ZK-IGE Eurocopter EC 120 B
ZK-IWE Airbus Helicopters AS 350 B2
ZK-MAE Air Tractor AT-502B
ZK-ORZ Piper PA-46-310P
ZK-PAQ Boeing 737-476 (Being parted out)
ZK-SXM Air Tractor AT-502B
ZK-SXO Air Tractor AT-602
ZK-TLE Boeing 737-3S1 (Being parted out)
ZK-TSD Piper PA-34-200T
ZK-WGA Diamond DA 42
ZK-WKF Cessna 172S
ZK-WSJ Cessna 182Q

Next stop was Te Kowhai, sadly there was pretty much zero activity, but did note these aircraft through some open hangars:

Visiting Aircraft:
ZK-DEG Piper PA-28-140

Local Aircraft:
N5JP Cessna 150G
ZK-CJP Jabiru UL-T
ZK-MJK Flylight Airsports Skyranger Swift 2
ZK-SAJ Aeroprakt A-22LS
ZK-SRG Tecnam P2002 Sierra RG
ZK-WER Alpi Aviation Pioneer 200

Next stop was at a school by Cambridge as I had heard there was a Helicopter that had been put there to be used as part of their playground and I was right, I found Kawasaki BK117 C-1 XA-UBP there

Last stop of the day was back to Taupo, I was going to stop at Centennial Park but that was closed off to use as parking due to it being next door to the racetrack for the motor sport. It was also being used as a heliport, which only had Airbus Helicopters AS 350 BA ZK-HBR there as I went past.

Here is what was different at Taupo this time around:

Visiting Aircraft:
ZK-DIW Piper PA-28-140
ZK-HYN Aerospatiale AS 355 F1
ZK-SXL Air Tractor AT-602

Local Aircraft:
ZK-HZD Airbus Helicopters AS 350 BA

A very good day indeed and I bagged 4 new aircraft for myself. The next report will most likely be about the Cirrus Demo plane coming to Kapiti on the 21st April.