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
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.
