Sunday, August 24, 2025

Queenstown 24-08-2025

 On a beautiful winter's day, I had a brief visit down to Queenstown to try and catch up on helicopters there as it's been over 4 years since I last visited.

Whilst Queenstown was a bit quiet whilst I was there, there was still a few choppers around that I needed and was also good to catch up on what was local and not and update my list.

Here is everything I saw outside of airliners:

Visiting Aircraft:
T7-JOYY Gulfstream G550
ZK-HBK Kawasaki BK117 B-2
ZK-JCJ Bombardier CL-600-2B16
ZK-ZEK Cessna 680 Sovereign
ZK-ZOW Aerospool Dynamic WT9

Local Aircraft:
ZK-DGK Piper PA-28-235
ZK-HBO Bell 206B
ZK-HFK Airbus Helicopters AS 350 B2
ZK-HPS Airbus Helicopters AS 350 B2
ZK-HSM Airbus Helicopters AS 350 B2
ZK-HTW Airbus Helicopters AS 350 B3
ZK-IAS Airbus Helicopters AS 350 B3
ZK-IBV Airbus Helicopters AS 350 B2
ZK-ICH Airbus Helicopters EC 130 T2
ZK-ICY MBB MBB BK117 B-2
ZK-IDH Airbus Helicopters MBB-BK117 D-3
ZK-IHO Airbus Helicopters AS 350 B3
ZK-IKW Airbus Helicopters AS 350 B3
ZK-INT Airbus Helicopters AS 350 B3
ZK-IUS Airbus Helicopters AS 350 B3
ZK-KDI Daher Kodiak 100
ZK-KDK Daher Kodiak 100
ZK-MCL Cessna 208B
ZK-MCM Gippsland GA8
ZK-MSF Cessna 208B
ZK-PPR Cessna 208B
ZK-SDG Cessna 208B (On lease to Southern Lakes Aviation)
ZK-SFX Cub Crafters CCX-2000
ZK-SLA Cessna 208B
ZK-SLB Cessna 208B


Still looking very new only imported back in March this year



A great trip in the end with me getting 12 new ones from it. Now to get out to the glaciers and do the same thing at some point!

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