Taildraggers 2025

 Over the weekend Hawkes Bay held the annual Taildraggers fly-in and comps. on the Saturday it was held at Hastings, whilst on Sunday it was held at Waipukurau.

So yesterday I ventured up to Waipukurau to see what was about. I had sadly just missed the bearhawk group that was doing their fly-in at Waipukurau over the weekend. But nonetheless there were still some aircraft that flew in on a beautiful day:

Visitors:
ZK-AEL Waco UOC
ZK-BEW De Havilland DH 82A Tiger Moth
ZK-BFK Cessna 120
ZK-BPM Piper PA-18A-150
ZK-BTC Piper PA-18A-150
ZK-DXA Cessna 180J
ZK-EFI Cessna U206G
ZK-LMG Zenith Zodiac CH 650
ZK-MRD ICP Savannah S
ZK-PTP Rans S-7S Courier
ZK-RJK Gardan GY-20 Minicab
ZK-RVH Vans RV-4
ZK-SCA Zlin Aviation Savage
ZK-TAH Cessna 172RG
ZK-UPF Waco UPF-7

Locals:
ZK-ARL De Havilland Canada DHC-1A-1
ZK-ATO Auster J1B (Deregistered)
ZK-BQL Auster J5
ZK-BVV Cessna 180C
ZK-CHB Rans S-6S Coyote II
ZK-CJB Bolkow Junior
ZK-CTU Aero Commander 100
ZK-DJQ Jodel D.11
ZK-DMC Aero Designs/Skystar Pulsar
ZK-ETJ Cessna A152
ZK-IXE Innovator Mosquito XE
ZK-JDP Rans S-6S Coyote II
ZK-KSS Piper PA-18S-105
ZK-POR Porterfield 35-70
ZK-RDL First Strike Bobcat
ZK-REQ Auro Flight Dominator II
ZK-YAT Cessna R172K

A pleasant surprise to see was this aero commander 680F do a low missed approach

Nice to see Simon down with his Cessna 120

Been a while since i've seen this Waco, still looking gorgeous as ever

Afterwards I headed up to Hastings to see what was around, here is what I saw:

Visitors:
ZK-FNT Cessna 172E
ZK-HEU Hughes 269B
ZK-HLT Hughes 269C
ZK-HZF Hughes 269C
ZK-ILH Guimbal Cabri G2
ZK-JPC Cessna TU206A
ZK-ROC Piper PA-34-200
ZK-ROG Cessna T182

Locals:
ZK-BPM Piper PA-18A-150
ZK-BQS Piper PA-18
ZK-BSP Cessna 180
ZK-CDK Aero Commander 680-F
ZK-CHG Nanchang CJ-6
ZK-CPD Champion 7ECA
ZK-EDS Beech F33A
ZK-EQB Piper PA-38-112
ZK-EYH Cessna 180K
ZK-FQQ Piper PA-28-181
ZK-GHB Grob G 103C Twin III SL
ZK-GMX Grob G103 Twin II
ZK-GOM Glaser-Dirks DG-400
ZK-GRJ Schleicher ASH 25 M
ZK-GXS Rolladen-Schneider LS8
ZK-HLQ Hughes 269A
ZK-JMY Cessna 172S
ZK-JTC Piper PA-38-112
ZK-JVC Piper PA-38-112
ZK-KCW Cessna 177RG
ZK-LNU Cessna 172R
ZK-MAV Cessna R172K
ZK-MBI Piper PA-34-220T
ZK-RBC Aviat A-1B
ZK-RGZ Cessna T182T
ZK-TJK Micro Aviation Bantam B22J
ZK-ZAN Cessna 172S

Next stop was up to Napier, nothing really happening but did note these aircraft:

Visitors:
ZK-MAP Cessna 402B
ZK-MTD Diamond DA 40
ZK-XLF Cessna F406

Locals:
ZK-EFI Cessna U206G
ZK-EUD NZ Aerospace FU24-954
ZK-MSL Piper PA-34-200T
ZK-NPR Piper PA-31
ZK-ROW Piper PA-46-500TP
ZK-WRB Piper PA-38-112

Last stop of the day was Dannevirke on the way home, nothing happening again but did note these:

Visitors:
ZK-CHL Cessna 185C

Locals:
ZK-DAL Cessna 150G
ZK-DAN Cessna 177B
ZK-EBL Piper PA-28-140

A great day in all, with bagging 2 new aircraft for me. Next event is Black Sands in 2 weeks up at Te Kowhai. Hoping for some good weather!