Wairarapa and Manawatu visit 03-07-22

 A visit out to Masterton and Feilding today saw a nice variety of aircraft out for a flight.

First up was Masterton and an absolute stunner of a day greeted me and a few aircraft on show at the field. Even if they were all locals, here is everything I saw:

ZK-AHD Piper J.3
ZK-ANL De Havilland Tiger Moth
ZK-BEW De Havilland Tiger Moth
ZK-CJG Bolkow Bo 208C
ZK-DES Van's RV-7
ZK-DKD Cessna 172M
ZK-DOY Tecnam P2002
ZK-DPS Cessna A150L
ZK-END North American Harvard
ZK-GYJ Schleicher ASH-25M
ZK-JBX Piper PA-38
ZK-JIM ICP Savannah S
ZK-KKQ Tl ultralight TL-3000 Sirius
ZK-MBO Piper PA-44
ZK-MLE Titan T-51
ZK-RMA Van's RV-10
ZK-SXM Air Tractor AT-502
ZK-TBD Sequoia Falco F.8L
ZK-UAE Stoddard-Hamilton SH-3R Glasair III
ZK-WRA Tecnam P2002JF

And the pics:

A new local, haven't seen this one since 2013!

Then went on to Feilding where the weather wasn't nearly as good. But still a few aircraft outside, including the nice surprise of an OriginAir's Jetstream coming in for local maintenance base AvCraft.

Here is everything I saw:

Visiting Aircraft:
VH-PGU Gippsland GA-8
ZK-AST Tecnam Astore
ZK-FNA Piper PA-28
ZK-JSH BAe Jetstream 3102
ZK-PTP Rans S-7S Courier
ZK-SXS Air Tractor AT-602

Local Aircraft:
ZK-CBM Cessna 172S
ZK-DUQ Piper PA-28
ZK-EOJ Cessna 152
ZK-EZY Cli-mate 100
ZK-FSM Hovey Delta Hawk
ZK-JBU Cessna 152
ZK-LLY Tecnam P2004
ZK-MBI Piper PA-34
ZK-MMC X-Air Hanuman
ZK-PMD SPA Panther
ZK-RWS Piper PA-25
ZK-SKO Sky Arrow 480T
ZK-STG TL Ultralight TL-2000 Sting
ZK-TRD Tecnam P92
ZK-UPX Piper PA-34 (Unregistered)
ZK-VHS ICP Savannah S
ZK-XPA Maxair Drifter XP503
ZK-ZOT Zenair CH.601UL

And the pics:

The biggest aircraft i've ever seen land at Feilding, but not the biggest i've seen there! That would go to Cessna 650 N163JM

ZK-SXS arrives into Feilding all the way from Canterbury area for maintenance.

New Cessna 152 for Kapiti Districts Aero Club

 Last week I was given the heads up that the Kapiti Districts Aero Club was getting a new plane on Wednesday and thankfully when she arrived I had just finished work. So went out to welcome her in on a pleasant afternoon.

I was asked not to post up that she was a new addition until they had announced via their newsletter. This has since passed and the CAA updates today revealed the change of ownership, so the cat would be out the bag now anyway.

So have decided to put up the pics and announcement on the blog.

Here are the photos of her arrival.

ZK-EKM taxis in at the conclusion of her delivery flight from Taieri via Kaikoura

I do love seeing a registration on a tail!

Fitting shot showing the clubrooms with the words aero club on top.

I look forward to seeing ZK-EKM flying about with her new owners!

Gyro Fly-In at Whanganui

 Today I drove up to Whanganui to have a look around knowing it was the last day of the Gyro Fly-In held there over the long weekend. Was also nice to meet up with Zac Yates (from A.K.A Handbag blog)

Sadly only 3 gyros were left, but was nice to see those depart back home via Turangi, Taupo and Matamata. There were a few other locals and visitors around, here is what I saw:

Visiting Aircraft:
ZK-JSB Cessna 182Q
ZK-KRA Saab 340A
ZK-LFT Bae Jetstream
ZK-LMO ELA Aviacion ELA-08-R-115
ZK-MKH AutoGyro Cavalon
ZK-OHF AutoGyro Cavalon
ZK-SXN Air Tractor AT-502B

Local Aircraft:
ZK-BTU Piper PA-18
ZK-CTF Cessna 150H
ZK-CTG Cessna 150H
ZK-ELC Cessna A152
ZK-FJD Piper PA-22
ZK-FRS Piper PA-38
ZK-JIP Cessna 172S
ZK-KIT Denney Kitfox II
ZK-LDG AESL Airtourer T6
ZK-LSD Titan T-51
ZK-PEG Pitts S-1E
ZK-PMJ Beech B200
ZK-RWW Skycraft Scout Mk.III
ZK-TJK Micro Aviation Bantam
ZK-WHC Alpi Aviation Pioneer 200

And the pics:

ZK-LFT taxis to the apron after arriving from Wellington on another medical mission

ZK-KRA arriving from Auckland as 3C712

Dannevirke Dawn Raid 2022

 An overcast day and a few showers on the drive over to Dannevirke this morning. Then at the Airfield it was mostly overcast, very little rain, but with the low cloud base, wasn't expecting much to turn up to the dawn raid.

But a decent amount of hardy pilots still managed to fly over, by my count 21 aircraft decided to come over.

Here is everything I saw:

Visiting Aircraft:
ZK-CBH Cessna 180
ZK-CHH Cessna 150H
ZK-CHL Cessna 185C
ZK-CTF Cessna 150H
ZK-DKM Cessna 172M
ZK-DUQ Piper PA-28
ZK-DXL Cessna 172M
ZK-EBR Sky Arrow 480T
ZK-FRS Piper PA-38
ZK-JIP Cessna 172S
ZK-LDR Van's RV-4
ZK-LGE Cessna 172P
ZK-LLY Tecnam P2004
ZK-LPD Alpi Aviation Pioneer 300
ZK-MMC X-Air Hanuman
ZK-OFC Cessna 182R
ZK-PTP Rans S-7S
ZK-SKO Sky Arrow 480T
ZK-SPO Glasair Sportsman 2+2
ZK-STG TL Ultralight TL-2000
ZK-XPA Maxair Drifter XP503

Local Aircraft:
ZK-DAL Cessna 150G
ZK-DGL Piper PA-28
ZK-EBL Piper PA-28
ZK-IBP Bell 206B
ZK-IDR Aerospatiale AS350
ZK-RIT Neil Hintz Tandem Dominator

And the photos:

A nice surprise to see come in! Maxair Drifter XP503 ZK-XPA

In a new paint scheme since the last time I saw it!

Till the next dawn raid, which should be around late July at Hastings, just waiting on official details!

Auckland Trip Part 2

 Today was the day of Warbirds on Parade at Ardmore. Woke up to see the weather was cloudy, so was hoping it would stay like that at the very worst. For most of the day it did just that.

So after grabbing breakfast, I drove over to Ardmore and got myself in, took note of what was around, caught up with a couple of spotter friends and then settled in to a nice spot for the days displays.

2/3 of the show went a head as planned, the 3rd and last segment was cancelled due to heavy rain coming in, so the event was cut short by about 2 hours. Despite this, it was a fantastic day and well worth the drive up yesterday.

Instead of my usual list of every aircraft, I will do only those on display and then some highlights of aircraft outside of it:

Display Aircraft:
NZ1403 Beech T-6C Texan II
NZ3618 Kaman SH-2G Seasprite
NZ6208 McDonnell Douglas A-4K (Unregistered)
NZ6471 Aermacchi MB-339CB (Unregistered)
WT346 English Electric Canberra B.2 (Unregistered, marked up as "NZ6102")
ZK-ARS Albatross D.Va replica
ZK-BKW Piper PA-18
ZK-BLI De Havilland Tiger Moth
ZK-BOE Boeing Stearman
ZK-BTL Bristol Scout D replica
ZK-CAG Curtiss P-40N
ZK-CMM Miles M.38 Messenger
ZK-CPG AESL Airtourer T6
ZK-DAK Douglas DC-3C
ZK-DGY Pacific Aerospace Airtrainer
ZK-DPP Percival Proctor I
ZK-EAM Diamond DA.42
ZK-ENE North American Harvard
ZK-ENG North American Harvard
ZK-ENJ North American Harvard
ZK-EZG Dan Rihn DR.107 One Design
ZK-FKD Fokker Dr.1 Triplane replica
ZK-GNW Grob G.109
ZK-IPC Bell 429
ZK-JJA North American Harvard
ZK-MJN North American Harvard
ZK-POL Polikarpov Po-2
ZK-PRK Bristol Fighter F2B replica
ZK-SAR Cessna 182T
ZK-SAX DHC 1 Chipmunk
ZK-SSW Siemens-Schuckert D-IV replica
ZK-TAF North American Mustang
ZK-TVI North American Harvard
ZK-VCM The Vintage Aviator BE2e-1
ZK-VNM De Havilland Venom
ZK-WAR North American Harvard
ZK-WDQ Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX
ZK-WLM Aero L-39
ZK-XLX Extra EA 300/LC
ZK-XXS Yakovlev Yak-52
ZK-YIK Yakovlev Yak-52

Visiting Aircraft:
ZK-BTC Piper PA-18
ZK-CVI Nanchang CJ-6
ZK-EFB Cessna A185F
ZK-IPB Bell 429
ZK-UFS Piper PA-28
ZK-VHC Aeroprakt A32 (Possible new resident)
ZK-WIT Piper PA-28
ZK-XXI AESL Airtourer T3A
ZK-YAC Yakovlev Yak-52

Local Aircraft:
ZK-CBF Cessna A185F
ZK-COP Piper PA-38
ZK-DNE Piper PA-28
ZK-IBN Bell 206L-4
ZK-IZB Agusta AW169
ZK-MBY Thorp S-18

I took plenty of pictures, so is a handful of my favourite ones!

All 6 WW1 Aircraft based at Ardmore up at once! A truly awesome sight!

ZK-PRK being wing walked back in

ZK-FKD taxiing back in

ZK-SSW taxiing back in

ZK-ARS taxiing back in

ZK-WAR putting on the smoke whilst taxiing back in

ZK-DAK getting airborne for a local joy flight

ZK-IPB "Police 2" doing a quick fly down the runway before vacating

ZK-WDQ taxiing out for her display

ZK-VNM getting airborne for her display

ZK-XLX putting on the smoke whilst getting airborne

5x Harvards doing their famous roaring 40s display

NZ3618 sitting on display

Tomorrow is the trip home. Weather isn't looking very good, so may not be much to blog about if at all, will have to see!