A couple from Taieri

A quick flit through Taieri last Wednesday picked up these two beauties.

 Fresh from the Custom Aviation Ltds production line was this Rans S-7S Coyote Courier ZK-PTP5 (c/n 1112583) for Peter Kernohan of Levin. It was registered on 20-11-2013 and takes up the registration as previously used by Peter on his Untravia Pelican which he re-registered as ZK-PLP back on 02-08-2005.

The first ZK-PTP allocation went to the Air Safaris and Services Pilatus Porter, with issue two being a PAC CT/4E Airtrainer for the Royal Thai Air Force. ZK-PTP3 was a re-registration of the Titan Tornado II ZK-KAA in 2001 - and which reverted back to ZK-KAA in mid 2004.

If per chance you need a Rans (or I guess anything for that matter) built up - there is a slot in the production line early next year.
This pic is taken looking through the fin of the next Rans S-6 on line.

ZK-WET2 (c/n N471) was imported from Australia by Craig Buist and registered on 04-09-2013.

Seen here in the back of the Aero Club hangar having its undercarriage serviced. It was registered on Oz as VH-AJB on 05-11-1999 and had all of 162 flying hours when Craig purchased her.

Question time # 166

What aircraft type am I almost underneath to get this shot.

 

And in case I get a flood of correct answers to this simple question.

 

How about telling me the date of manufacture of this particular airframe ?

Auster ZK-AWH again.

This aircraft got a brief mention in an earlier post. See:-

http://nzcivair.blogspot.co.nz/2012/02/omaka-report-1.html

The first two pics of ZK-AWH below come from the Ed Coates Collection.

First one was taken at Hastings in the 1950's

Below a pic from the mid 50's by James Dyson via David Molesworth and the Ed Coates Collection.
It looks like it is wearing the MDAC badge on the cowling; has the fuselage stripe and the registration moved to the fin and rudder.

Below I caught it at Taieri in the early 1960's in another colour scheme whilst under the ownership of M H Mee of lauder.
Not is now has the J1B rudder but still has the unusual louvered engine cowling and the short exhaust.

Below are two shots of her at Pudding Hill on 25-01-1981.

Below we have a shot from Russell Woods.

Above ZK-AWH is seen on the Dudley Payne strip and comes from Allan Wooller.

And two taken at Christchurch International Airport on Tuesday 03-12-2013.

ZK-AWH at Christchurch 02-12-2013

Yesterday (02-12-2013) I spied Mit's Auster J1B ZK-AWH (c/n 1865) at Christchurch International.

Now you won't see an Auster at NZCH every day.

Denney and Skystar Kitfoxes of New Zealand (3)

Our last batch of 6 Kitfoxes to date include a Mark IV and Mark IV Speedsters, a Series V and a Series VII, and finally a Kitfox Lite Squared, and 3 of these aircraft have been imported.  They are all still current.

ZK-CGT (c/n ADU 147) is a Mark IV and was built in the US in 1994 as N27KR.  It was imported into New Zealand in 1997 by the Taylor Family Trust of Wanaka and was registered ZK-CGT (for Cheryl and Graham Taylor) on 21/5/97.  Graham Taylor had been involved with the importation of the original batch of Kitfox kits into New Zealand with Graham Knauf.  It is photo'd above at the 2001 SAANZ flyin at Ashburton.

It is photo'd above at the 2007 SAANZ flyin at Ashburton by Blue Bus.  It was sold to RP and EMH Yates of Christchurch on 19/10/09.

ZK-LYN (c/n AC5091) is a Kitfox Mark IV Speedster with the clipped wings.  It was built at Geraldine and was first registered to Pleasant Valley Holdings on 19/3/04.  It is still owned by Pleasant Valley Holdings but is now based at Queenstown.  Blue Bus took the above photo at Timaru on 27/11/10.

ZK-RJA (c/n 596110200) is a Skystar Series V Outback that was built by John L Anderson at New Plymouth and was first registered on 6/10/05.  It was sold to the K Miller Syndicate of Havelock North on 12/1/11 and it is photo'd under their ownership at the 2012 Taildraggers flyin at Bridge Pa.  Thanks to Nick Furmage for the photo.

ZK-JRK (c/n JB5074) is another Mark IV Speedster built by Graham E Kettle of Hamilton.  It was first registered on 13/6/07 and is photo'd above at an airshow at Matamata in March 2010 by Flyernzl.

ZK-ROX (c/n PFA 172D-14024) is a Skystar Kitfox Series VII.  It was built in Inverness, Scotland by Peter Akass as G-ROXY and was first registered in the UK on 23/10/03.  Peter Akass moved to New Zealand and bought his Kitfox with him, and registered the aircraft as ZK-ROX on 20/3/08.  It is based at Wanaka and photo'd above at the 2009  SAANZ flyin at Ashburton.

Also imported is our only Kitfox Lite Squared which was built in the US as N7800L and first registered there on 17/5/04.  It is photo'd above at Tauranga on 29/1/12.

It was imported to New Zealand and registered as ZK-ELE (c/n 2L0501-015) by Lloyd Renwick of Auckland and was first registered to him on 17/1/12.  It was sold to R Tait of Kawakawa on 5/11/13.  The above photo of ZK-ELE was taken at the 2012 Black Sands flyin at Raglan by Mike Condon.

This ends the history of Kitfoxes in New Zealand to date.  We may see more of them as several projects are still underway, and they are obviously pretty importable!