A full house.

On my Friday Wizz around today I found a great collection of helicopters at Christchurch International.

Nothing terribly new but -

Fairchild Hiller FH1100 ZK-HCI (c/n 74) snuck in from out West.

More on this 'Classic' at http://nzcivair.blogspot.co.nz/search?q=hci

MD NOTAR ZK-HFJ (c/n LN027) as been parked at Heli Maintenance for some days now. There is another NOTAR having its NZ certification done in their hangar - with another import due next week. That's the Mil 34 NAF 557 (ZK-Pending) to the right.

Above and below :- Three R44s outside ZK-HLN ZK-HLM, ZK-IWR and ZK-IFD (with three more inside).

A few metres away at HeliPro Robinson R44 ZK-IAA (c/n 1103) was heading away in the rain.

Followed very closely by MBB BO105 ZK-IAI (c/n S841) as "HeliPro 20". 

Just across the road Pacific Aircraft also had a house full of helicopters.

Anchored down beside the Canterbury Aero Club hangar was this Cessna 172N ZK-JHC (c/n 17269276) as listed to K R Rentals of Longburn.

This is a 1977 model which was damaged by jet blast at Phoenix, Arizona on 06-04-1995.

It went to Aircraft Salvage and Rebuild at Omak, Washington but its rebuild was completed in NZ and it was registered as ZK-JHC on 19-08-1996 to K R Rentals of Palmerston North.

It has spent time with the Manawatu District Aero Club and with Tom Dick out West of Christchurch.

(Note to CMM:- not being IFR rated I did not do the NZRT pie run today).