It has been a very sad start to the year for sport aviation in the North. Dean Voelkerling was a friend of the blog and had sent photos of his aircraft ZK-DVS2 that we posted. Our condolences go out to the families involved with this tragedy.
However, the blogosphere goes on, and from Kaipara Flats airfield I now post a trio of aircraft that arrived on New Year's Eve for some local festivities having flown from Ardmore. When you hear a radial engine flying over in the direction of the airfield, a quick trip out there is always in order and I was able to photograph the planes before they were covered up.
The lead aircraft was Boeing E 75 Stearman ZK-BOE2 (c/n 75-5064) This aircraft has an interesting history which is partly covered HERE
Tagging along behind the Stearman was Cessna 305 Bird Dog ZK-DAJ2 (c/n 22548). The background to the Bird Dog and the history of ZK-DAJ2 can be found HERE
And tail-end Charlie was Cessna 177B Cardinal (c/n 17702472) ZK-JDJ.
Finally there was another aircraft that was a long way from home picketed on the field - the Jabiru J 230UL ZK-PSH of Colin Ashby of Christchurch. I think Colin used to be based at Warkworth.
Best wishes for 2018,thanks for your post,s in 2017 . Like you was saddened to read about the loss of ZK DVS ,..
ReplyDeleteCheers
Allan