I was delighted to see the Jodel D 11 ZK-CKG in a hangar at Kerikeri when I visited there on 18 November. I have previously posted about this D 11 as part of my series on Jodel D 11s of New Zealand at https://nzcivair.blogspot.com/2012/11/jodel-d-11s-of-new-zealand-1.html
ZK-CKG is still owned by the Courtenay Flood Syndicate of Kaikohe and in fact it has spent all of its life in the far North. It was first registered on 1/7/66 and first flew in February 1968.
I had not previously appreciated that our first single seat Jodel D 9 (ZK-CTW) was not registered (on 23/6/67) or flown (on 2/12/69), until after ZK-CKG, so that makes it the matriarch of the New Zealand Jodel family (although the imported D 112 ZK-CGL2 is in fact older).
So ZK-CKG has now been flying for more than 50 years, which is just as it should be!
I had not previously appreciated that our first single seat Jodel D 9 (ZK-CTW) was not registered (on 23/6/67) or flown (on 2/12/69), until after ZK-CKG, so that makes it the matriarch of the New Zealand Jodel family (although the imported D 112 ZK-CGL2 is in fact older).
So ZK-CKG has now been flying for more than 50 years, which is just as it should be!
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