At Ardmore I was pleased to catch up with the Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trusts's two new Leonardo AW 169 helicopters at their new base:
The new AHRT Ardmore base is in the two hangar complex just South of the Auckland Aero Club, where work was going on to make the complex fit for purpose. It has been well known that their lease is running out for the old Mechanics Bay site, and also that the new helicopters were too big to be hangared there. So this is their new base. I am not sure if the new helicopters are operational from Ardmore yet.
Inside one of the hangars was the new AW 169 ZK-IZB (c/n 69083) which was registered on 22/3/19. On seeing the Newstalk ZB sponsorship, it twigged to me that the rego harks back to the old 1ZB radio station.
And in the other hangar (they are joined inside) was the other AW 169 ZK-HLH4 (c/n 69082). This was the best I could do by zooming in with a construction fence erected outside. A better photo of the helicopter can be seen at https://nzcivair.blogspot.com/2019/02/leonardo-aw169-zk-hlh-re-visited.html
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