As you can see from the photos the weather was great for the Northern Aviators Club flyin at Leo Johns airstrip at Mata today. Leo's 700 metre airstrip is located about 5 nautical miles South West of Whangarei Airport and has the same 24/06 runway alignment as Whangarei and the same frequency of 118.6, which can lead to a bit of confusion in the circuit. About 15 or so aircraft attended, and some of them were:
A new one to me was Savannah ZK-WTR that has been owned by James Matthews of Ruakaka since joining the Northland Savannah flock on 15/11/18.
Another new one to me was the Kaitaia Aero Club's Cessna C 162 Skycatcher ZK-KTC, which was flown down from Kaitaia by Mark Muller.
An early arrival was Carsten Mathieu in his P&M Aviation Quik GT 450 trike ZK-MAZ2.
A nice surprise arrival was Steve Wynne's Fisher R 80 Tiger Moth 75% scale replica ZK-DSW2 which was being flown by Colin Jordan and Geoff Pritchard (who both own RV 8s in Canada). It is powered by a UL engine of 107 HP with direct drive to the propeller.
Brian Taylor was there when we arrived, then left for Dargaville in his Jodel D 11 ZK-DJQ.
Rusty Russell operated a taxi service across from Whangarei in the Whangarei Flying Club's Tecnam P 92 Echo ZK-KFP.
A couple of aircraft flew up from Waihi Beach: Dave Evans in his Tecnam P 96 Golf ZK-JAN3.
Then another of the Northland Savannah flock arrived as Steve Williams flew taxied up in ZK-CVK2.
I was also pleasantly surprised to see Abbas Shahroodi fly up from North Shore in his Beech A 36 Bonanza ZK-NAZ. It handled the strip easily.
It lifted off very well with 2 up..
And climbed out looking very nice!
and Grant Nordick in his Vans RV 12 ZK-TFP.
It sure sounded powerful among the Rotaxes!
Altogether a great day of aviating and talking about aviating!
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