Helicopters & Others at Taupo

A visit to a very busy Taupo Airport today offered a lot that was new to this blog starting with Heli Sika's Hughes 369E ZK-HWB3 which has been with the company since import from the US in 2001, and now features a new paint scheme.

One of 2 new Ukrainian Aerocopter AK1-3Ms imported in mid 2023 is ZK-HHR4 which is registered to a Stratford owner.

Imported from the USA in 2017 is Schweizer 269C ZK-IIL2 which was acquired by a Rotorua owner in March 2022.

One of 2 Robinson R44s in Te Awamutu based Helicopter Management's fleet is ZK-IHJ3.  This was originally imported new back in 2002 as ZK-HHJ2 being withdrawn from use in 2017 and then rebuilt as ZK-IHJ in 2019.

Locally based Robinson R22 ZK-HGF8 was originally imported from Japan in 2010 as ZK-HIJ4 and was reregistered as HGF in January 2023 to allow Eagleflight Technics to use HIJ on a brand new EC130T2.

And now back on amphibious floats is Piper PA18-150 Super Cub ZK-CIA3 which was heading off for some training on river landings.