Flashback to the mid 1980's

 Graeme Stratton has dug out three more pics from the past - Mid 1980's actually.

Lakeland Helicopters Ltd's Hughes 369D ZK-HSO c/n 87-0171D with Toby Clark in charge.

It joined our register, ex Australia, in October of 1983 and was destroyed by fire in the Pureora Forest in April 1987.

The Helicopter Services Taupo Ltd's Aerospatiale AS 350 B ZK-HNP c/n 1611 -in its 'Philips Rescue' scheme - probably driven by John Funnell - at Big Ben on the Ahinmawa Range between the Ripia and the Mohaka Rivers.

HNP served with Helicopter Services and the Search and Rescue Trust until being withdrawn and cancelled in January 2014.

Here we have Toby Clark moving an "A" frame down the Mohaka River to what became the 'Footy Field' strip hut. Looks like a Lama !