Microlight Aircraft of New Zealand - Pioneering Microlight Flight from North Cape to Bluff in February 1982 - Some New Photos.

Back on 17 September I posted about the remarkable flight of three microlights from North Cape to Bluff in February 1982.  You can see that post is HERE and I included some photos of two of the microlights at Timaru.  Murray Kirkus also saw the microlights pass through Hastings on 12 February 1982, and he took the photos below at that time:

This is Marty Waller in his Quicksilver MX ZK-MRW

And this is Ken Asplin in his Mirage ZK-KJA.  You can see that both microlights carried "Score a Ten" draught beer sponsorship but neither had registrations applied under their wings.  We have photos of ZK-KJA (I assume, at Te Kowhai) before and ZK-MRW (at Pikes Point) after the North Cape to Bluff flight where both are in standard colours, so it looks like the beer signage could have been on bespoke sailcloth covers.

Murray also said he flew with them from Hastings to Waipukurau in his Turbulent ZK-CFY.

I will go back to my original post and add these photos in.  Thanks very much for them Murray.