Allister Janks was on site at Wellington Airport today and offers these photographs of some of the activity from the Western side.
The Taranaki Community Rescue Helicopter ZK-HES4 arrived in from New Plymouth with a patient transfer - then departed back to its home base
This MBB MBB-BK117 B2 / 850D2 with the c/n 7205 was initially registered in Germany as D-HIMV in 1992 and operated in the EMS role. It moved up to Norway and became LN-OSY2 before returning to Germany in 2008 as D-HBAY4 with ADAC. It was converted to an 850D2 model and joined the New Zealand register as ZK-HES4 with Airwork (NZ) Ltd on 18-09-2017.
It has served in the EMS role at several locations since then under the Search And Rescue Services title since October of 2019 - and is currently the Taranaki Community Rescue Helicopter based at New Plymouth.
Its HES registration letters are cunningly hidden behind the winching gear.
The classic Cessna 172 ZK-BVP c/n 36582 harks back to March of 1958 when it was listed by Rural Aviation Ltd at New Plymouth. After a multitude of owners it was taken up by Avskills in 2011 and passed to Nicola Marchant of Amberley in April of 2014. It dropped into Wellington from the family property in the northern Marlborough Sounds.
Grumman American AA-1B Trainer ZK-DKX c/n AA1B-0198 was one of a batch of GA aircraft imported by NZ Aerospace Industries at Hamiton in the '70's. It has lived in the Takaka - Nelson region since 1980 - currently listed to Gallett Properties Ltd of Nelson.
It popped into Wellington on its way to Paraparaumu today.
A recent addition to the EMS fleet in NZ is this MBB BK117D-2 ZK-IGB2 c/n 20247. Built as D-HADY9 for delivery to REGA in Switzerland as HB-ZQM in February of 2019.
It was listed to GCH Aviation Ltd at Christchurch as ZK-IGB2 on 14-11-2025 and first flew at Christchurch as such on 10-03-2026.
On a quick flight from Christchurch to Wellington and back to Christchurch today.
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