ZK-HPB the Ninth!

Brien O'Brien was at Kaipara Flats yesterday when (Sir) Peter Beck flew in in his latest helicopter to do some stuff at Rocket Lab in Warkworth:

ZK-HPB9 (c/n 20165) is a used Airbus MBB-BK 117 D-2 model that was registered to Advanced Flight Ltd of Auckland in December 2025 and is operated by them for Peter Beck.  It replaced his previous EC130T2 helicopter ZK-HPB8 which was cancelled in March 2025 and went to Australia as VH-83E. 

Thanks for the photo Brien.