Microlight Aircraft of New Zealand - Quicksilvers (6) - Quicksilver MXs from ZK-JCH to ZK-SIG

This is the last lot of our single seat Quicksilvers of which there have been 40 registered (some with multiple registrations), and we have managed to find photos of 22 of them.  So let's go:

ZK-JCH (c/n MAANZ/171) Registered 16 Nov 1982 to J. C. Hinchliff, Wellington.  Re-registered ZK-LOU 4 Jun 1987 still to J. C. Hinchliff, Wellington, then 5 Jun 1987 Colin A. Howat, Hokitika, then 19 Apr 1997 (Mark) Pfahlert & Bishop Syndicate, Hokitika, then 7 Aug 1998 D. Vos, Karamea.  Cancelled 14 Jan 2000 as destroyed.

ZK-JMD (c/n MAANZ/147)  Registered 17 Sep 1982 to Jim M. L. Dillon, Blenheim, then 10 Feb 1984 A. J. Shield, Blenheim, then 14 Jul 1992 D. McGill, Blenheim.  Re-registered Re-registered ZK-TTO 15 Jul 1992 to D. McGill, Blenheim, then 7 Jul 1993 C. A. Rennie, Nelson, then 3 Jan 1996 David Melse, Nelson, then 6 May 1996 Evan J. Grooby, Greymouth.  Still registered June 2026.

ZK-LCG (c/n MAANZ/065)  Registered 23 Jun 1982 to L. C. Gustafsson, Auckland, then 20 Jun 1990 R. G. McMillan, Lower Hutt.   Cancelled 27 Apr 1999 as registration revoked.

ZK-MHJ (c/n MAANZ/069)  Registered 9 Jun 1982 to D. N. Knight, Whangarei, then 27 Apr 1993 R. L. Osborne, Whangarei, then 10 Jan 1994 K. J. Sisson, North Shore City.  Cancelled 12 Aug 1997 Exported.

ZK-MIA (c/n 226/MAANZ/532)  Registered 10 Apr 1995 to Henricus Aarts, Rotorua Cancelled 15 Jul 2008 as withdrawn from use.  Restored and registered 18 Feb 2025 to Christopher Saunders, Rotorua.  Still registered June 2025.  

ZK-MXL2 (c/n 1220)  Registered 1 Mar 1996 to D. J. & S. G. Smith, Waimauku.    Cancelled 24 Nov 2011 as withdrawn from use.

ZK-MXS (c/n 3645/MAANZ/051)

Registered 25 May 1982 to W. S. Cunningham, D. J. Hedley, David Campbell-Morrison, D M Evans, H C Thompson and P A Cook Auckland, then 27 Jan 1986 W. S. Cunningham, D. J. Hedley, M. J. McCormack & B. J. Arnel, Auckland, then 10 Aug 1989 I. G. Ellis, Auckland.  Cancelled 25 May 1998 registration revoked.

ZK-NJJ (c/n MAANZ/185)

Registered 31 Mar 1983 to Noel J. Dennison, Orakipaoa, near Temuka, then 10 May 1988 N. G. Crossman, Timaru Destroyed in hangar fire at Temuka 27 May 1989 Cancelled 11 Jul 1989.

ZK-SIG (c/n MAANZ/108)

Registered 18 Aug 1982 to Ian R. & S. A. Godfrey, Mititai, Dargaville, then 18 Aug 1987 A. D. Wilson, Eltham, then 7 May 1990 B. R. Trow, Wellsford, then 25 Jul 1990 L. Bauld, Whangarei, then 11 Jun 1992 K. M. Russell, Kaiwaka, then 31 Mar 1995 D. Joubert, Whangarei, then 7 Jun 1996 Nicholas T. Key, Temuka, then 14 Mar 1997 D. J. Hunt, Timaru, then 4 Dec 2000 Alan F. Cross, Timaru, then 12 Sep 2002 Grant V. Coldicott & Ian M. Sinclair, Pleasant Point, then 20 Oct 2004 David G. McCarthy, Timaru.   Cancelled 17 Oct 2005 as withdrawn from use.  That is a lot of owners!  Is now at the Timaru Airport Aviation Museum.

I will now take a break from Quicksilvers, there is still a lot more to come with the 2 seaters and the GT 400 and GT 500 models.  I will get back to them in sequence when the first MXII (ZK-FEW) was registered in February 1983.