Finally a sort of OK for flying Saturday today let me fly up to Dargaville for their every Saturday lunch:
A "new" one at Dargaville was the rebuilt Autogyro Europe Calidus Fern gyrocopter ZK-MZM, fresh off re-assembly by Brian Taylor. It was recently registered to Cloud 7 Aviation Ltd of Ruakaka. This gyro suffered an accident at Te Haroto on the Napier-Taupo Road on 31/12/21 and has been under extensive rebuild since.NZ Civil Aircraft
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Saturday 27 April 2024
Autogyro Europe Calidus ZK-MZM at Dargaville Today 27-4-2024
Friday 26 April 2024
ANZAC Day Flyover across Manawatu and Wanganui
Thursday 25 April 2024
ANZAC Day Flyover at Tauranga
There was also an impressive line up for the ANZAC Day flyover at Tauranga, which also involved RNZAF Beechcraft Texans.
Whangarei Flying Club Flyover to Waipu for ANZAC Day
It has become a tradition for the Whangarei Flying Club to stage a flyover for the ANZAC Day service at Waipu. Here are some photos from today:
RNZN Sea Sprite Helicopter Flyover for ANZAC Day
A Royal New Zealand Navy SH-2G helicopter performed flyovers around Northland this morning. It passed quite low over Warkworth near the end of its circuit of the North:
Poseidon NZ4801 fly over for ANZAC Day
Tuesday 23 April 2024
Skyfox Gazelle ZK-PNB at Whangarei
Recently posted by the Whangarei Flying Club, the Ruawai based Skyfox Gazelle ZK-PNB now sports bigger tyres:
Saturday 20 April 2024
Piper Pawnee ZK-CIQ
The Piper PA-25-235 Pawnee B ZK-CIQ c/n 25-3128 was imported by Airwork (NZ) Ltd of Christchurch in April of 1965 and signed over to Aerial Farming of NZ Ltd of Palmerston North from 13-07-1965.Photo above shows it at Feilding on 12-02-1966.
Then James Aviation Ltd of Hamilton listed it on 09-12-1968.
It then appears to have been out of the air for a while as seen by the image below - taken at Omaka on 24-02-1999.
Friday 19 April 2024
Todays Rangiora pie run. With a Christchurch first stop over.
On a typical Christchurch autumnal day sits the C17A Globemaster III 08-8202.
Over at the Canterbury Aero Club was the Piper PA-28-181 Archer II ZK-EIP c/n 28-7990065.
This joined the Club in February of 1979 and remained there until sold to EIP Ltd of Christchurch in November 2014.
If I recall correctly, it received this new colour scheme late in 2020.