Really Jolly Good

Passing through Rangiora on Tuesday the 16th was the Bulls Flying Doctor's Cessna R172H Hawk XP II ZK-RJG (c/n R1722930).

Thus is of 1978 vintage and flew into Auckland on 25-03-1996 for Unicab Marketing Ltd. .

Other operators include Coromandel Pharmacy from July of 1997 and TE-Software of Coromandel from September 1999.

Dave Baldwin,  the Bulls Flying Doctor, took it over from 26-09-2000.

Another fine photograph from Allan Bowman.

Rans S-7 ZK-TKB first flight.

Evan Belworthy adds another "first flight" to his log book when he took Phil Meredith's Rans S-7 Courier ZK-TKB (c/n 0707466) for its first flight from Rangiora on Tuesday the 16th.

Some earlier pics of ZK-TKB can be seen at:-

http://nzcivair.blogspot.co.nz/2013/05/rans-s-7-courier-zk-tkb.html

Photographs from Allan Bowman.

Well done all.

A variety from around Christchurch

 Here are a few of the interesting sighting at Christchurch and Rangiora over the last couple of days.

 

 Above is the 1963 Cessna 185B ZK-CMW2 (c/n 1850653) parked near the Canterbury Aero Club today (19-07-2013). A bit of a dark horse is this 185. We can call it a "war bird" because it joined the US military as 63-13595 before being shunted down to Costa Rica. In 1980 it went civilian in Canada and then came to NZ to become ZK-JAO in November of 1996. It was re-registered to ZK-CMW on 03-07-2002 and is currently listed to CMC Investments of Pokeno.

 Outside Heli Maintenance Ltd was this Robinson R44 ZK-HHI (c/n 0097). Ltd. Built in 1994 for export to Japan. It came to NZ in October of 2003 and has moved around a good bit and is currently listed to Franz Josef Lodge Ltd.

 Away on a brief maintenance test flight was the Bell B206B JetRanger III ZK-HQH (c/n 3206) of Cornwall Farms Ltd.

 A splash of colour on an otherwise dull Christchurch day on 16-07-2013.

Garden City Helicopters line up. EC 120B ZK-IQT (c/n 1370); AS 350B3 ZK-IHL(c/n 7219); BK117 B-2 ZK-HJC (c/n 1061); and AS 350BA ZK-HGH (c/n 1443).

 Today at the Aero Club we had the Cessna 650 Citation III which uses part of its construction number (c/n 650-0163) to be N163JM. (And that is SOFIA in the far background).

 Seen on the vertical fin of a yet to be registered (in NZ) Piper PA28R-200 Arrow at Rangiora today.

At Rangiora today - this Cessna 185A ZK-SIA (c/n 185-0427) of the K G Macdonald Trust is about to head away for the weekend. This is a 1962 production aircraft which served in Australia until arriving in NZ in August of 2005.

Question time # 162 resolved.

Anonymous has scored the chocky fish.

It is the Cresco ZK-LTB (c/n 022) as shot from behind in its Rangiora hangar.

 And the wingtips are green.

If Anonymous would let me know which Anonymous you are - Then I will forward said chocolate fish.

Question time # 162

 

I hope this one is a little bit more difficult this time.

 

What type of aircraft are we looking at ?

 

What colour wing tips does it have ?

Ignore the black bar across the centre of the pic.

Another drive by

This time it was two North Island "strips", namely North Shore/Dairy Flat and West Auckland/Parakai.

Skydive Auckland's Cessna 182P ZK-SDA returning to Parakai 16 July 2013. 

Morane Saulnier MS880B ZK-CKK, North Shore 16 July 2013

Skywork Helicopters Hughes 269C ZK-HLT, North Shore 16 July 2013

Pacific Cruises very smart Cessna 182T ZK-PJC, North Shore 16 July 2013

North Shore Aero Club's Robin ZK-TZF sporting commemorative markings, North Shore 16 July 2013

Privately owned Cessna A185F ZK-WHJ, North Shore 16 July 2013

A drive by shooting at Christchurch.

Three long distance shots taken at Christchurch today 16-07-2013.

 The Mount Cook Airlines ATR 72-212A ZK-MVA (c/n 1051) on finals for "02" at Christchurch early this afternoon.

 Air New Zealand's Airbus A320-232 "Sharkfin" ZK-OXA (c/n 5629) has been in service since 28-06-2013.

Out converting kerosene to noise was the BAC-167 Strikemaster Mk80A ZK-VPR (c/n EEP/JHP/4096). It has been parked out in the weather for the last few days.

More views of N20LP

Two photographs of Dornier Do28 N20LP as taken at Ardmore in May of 2004 and February of 2005 from Tony Harsant.

Dornier N20LP at Ardmore

Before my time.

I was scratching around on Google yesterday (as you do on a grotty day) on a completely different topic and this photograph popped up.

It shows what appears to be the Avro 616 Avian IVM ZK-ADQ (c/n R3/CN/435) refuelling on what looks suspiciously like the main street through Saltwater Creek at Timaru.

ZK-ADQ was constructed as G-AATV for Shell Mex Company of Egypt.

It gained its UK C of A on 30-01-1930 and was cancelled in March of 1933 to take up the Egyptian marks SU-AAG.

It took up its old G-AATV registration again from 12-09-1934 with Flying Officer Geoffrey Twyford Jarman of 47 Squadron RAF, Khartoum, Sudan.

Its UK registration was cancelled on 02-03-1935 and it then became ZK-ADQ on 05-05-1935 with K R Johnstone of Timaru. 

Other owners that I know about were P W Wilton; Charlie Liddell of Wellington from 10-05-1942 and then Southern Cross Aviation Services Ltd from 19-05-1948.

It crashed at Willowbridge (near Waimate) on 13-06-1948 with ownership going to J H Craig on 05-07-1948 and was cancelled on 29-10-1948.

At some point it was fitted with a DH Gipsy Major engine..