Wednesday, 16 June 2021

From the Western grass at Christchurch 16th

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A rather dull day on the Western Grass at Christchurch. Above At Heli Maintenance the MacKenzie Helicopters Ltd's Hughes 369E ZK-IOB c/...

Falco 3000 ZK-PNX At Work

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Yesterday I posted about the 67th anniversary of the first flight of the Fletcher FU 24, with a photo of the prototype ZK-BDS in its earlies...
Tuesday, 15 June 2021

67th Anniversary of the First Flight of the Fletcher FU 24

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It has come to my attention that the 14th of June, was the 67th anniversary of the first flight of the Fletcher FU 24 in the US, on 14/6/54....
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Sunday, 13 June 2021

Dawn Raid at Feilding Today - 13-6-2021

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The Feilding Flying Club hosted a dawn raid this morning.  The weather wasn't totally cooperative in some areas but 21 aircraft managed ...
Saturday, 12 June 2021

JetRanger ZK-HYH at Dargaville today

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 Noted today, Saturday 12th June 2021, at Dargaville by Thunderbird5 was the Bell 206B JetRanger III ZK-HYH 2 (  c/n 3290) as listed with J...

A Flight to Whangarei and Back in Texan ZK-TXN

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After a week of really grotty weather in the North, yesterday Friday 11 June was at least flyable and we were keen to fly somewhere!  So it ...

Gone to warmer climes. ZK-OJF

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Airbus A320-232 c/n 2153 first flew from Toulouse in France as F-WWIS on 05-12-2003.  It was then delivered to Hamburg for fitting out. It w...
Friday, 11 June 2021

ZK-IWR

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 The latest addition to the Heli-Hire Ltd's fleet is this Hughes 369FF ZK-IWR 2 (c/n 0213FF). Built by McDonnell Douglas it was initiall...

A Real Surprise at Whangarei Today - Pazmany Storch ZK-MWB

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Another Friday and another trip away from Kaipara Flats, this time up to Whangarei for lunch.  Just after we landed we heard a downwind call...

A white day at Christchurch

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 A quick look at Christchurch International Airport today found the Boeing 737-42C ZK-TLM  (c/n 24813) parked near the terminal building. Th...