Darfield Wings and Wheels.

Mr and Mrs CMM were at Charlie Draper's strip near Darfield during the weekend for the annual Wings and Wheels fund raising fly-in.

There were five Piper Cubs and a near relative on hand.

 ZK-BKX is c/n 18-4864 and is Fred Bull's Cub from Waddington.

 ZK-BNJ c/n 18-5063 is the nearby Mountain View Farms Cub.

 The Canterbury Aero Clubs ZK-BNL (c/n 18-5152) came over from Christchurch International.

 From Rangiora was the Fern Air Syndicated ZK-CXC (c/n 18-6202).

 Also from Waddington came the Piper L-18C ZK-KEZ c/n 18-1628.

 The Dog - with the Cubs close cousin -  Auster J1B ZK-AYU c/n 2730 belongs to "mine host" Charlie Draper. Charlie also has the Beagle Auster A.109 Airedale ZK-CCW on site.

 The two Chippies ZK-ARL c/n 61 is Jim Chapman's whilst ZK-XUK (c/n C1-0087) [below]

is Lou McAllister's from Cust.

 Cessna 180A ZK-BUF c/n 32935 is Gary Hood's and the Cessna A185F ZK-DPF c/n 18502421 is the Brian Fechney mount.

 ZK-SGW is Gordon Whale's Cessna 172P  ( c/n 74407).

 Over from its Rangiora base was the John Ludgater in the Bell OH58A Kiowa ZK-IXL (c/n 44062).

 The amateur build aircraft included the Jabiru SP ZK-JJR (c/n 506) from the Kintore Trust.

 The Airdrome Nieuport 24 Replica ZK-MNR (c/n 1642) is Tony Scarlett's.

 Campbell Aviation had their Titan T51 ZK-MSY (c/n 0035) down from Loburn Alley.

Out and about was the Piper PA-28R-201T Turbo Arrow III ZK-TWM (28R-7803275) from Transworld Motors Christchurch Ltd out of Rangiora.

 

What were the pies like ?

A special thanks to Charlie Draper for organising this event and making his property available.