Matt Hayes was at Alexandra today - Saturday 16-06-2018 and kindly sent the following photographs.
Kawasaki BK117 B-2 (850 D2) ZK-HUP2 c/n 1031 of Otago Helicopters Ltd.
This BK appeared on the Japanese register back on 25-04-1989 as JA9942 and joined the NZ register with Wing and Rotor on 18-09-1998.
It was then listed to the Order of St John Northern Region (SI) Helicopter Trust Board of Christchurch on 14-05-1999 and transferred over to Garden City Helicopters Ltd from 30-03-2000.
It was in Australia for the Olympic Games in 2000 and ferried back from Sydney to Ardmore on 17-12-2000.
It joined Otago Helicopters Ltd on 30-03-2001 - and as you can see is marked as the Otago Regional Rescue helicopter.
The locally based Aero L29 ZK-JET3 (c/n 294892) of Double X Aviation Ltd was active again.
An earlier post HERE
Also on site was the Cessna 208B Grand Caravan ZK-MCI2 (c/n 208B1019) of Milford Sound Flights Ltd of Queenstown.
Its arrival in NZ was nicely covered on the MRC blog Here
Nice photos.
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