ZK-MOT

I have just  received he following email from Robert Turner in the UK.

Rather than regurgitate it I include Robert's full email  below.

          Hello,

I very much enjoy your blog from afar - I live in the UK, but long ago

learned to fly with the Motueka Aero Club / Associated Aviation

/ Nelson Aviation College, and it’s good to keep in touch with the

goings-on in the old country.

I came across the attached photos that might be useful to fill a

space if you are doing a piece on early microlights - this is ZK-MOT,

a Ultralight Flight Mirage MkII, at NZMK. It was assembled by Motueka Aero

Club members in an apple packing shed in Riwaka over a few

weekends in 1982 or thereabouts.

As you can see from the second

photo it had a "full IFR panel", including ASI, altimeter, boot, and

very very wide screen display. The altimeter has either lost a hand,

or it says that I’m at 50’, so is clearly not the most useful bit of kit,

and as I recall, the ASI had a position error of about 50% depending

whether or not you were flying in balance, and whether the clamp

holding it in place was tightened up properly.

I see from my log book that I flew it for about 10 hours before I

departed for the UK - great fun provided you avoided the usual

Tasman Bay sea breeze. The worst bit - being non-radio I had to

climb to 1500’ for a standard rejoin - 1500’ is a long way up in

one of those.

Best wishes, and thanks for the blog.

Robert Turner

PS - sorry about the image quality - scanned from time-worn originals.   

ZK-MOT was registered to the Motueka Aero Club on 13-08-1982.

To Hamish Hamilton and P Tomlinson of Hokitika from 16-12-1987.

To Treetops Aviation at Hokitika 17-01-1992.

T McIntosh of Ross from 05-05-1996.

Its registration was cancelled on 30-07-1999 as revoked.