I travelled across to Hamilton airport last Saturday from Ngahinapouri where we were staying. It was a short drive. There wasn't much action but I did manage to photo Super Air's Air Tractor AT-502B ZK-MAE which was configured as a sprayer:
This Air Tractor was manufactured as N3258P with Air Tractor of Olney, Texas and became VH-FZQ with Field Air (Holdings) Ltd of Ballarat in Victoria on 4/8/17. It flew across the Tasman from Ballarat to Hamilton via Lord Howe Island on 26 and 27/3/18 and became ZK-MAE on 15/5/18.
Super Air's first Air Tractor was ZK-MAA which was ex MacKenzie Aviation in the South Island (hence the registration I assume). But I have no idea why ZK-MAE was registered as such, and now why all the Super Air Air Tractors are registered ZK-SX.. Does anyone know?
ZK SXP was the first of the SX sequence. It was an AIr Tractor 502XP model. Superair XP or SXP
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