Strikemaster NZ6372/ZK-BAC/2 at Wellington on 7-8-2022

In a bit of exquisite timing I drove back from Moa Point and saw that the locally based BAC Strikemaster was outside the Wellington Aero Club hangar:

BAC 167 Strikemaster Mk 88 NZ9372/ZK-BAC2 has been registered to BAC167 Strikemaster Ltd of Wellington since 2/5/19. 

Charles Davis fired it up and taxied out - it was loud!

Lift off from Runway 34.

Followed by a shallow climb out.  Charles then turned and flew South past the Wellington Heads, where he was going to practice his airshow routine off the South Wairarapa coast I guess.  It was fast!

You can see a history of this aircraft HERE