The Great Hughes 500 Fly In was held at Hanmer over the weekend of 18 and 19-02-2023.
The Kawasaki Heavy Industries built Hughes 369D ZK-HCM7 c/n 6708 appeared as JA9279 back on 13-04-1981 and was registered in NZ on 17-02-2004.
Current operator is High Country Helicopters of Waikaia, Southland.
ZK-HDZ2 c/n 510959D started in the USA as N1101U in October of 1981 followed by time as ZK-HVZ from 07-10 1985 through until being exported to PNG as P2-IHB in mid-1986.
It returned to New Zealand to become ZK-HDZ2 from 31-07-1990.
Current operator is Fox Franz Heliservices Ltd.
This is Hughes 369D ZK-HJO2 c/n 1070204D of Fiordland Helicopters Ltd of Te Anau.
Initially N8699F from late 1977 becoming VH-AJZ in early 1988.
It joined the NZ register on 16-02-1996.
Hughes 369D c/n 390480D is a product of 1979 and served as HB-XIR in Switzerland followed by time in Italy as I-DEBO, then to the UK register as G-CIBK (spending time in Italy and Sweeden), then to SE-JPM in Sweden from late 2013. Following a brief listing in the USA as N41VS it became ZK-HMT3 on 06-04-2017.
It is currently listed with Blackbat Ltd of Auckland.
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