Monday, 27 February 2023

Hughes 500 fly in Hanmer 18-02-2023

 Hughes 369E ZK-HNE5 c/n 0085E is currently listed with Te Anau Helicopter Services Ltd of Te Anau. 
A 1984 build as N70309 quickly becoming N121JM with a return to N70309 in 1988. In 1998 it moved to Ecuador to become HC-BYM and I believe was flown by John Oakes on the Galapagos Islands before coming to NZ as ZK-HNE from 21-11-2016.

ZK-HQW2 c/n 180253D is an early 1978 D model and wore the Canadian C-GTNK registration until becoming N4282X in mid-1991. 
It became ZK-HQW on 29-11-1996 with D P Nyhon Holding Ltd of Wanaka being the current operator.

The MDHI 369E ZK-HTN3 c/n 0551E was built as N70286 about mid-2000 and took up the N1726B registration later that year.
It became ZK-HTN on 05-03-2014 and is currently listed with D J and N A Shanks Ltd of Te Anau.

ZK-HTT2 c/n 0498E is a 369E from early 1992 which went to Denmark as OY-HEI and then to SE-JBA in Sweden and then to Norway as LN-OMW2 by mid-1993. It then appeared briefly on the US register as N945M in 2001 before becoming ZK-HTT on 12-10-2001. It is listed to a private owner and carries small Central Heliwork titles.

The Hughes 369D ZK-HUX c/n 1190607D spent its first five years as N9149F in the States before becoming ZK-HUX on 16-05-1985.
Current owner is listed as P K Brown and it carries Enfield Enterprises Ltd titles.

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