Wednesday, 10 January 2024

Ardmore today from Errol Cavit.

 Errol Cavit snapped the following at Ardmore this morning.
Above we have the Aerospatiale AS 355 F1 Twin Squirrel ZK-IAV c/n 5041 in a slightly modified scheme.
It arrived in New Zealand in July 2006 not having flown since 1982. 
After major work at Timaru it became ZK-IAV with AV8 Helicopters on 23-02-2007.
Its history up to August 2010 can be seen HERE
It moved on to Helilink Ltd of Auckland from 27-03-2015 to be re-registered as ZK-IGO from 22-09-2015 to be operated by Over The Top Ltd out of Queenstown until being returned to Helilink from 21-06-2019. 
They registered it back to its original ZK-IAV on 24-10-2019.
It was transferred to Inflite Ltd on 22-08-2023 and then to Aroa Helicopters Ltd of Havelock North on 15-09-2023.

The Bell 427 above is ZK-HHI4 c/n 56059. Built under the Canadian registration of C-GLZO. It became N417HV on 29-09-2008.  In February 2019 it became VH-BDS3 followed by ZK-IIG for Adventure Helicopters Ltd of Tauranga from 29-04-2019.
EagleFlight Technics Ltd picked it up from 22-11-2021 and re-registered it to ZK-HHI4 on 08-12-2021.

The well known Spitfire MkIX ZK-WDQ c/n CBAF5487 from Warbirds Adventure Rides Ltd away on another mission.

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