The Apex Marine Predator at Kaipara Flats Airfield

One week ago I posted about the Willy and Lorraine Morton flying the Coastguard C 182 looking for an apex marine predator that had been seen in the area of Kaipara Flats airfield, coz that's what Coastguards do!  Now one week later, here is what Willy and Lorraine were looking for:

It is a Shark.Aero Shark, the first of its type in New Zealand.  If looks give a clue it will be very fast!  Similar models of this aircraft were flown around the world in 2021-22 by 19 year old Zara Rutherford who became the youngest woman to complete a circumnavigation of the world.  And then later in 2022 the feat was repeated by her younger brother  17 year old Mack Rutherford who thus became the youngest person ever to complete a solo round the world flight.

Thanks very much to the owner Bruce for giving the OK for the photo and to publish it on the blog.