ZK-WBL into Rangiora on 14-07-2025

 The first decent day for yonks on Monday the 14th gave me the urge to visit Rangiora.

It is always nice to hear the sound of a Cessna 185 in the circuit - It turned out to be the Anderson Family Trusts A185F ZK-WBL c/n 18503177 up from Queenstown.

As N93094 it was exported from The States to Sweden to become SE-IRI in December 1984.

This registration was cancelled on 03-07-2007 and it popped up in Bruce Drakes hangar at Barradale/Fernside and was allocated the NZ registration of ZK-JNH3 on 15-09-2008. 

Its rebuild took some time (over three years) so it became 'Just Not Happening' in Bruce's phonetic language. 

Nearing the end of the rebuild it was going to be re-registered - a couple of options where ZK-ORB for 'BRO' spelled backwards and ZK-JGF for 'Just Good Friend'.

At the end of the day, it became ZK-WBL on 21-06-2012 and ultimately went to the Anderson Family Trust at Queenstown from 06-12-2019.

I am still wondering what the WBL stands for !