A Quickie Update - Quickie 1s of New Zealand

Back in May 2012 on the blog I covered Quickie 1s of New Zealand as part of my seemingly never ending series on our homebuilt and sport aircraft.  The link to that post is HERE and I posted about five of them.  I had thought that would be it for our Quickie 1 population but in the best traditions of "you don't know what you don't know" I have recently become aware of another one and there are even photos of it!

ZK-LIN (c/n AACA/637) was built by Barry W V Charlton of Waitati near Dunedin and it was first registered to him on 30/11/94.  Dave Paull photo'd it above and below in an open hangar at Taieri on 7/12/98.  It was cancelled as withdrawn on 23/08/99.  By the c/n it may have been built with another Dunedin Quickie 1, ZK-MAC, that had the c/n of AACA/636.

Barry Charlton went on to own the Kolb Twinstar ZK-FVK and then the RAF 2000 gyrocopter ZK-RCS which is still currently with him.

I should point out a couple of corrections that commenters made on my original blog post.  The Quickie 1s fuselage was not formed in 2 halves like the Q2, but was formed from straight foam blocks shaped as required and fibreglassed on the inside with bulkheads and also on the outside to form the finished fuselage shape.  And the builder of the first Quickie 1 to fly here was apparently Nicolas Silyn-Roberts (not Neil).

But Wait! - there is more!

Fast forward well into the 21st Century when another Quickie 1 appeared in Chris Hoskins hangar at Tauranga, and it eventually was registered ZK-CBW2 (c/n 463) on 17/02/20 to H Miller of Tauranga:

Mark Pattenden took this photo in October 2022.  As I understand ZK-CBW2 has a much more powerful engine so it should go like a rocket! but I do not think it has flown yet.  If anyone has any more info on this Quickie we would love to hear it.

At the end of my previous post on Quickie 1s of New Zealand I boldly stated that 5 Quickie 1s was probably our lot, but now I will not make a similarly bold claim!