Arriving back at its Pauanui home base this afternoon was Doug & Zoe Batten's Cessna T210N ZK-ETP. This had participated in the 2025 Red Planet Outback Air Race with the 40 participants raising funds for the Australian Flying Doctor Service. ETP carries its Race # 16 and was entered as the "Kiwi Flyer" team coming 12th in the overall results.
The race commenced on 24 August at Yulara in the Northern Territory and finished some 3800km later on 7 September at Carnarvon in Western Australia. ETP flew back into Auckland yesterday after a flight from the Gold Coast via Lord Howe Is and Norfolk Is.
The other NZ participant in the race was NZ Aero's PAC 750XL ZK-EPO.
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