More Pauanui visitors

Visitors to Pauanui airfield over the last few days included the Waikato-King Country-Coromandel rescue helicopter BK117D-3 ZK-IXN which picked up a patient destined for Waikato Hospital.  This was imported new in late 2024.

Up from Palmerston North was the Partenavia P68B ZK-MYF now in a new paint scheme.  This was originally imported from Australia in late 1978 as ZK-ERA,  becoming MYF in February 2005 and more recently was in service with NZICPA, Whanganui.

And from Whakatane, Kahu Helicopters' Hughes 369E ZK-HTU3 which is also in a revised paint scheme. This was imported from Australia in 2022 together with 369E HTZ4 which is now Gisborne based.