Saturday, 21 June 2025

We once had a SIAI Marchetti SF 260 in New Zealand

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Did you know that we once had a SIAI Marchetti SF 260 registered in New Zealand?  I didn't until I recently came across a photo of it wh...
Thursday, 19 June 2025

JMB is now VLE!

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The demonstrator JMB VL3 of JMB Ltd in Amberly, ZK-JMB 2 has recently been re-registered as ZK-VLE . ZK-JMB 2 has recently had VL3 titles ...
Wednesday, 18 June 2025

Sling 4 TSi ZK-MKV/2 to Oz

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  I took this photo of Andrew Dix's Sling 4 TSi ZK-MKV 2 at Kaipara Flats airfield on Saturday 7 June 2025.  A short time later Andrew ...
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Question Time !

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 Question time. About three years ago I snapped this in 'someone's back yard'. Any thoughts on what aircraft type we are looking...
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Tuesday, 17 June 2025

A New International Service from Hamilton

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We should record that international flights have resumed from Hamilton Airport after a gap of almost 13 years: The inaugural Jetstar service...
Thursday, 12 June 2025

ZK-LFA between the inclemency at Wellington

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The Beechcraft B200C King Air ZK-LFA c/n BB-1787 as operated by Life Flight at wet Wellington yesterday. I had the dubious honour of passin...

Emirates NBA rep A6-EOD in town

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 Tony McFarlin was on site at Christchurch International Airport on Tuesday the 10th to capture the Emirates Airbus A380-861 A6-EOD . With t...
Tuesday, 10 June 2025

Auster J1B Aiglet ZK-AWY

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 In the 1950's the New Zealand agents for Auster Aircraft was British Aircraft Ltd of Wellington who imported at least sixteen Auster ai...

A couple of helicopters at Ardmore

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A brief visit to Ardmore today found the new Guimbal G2 Cabri ZK-HPT 4 outside.  This was imported by the agent, Pacific Aircraft Services,...

What ever happened to that Vans RV-4. ZK-CRV maybe ?

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  Back in about 1987 Gary Conroy and Terry Smith of Hastings submitted drawings/plans for a Vans RV-4 to the NZCAA . These were approved and...