NZ Civil Aircraft

A blog on New Zealand Civil Aircraft.

Saturday, 15 August 2026

ZK-JSS on a brief visit to Christchurch.

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  The Piper Arrow III ZK-JSS flew into Christchurch from Omaka yesterday morning (14-08-2026) and returned to Omaka later in the day. Tony ...
Tuesday, 11 August 2026

Rangiora on Tuesday.

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 Nothing new but a couple of interesting aircraft presented themselves today. An out of towner in the form of Vans RV-7 ZK-SHN c/n 73115, a...

Bristells Among the Sunflowers

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A few months ago Martin Henton of the local Bristell agents took the opportunity to gather six Bristells together for a spectacular photosho...
Sunday, 9 August 2026

Lancair ES ZK-EDZ has departed our shores.

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 As I type this the Lancair ES ZK-EDZ 2 c/n LES-254 is on is delivery flight to Slovenia. It came to NZ as a ten year old having flown in th...

Bird Dog ZK-LAO

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Errol Cavit captured the Cessna 305A (O-1A) Bird Dog ZK-LAO c/n 21692 at Ardmore on Saturday the 8th of August. It was restored at Ardmore ...
Saturday, 8 August 2026

Topdressing DC 3s (7) - ZK-AZL

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I am posting this series on topdressing DC 3s in alphabetical registration order, but ZK-AZL really deserves more prominence as it was the ...
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Friday, 7 August 2026

Beech F33A Bonanza ZK-XPJ

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An interesting visitor to Pauanui airfield today was the Beech F33A Bonanza ZK-XPJ.  Originally built in 1989 it was exported to Australia i...

Microlight Aircraft of New Zealand - Unregistered Ultra Flight Systems Trike 215 - a Better Outcome

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In addressing microlight trikes in New Zealand, we open up a can of worms as they are so amorphous.  They can have different and sometimes i...
Thursday, 6 August 2026

Microlight Aircraft of New Zealand - Unregistered Ultra Sports Trike Fatal Accident at Treble Cone

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According to records an Australian, Gregory Rogerson, arrived in New Zealand on a working holiday in December 1981 and somewhere along the l...
Tuesday, 4 August 2026

Unregistered But Not a Microlight - Chris Henry's and Warwick Vaile's 1912 Curtiss Pusher Replica

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Over the years there must have been many hundreds of guys who sat in their sheds and dreamed of building their own aircraft.   And a lot of ...
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