Question time # 74 resolved

Anonymous Barry has scored again.
Above pic looking south.
Below, looking north.

It is indeed the exhaust outlet area on a Fokker F27 Friendship.

The aircraft featured is the Ashburton domiciled ZK-BXG.

I guess ZK-BXH is near enough for the purpose of this exercise. [not many miles away at all - about 70km].

Oh ! did I fail to mention that the original pic was turned 90 degrees ?

How remiss of me.

Good one Anonymous Barry.

An afternoon with Andy

I had the honour and privilege yesterday afternoon to accompany aviation photographer Andy Heap out to Rangiora. My plan was to gain a few tips.
Above we have Andy having a shot at the Cub ZK-BTM.

Above is Cathy (or should that be Kathy) on her first solo Cub landing in ZK-BTM.

It was a great day for circuit bashing. Fleet Canuck CF-DQM , c/n 60 , was out doing it.

As was the Reims Cessna FRA 150L tail dragger ZK-FWW , c/n FRA150L-0122 . This one belongs to Glenn Armstrong of Waikuku Beach

Caroline Trevella was out with her Thruster Gemini ZK-FMH , c/n MAANZ/353 . Caroline has a Karatoo under construction.

Departing after refuelling, for its home at Herbert, is the Notar ZK-HDW3 , c/n LN072 , I suspect after some frost work further north.

The open cockpit Rans S-9 Chaos built by Peter Dyer ZK-JRP , c/n 0802174 , was also active.

Evektor-Aertechnik Sportstar Plus ZK-MAC2 , c/n 20071103 , arriving back.

The best tip for the day : get a decent camera !

Robinson R22 Beta ZK-HWJ cancelled

Robbie 22 Beta ZK-HWJ2 , c/n 0531 , came to NZ after a stint in Japan and the Philippines; joining our register on 25-08-1999 for Nationwide Helicopters of Auckland. Seven months later it was listed to Andrew Ramsden at Wanaka.
On 13-02-2009 it rolled on landing at Wanaka due to the controls being obstructed by a load on the seat. It was cancelled on 28-07-09.

Lake LA-4-200 Bucaneer ZK-EDK cancelled

Lake LA-4-200 Bucaneer ZK-EDK , c/n 469 ,was imported from the USA and assembled at Airwork Christchurch in November of 1974 for registration on 09-12-1974 to Rural Management Ltd and delivered to Float Air Ltd of Picton the same month.
These two b&w pics show it at the old Canterbury Aero Club site at Christchurch Airport on New Years Day of 1978.

Chemical Technology Ltd of Christchurch became the listed owners on 30-10-1981 and I recall it sitting for yonks out on the Simon Spencer-Bower airfield in a very tired state.

Pic below of it at Simon's strip on 30-09-1988

Ownership changed to John Rutherford on 19-06-89 and the aircraft was moved away; I believe into storage.

It has been cancelled for the NZ register as exported on 17-09-2009.

Parakai

An afternoon at Helensville for a family birthday yesterday necessitated of course a quick late-afternoon visit to the Parakai airstrip on the way home.
By this time, on an overcast and blustery day, everything was locked up tight with just two Cessnas tied down outside.

182P Skylane ZK-KAL/2 is the local jumpship, registered to Sat Aviation since May this year. Before this time, it spent some years performing the same work with Skydive Tandem Ltd. of Christchurch.



A150L Aerobat ZK-TWT (guarded by the local watchdog) is a rebuild of ZK-YFA. After arriving in NZ from 21 years in Australia as VH-EUH, ZK-YFA was based at Feilding and Kaikohe before being acquired by Bryn Lockie in 2004.



The paint colours of TWT are far more decorative than the 'yellow peril' colour scheme used during it's time as ZK-YFA, seen here at Feilding in 1994.

Question time # 74

What fundamental orifice are we looking up here ??
Aircraft type please ?
A suitable registration would be even better !

Cancelled. PZL-Swidnik PW-6U ZK-GPW.

Photo shows the PZL-Swidnik PW-6U ZK-GPW2 c/n 78-02-07 , of the Taupo Gliding Club at Centenial Park, Taupo on 13-04-2002.
Sadly at Matamata on 23-04-2009 it crashed following a simulated rope break exercise during an aero tow, with both pupil and instructor being injured.
First registered on 07-12-2001 - cancelled 29-09-2009.

Bell 212 ZK-HNO Cancelled

Bell 212 ZK-HNO c/n 212-31139 , seems to have been around since Adam was a cowboy. In fact it came onto the register on 09-10-1980 with Helicopters (NZ) Ltd of Nelson.
It was cancelled on 07-01-1982 when it went to Australia on lease to Lloyd-Bass Strait Helicopters Pty Ltd of Wayville, South Australia with whom it became VH-BQH. This lease ended in May of 1983 and the big 212 returned to H/C NZ Ltd on 20-05-83.
In its time it has been involved in a couple of incidents; first on 14-11-93 just offshore from Cape Egmont; and then on 22-10-97 during autorotation training at Oaonui.
It spent some time with Southern Lakes Helicopters and has taken part in at least ten summer season trips to Antarctica.

These first three pictures taken at Timaru on 07-06-1984. Note the tall fin above the cabin and the floatation gear.

Above, turning final at Invercargill on 20-02-1985.

Below as seen at Christchurch following airlift from Antarctica on 24-02-2000.

It was noted cocooned for transport at Ardmore in mid September and has been exported to Canada, being cancelled from our register on 22-09-2009.

It has been replaced with a Eurocopter EC 130 B4 which came from Canada and arrived at Tauranga and flown to Nelson on 07-10-09 as ZK-HNF2.

Piper PA-28-140 ZK-CUA cancelled.

Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee ZK-CUA , c/n 28-23318 , was imported by Airwork (NZ) Ltd of Christchurch and joined our civil register on 04-07-1967. It moved next door to the Canterbury Aero Club (officially from 12-10-67) and remained with the Club until officially transferred to Roy Cragg and Sons Ltd of Blenheim on 13-10-1975.

Above pic shows ZK-CUA in its factory red & white colour scheme , at the old Canterbury Aero Club hardstand on 13-10-1968, about where part of the car park is these days, with the Operation Deep Freeze hangar and a couple Hercules behind.

Below. ZK-CUA as seen on 19-12-1970

Bruce Evans, Alastair (sp?) and Chris Bell acquired it in February of 1979 and it was later leased back to the Canterbury Aero Club where Chris was the CEO.

With the relatively recent arrival of the new glass cockpit Archer and Warrior's it became surplus to Club requirements so was listed with Airfarm Partnership (the Bells) on 17-03-2009.

In their generosity the aircraft has been released to the Ashburton Aviation Museum - providing it does not fly again. The aircraft was flown to Ashburton in April and flew for the last time on 08-08-09. To help cover costs most useful lifed items have been exchanged with time expired items with the Club. Also the Club has offered to have the aircraft repainted in its original red and white Club colours and this process has already started with the aircraft being worked on at Ashburton. See pic below. I believe it has only about 17,000 flying hours, not a great deal for a 42 year old Cherokee.

Pic below taken at Ashburton on 07-10-2009.

The first Piper PA-28 Cherokee flew on 10-10-1960 and to celebrate fifty years of these slab wings the Ashburton Aviation Museum is holding a Cherokee weekend over January 14-17-2010.

Anybody welcome - you don't have to be a Cherokee. Interested then contact aeromedia@xtra.co.nz

Morane Saulnier MS880B Rallye ZK-CBU cancelled

Morane Saulnier MS880B Rally ZK-CBU , c/n 5199 , was one of a batch imported by the agents Seabrook Fowlds of Auckland.
Assembled by TEAL and registered on 03-08-1962 and then delivered to the Tauranga Aero Club and registered to them on 24-10-62.

Top pic shows it at Wellington in August of 1963; and the above shot was at Palmerston North on 1st May 1966.

It was listed to Aerocraft (NZ) Ltd at PN on May 26th, and then to the Palmerston North Flying School on 18-08-1969.

Later in 1969 it was working with the Hokitika Aero Club when it had an engine failure (30-01-79) and was damaged.

By 08-04-70 it was listed with M Cornick of Marton and then the Marton Flying Group from 03-08-1973.

In late 1975 it went to a syndicate of F N Alexander, T Vosper, & M Cornick at Marton.

Evelyn Strugnell features as the owner from 17-10-83, still at PN. I believe some restoration work was then caried out before a change to C I Thompson at New Plymouth took place from 15-08-1991.

A return to PN saw it with Denis Moore from 27-04-95 and the final owner was Masterfix Ltd from 11-08-05.

On approach to Pahiatua on 09-11-2008 it struck trees and has been cancelled as from 07-09-09.