NZ Civil Aircraft

Thursday, 7 January 2016

The Eleven Days of Christmas quiz answers.

CHRISTMAS QUIZ ANSWER PICS.

The first day of Christmas.

Question was :-

What aircraft type ?

What registration ?

Answer is Airdrome Aeroplanes Bleriot XI. ZK-BXI.

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The Second day of Christmas.

Question was :-

What aircraft type is this ?

And what registration would you put on it ?

Answer is Australian Aircraft Hornet STOL. ZK-CCM

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The third day of Christmas.

Question was :-

Again I would like the type and registration.

Answer is Bushby Midget Mustang 1A. ZK-MFE

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The 4th day of Christmas.

Question was:-

What engine lurks within this cowling ?

What Mk number is the aircraft ?

And to sort the wheat from the chaff - What is its NZ civil registration ?

Answer is Chev Corvette LS2 of 420hp.

Mk26B.

ZK-CGV.

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The 5th day of Christmas.

Question was :-
What aircraft type do we have here then ?
Answer is Boeing 737-319 (actually ZK-NGI).

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The 6th day of Christmas.

Question was :-

Which Company was the main operator of this aircraft ??

Well at least tell what type it is ?

And what colour it is today ?

Answer is Southern Aviation Ltd at Gore and Invercargill. It is a Yeoman YA-1 Cropmaster 250R Srs2. Its current colour is - well a colour pic below tells it all.

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The 7th day of Christmas.

The question was - never actually asked !

The answer was Victa/AESL Airtourer 150 stick in ZK-DAC.

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The 8th day of Christmas.

Question was:-

What make and model do we have here then ?

How many of this model have we had on the NZ Civil Aircraft Register ?

Any thoughts on a suitable ZK- registration for this particular one ?

Answer is Beechcraft V35B Bonanza. We have had three "V" tails. ZK-EDJ.

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The 9th day of Christmas.

The question was :-

Name the aircraft manufacturer.

Name the operator.
And you may as well tell me the NZ civil registration whilst you are at it !

The answer being KHI Kawasaki-Hughes H369HS operated by Glacier Country Helicopters, and it is ZK-HBS.

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The tenth day of Christmas.

The question was :-

Any thoughts on what type and model we have here ?

What was it previously registered ?

The answer is Elliotts of Newbury (EoN) Olympia Mk2. Previous id's being A5082; BGA797/AZT, and was ZK-GLY in NZ.

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The 11th day of Christmas.

11-one

The question was:

I would like to know the manufacturers designation for this machine ?

Can you divulge its previous military marking (serial number) ?

The answer being SARO P.531-2 Scout AH/1. c/n S2/5311 Military serial XP166.
(it is currently ZK-HJG).

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11-two

The question was :-

Which one is this then ?

The answer is Supermarine Spitfire MkIX ZK-SPI.

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11-three

The question being :-

On which type of 'mechanical mouse' would this belong ?

Answer is MD 500n NOTAR - actually ZK-IGA.

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11-four

Question was :-

One of only two in country !

One of two what though ?

What is the registration of the second one to come to NZ ?

Answer being BEAGLE A109 Airedale. The second arrival was ZK-CAO.

(The pic is actually of ZK-CCW).

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Now all I need from the day winners wishing to receive their chocolate fish
is their postal address.

Send your postal address to me at paulldj@xtra.co.nz

Monday, 4 January 2016

A quick squiz at Mount Cook

Andy Heap was in the Mount Cook region recently and sent in these pic for you purvey.

Two Aerospatiale AS 350 Squirrels were seen at Glentanner.

Above is the BA ZK-HRQ5 (c/n 1311) and below is the B2 ZK-HSM3 (c/n 3529) as operated by The Helicopter Line.

Mount Cook in the background below.

Up in the Sir Edmund Hillary Alpine Centre at the Hermitage the Auster J1B Aiglet ZK-BDX (c/n 3122) is still hanging around.

It is now over fifty years since BDX landed on the Tasman Glacier.

Down at the fixed wing strip the Inflite Ski Planes Pilatus PC-6 B2-H4 Porter ZK-MCN (c/n 824) came and went.

Also out earning its keep was the Inflite ski Planes Ltd's Cessna A185F ZK-MCV (c/n 04395). It has been doing this since December of 1986.

The Porter has been based at Mount Cook since January of 1983.

The fixed wing pics were taken on 31-12-2015 and the helicopters on New Years Day.

On the eleventh day of Christmas.

I end the Christmas Question Time quiz with four easy ones.

QT 11-one :

Above- I would like to know the manufacturers designation for this machine ?

Can you divulge its previous military marking (serial number) ?

We have a winner:-
Planecrazy4 has identified it correctly as :-

SARO P.531-2 Scout AH/1 ZK-HJG , c/n S2/5311 Miltiary serial XP166

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QT 11-two :

Which one is this then ?

We have a winner
Planecrazy4 has identified this correctly as:-
Brendon Deeres Spitfire IX ZK-SPI

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QT 11-three :

On which type of 'mechanical mouse' would this belong ?

QT 11-four :

One of only two in country !

One of two what though ?

What is the registration of the second one to come to NZ ?

Thanks to Mrs CMM for suggesting the format for this years Question Time Quiz.

Sunday, 3 January 2016

2016 - LVG C VI Coming to Masterton

As 2016 dawns, an amazing aircraft is heading our way in the form of a Luft-Verkehrs-Gesselschaft (LVG) Model C VI. This German 2 seater reconnaissance and spotting aircraft was introduced late in WW 1, and is the only flying example in the world. It surely will be something to see!

The aircraft has been built for The Vintage Aviator over a period of many years by the Memorial Flight Assocation of France (http://memorial.flight.free.fr/LVGuk.html ), and the terrific photo above is from their website.

16th birthday solo x 16.

On January the 2nd 2016 Rangitata Island Airfield saw a large gathering of family and friends celebrating the 16th birthday of young resident aviator Ross Brodie.

Ross went solo in 16 different aircraft throughout the day under the watchful eyes of instructors, dad Russell Brodie, Andrew Love, Matt White, Les Vincent and Ryan Southam.

The aircraft Ross soloed in, included three variations of the Rans S6 ZK-JHZ, ZK-RHZ, ZK-JOA; Rans S7 ZK-RIC, Zenith 701 ZK-JRT, Bantam ZK-FWY, Shadow ZK-MAX, Jabiru ZK-JRW, Alpi ZK-PAA, Tecnam ZK-MVS, Quiksilver ZK-MXK, Turbulent ZK-CVX, Airtourer ZK-DAC, Beagle Airdale ZK-CCW, Cesna 150 ZK-DMG and Tiger 43 ZK-BRL.

Above Ross in the Tiger ZK-BRL - whilst below Ryan Southam and dad Russell Brodie follow the take off with interest.

Below - One of the first to congratulate his return in tiger 43 are Grandad Struan Brodie and dad Russell. Three generations to fly Tigers from this field.