My last day away for the weekend came upon me, so what i did first was get up to have breakfast at Auckland and watch some of the arrivals. Then it was on to Ardmore to see what else was showing itself: Visiting Aircraft: ZK-HGU MBB MBB-BK117 B-2 ZK-HPV Airbus Helicopters EC 130 T2 ZK-HTS Airbus Helicopters AS 350 B3 ZK-IIX Kawasaki BK117 B-2 ZK-IWP Robinson R44 II ZK-IZG Eurocopter EC 120 B Local Aircraft: ZK-BEC De Havilland DH 82A Tiger Moth ZK-CXG Cessna 150H ZK-EVL Piper PA-38-112 ZK-FIT Morane-Saulnier Rallye 235E ZK-FYA Cessna O-1G ZK-HJR Robinson R22 Beta ZK-IRR Guimbal Cabri ..read more

 Today was an early start so I could get some breakfast early and get on the road up to Auckland as soon as possible. Nothing happening at Tauranga so I took a few photos whilst waiting for Classic Flyers to open for breakfast. First proper stp of the day was Matamata where a bit of activity was happening. Was nice to see a few Auckland gliders down also. Here is what I saw: Visiting Aircraft: ZK-GBC Glaser-Dirks DG-300 Elan ZK-GBD PZL-Swidnik PW-5 "Smyk" ZK-GBU Schleicher Ka 6CR ZK-GKT Glasflugel Mosquito Local Aircraft: ZK-GAA Elliots EoN Olympia 2B (Deregistered) ZK-GFX Sch ..read more

 As I stated yesterday, I headed to Whakatane for the continuation of the SportAvex Fly-in. Sadly, the weather was not the best and most likely put off quite a few aircraft from coming over. It was good to see a few other aircraft around and it was also nice to be allowed out on to the field for some close-up photos. So, here's everything that was different to when I was there yesterday: Visiting Aircraft: ZK-CKD TEAM Tandem Air Bike ZK-DXW Cessna 180J ZK-ERX Murphy Rebel ZK-HXJ Canadian Home Rotors Safari ZK-IIC Airbus Helicopters AS 350 B ZK-ISE Canadian Home Rotors Safari ZK-JFH Han ..read more

 This weekend the SAANZ (Sport Aircraft Association of NZ) are hosting their yearly fly-in at Whakatane. So, I took the weekend off and drove up today to see what aircraft would be around. But of course, along the way to Whakatane are a couple of airfields that i stopped off into, first being Taupo. Here is what I saw: Visiting Aircraft: ZK-CFI Cessna 185B ZK-HPR Robinson R44 II ZK-HUG Bell 206L-1 ZK-IIX Kawasaki Bk117 B-2 ZK-MTH Diamond DA 40 ZK-NRC Cessna A185F ZK-SPY Cessna 206H ZK-VME Beechcraft B300 ZK-WIJ Cirrus SR22 Local Aircraft: ZK-BPT Cessna 172A ZK-CAN Cessna 185 ZK-CDF Mor ..read more

A very neat day today of seeing a nice range of aircraft. The first stop was being Dannevirke where the NZ AutoGyro Association were holding their annual Gyrocopter AGM and fly-in. Here is what I saw: Local Aircraft: ZK-DAL Cessna 150G ZK-DAN Cessna 177B ZK-DGL Piper PA-28-180 ZK-IQG Airbus Helicopters AS 350 B2 ZK-RIT Neil Hintz Tandem Dominator ZK-TFP Vans RV-12 Visiting Aircraft: ZK-IHA Guimbal Cabri G2 ZK-LMO ELA Aviacion ELA-08-R-115 ZK-RCB Rotor Flight Dominator ZK-RCI Bensen B8M Gyrocopter ZK-RCR Magni Gyro M16 ZK-RCT Rotor Flight Dynamic Sub 4 Single Dominator ZK-REG Neil Hintz Tan ..read more

 The annual Wanganui Aero Club open day was upon us again and the forecast was not looking great, but headed up anyway and was glad I did as it was cloudy at first but turned into a beautiful and hot day. There was plenty of aircraft around visiting both new and old. So here is everything I saw during the day; Local Aircraft: ZK-AGD Piper J-2 ZK-ATS Auster J1N ZK-AUZ De Havilland DH 82A Tiger Moth (From nearby strip) ZK-BAQ Auster J1B ZK-BEF De Havilland DH 82A Tiger Moth ZK-BTU Piper PA-18 ZK-BUE Cessna 172 (From nearby strip) ZK-CTF Cessna 150H ZK-DCR Cessna 182P ZK-DGK Piper PA ..read more

 Happy New Year, it's great to be back to going to fly-ins after a few months of them being rained off. Today the weather was great for the new year's fly-in at Masterton, around 34 aircraft flew in. Was great to catch up with everyone after a long while. But without further ado, here are the aircraft I saw today: Local Aircraft: ZK-ANL De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth ZK-BFS De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth ZK-BLK De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth ZK-BZR Cessna 180 ZK-CJG Bolkow Bo 208C Junior ZK-DKD Cessna 172M ZK-DKL Just Aircraft SuperSTOL XL ZK-DOS Piper PA-28-180 ZK-DOY Tecnam P2002 Sie ..read more

Well this was something different, a fly-in literally down the road from my home, so of course I had to take advantage of that. The weather could not have been better, so all I had to do was wait for the aircraft to arrive. About 6 did arrive the day before, in the end about 2 dozen aircraft flew in, even a couple new ones for me. Here are the aircraft I saw: Local Aircraft: ZK-AST Tecnam Astore ZK-CTE Cessna 150H ZK-DLL Grumman American AA-5A ZK-DRP Cessna 172M ZK-DWX Cessna U206F ZK-EAV Cessna 208 ZK-ECI British Aerospace Jetstream ZK-EKL Cessna R182 ZK-EKM Cessna 152 ZK-ELA Cessna 152 ZK ..read more

 The 3rd and final day of my weekend trip up north came today and first of was breakfast at Classic Flyers at Tauranga Airport. After that I had a wonder round and found these aircraft that differed from Saturday: Visiting Aircraft: ZK-RAC Delta Trikes J-RO Local Aircraft: ZK-AVL AutoGyro Cavalon ZK-DCF AutoGyro Calidus ZK-DDK Cessna 177B ZK-EAD Tecnam P92 Echo Mk II ZK-ENE North American Harvard 3* ZK-EQZ Piper PA-28-161 ZK-HGG Schweizer 269C ZK-JKM Magni Gyro M24 ZK-MSC Kitplanes for Africa Explorer ZK-RDC AutoGyro Calidus ZK-RGG AutoGyro Europe MT03 Eagle ZK-SAL TL Ultralight TL-2000 ..read more

 As I posted yesterday, plan was to head up to Whitianga for their open day via a look at Pauanui and that's exactly what we did! So firstly, was Pauanui where there were quite a few visitors parked up for us to see. Here is what I saw: Local Aircraft: ZK-ETP Cessna T210N Visiting Aircraft: ZK-ACO Beech A36 ZK-DEF Piper PA-32-260 ZK-DUK Cessna 172M ZK-ETX Cessna R182 ZK-IEK McDonnell Douglas 500N ZK-IND Bell 206L-1 ZK-IZB Leonardo AW169 ZK-LAB Cessna R182 ZK-PFL Tecnam P92 Echo Super ZK-SFC Piper PA-34-200T ZK-TEC Cessna 177B ZK-THK Tim Bygate Tiger Hawk ZK-VIA Vans RV-6A ZK-VMS Sonex ..read more