Latest new residents at Tauranga

My  successful trip today at Tauranga ,managing to capture 3 newish residents and thanks to the owners to allow me access and permission to take photos.Many thanks Steve Geard and a kind American owner.

And a couple of visitors thrown in as well

ZK-DAN Cessna 177 from a strip near Dannervirke

ZK-ROB  Tecnam P96 Golf from Kaipara Flats

ZK-IGQ Aerospatiale SE 3160 Alouette III (New resident)

N1572B Luscumbe 8E Silvaire (Resident)

(VH-JCE) Technoavia SP55 (on rebuild) hopefully allocated ZK-XXX

And visitors

Tauranga visitors over January and February 25

 It,s been a while since I posted visitors to Tauranga so starting off  2025 with selection of some captured over January and February.I have excluded traffic for the Airshow in January which i covered in a previous blog.

Boeing 757 NZ7272 of the RNZAF carrying out flight training 

Cessna 172 from Te Kuiti

Vans RV-12 ZK-EAA from Waihi Beach airstrip

Auckland aero clubs Cessna 172 ZK-JRA from Ardmore

RNZAF 14SQN Texan II NZ1411

Cessna 177 Cardinal ZK-TEC  from Feilding via Pauanui

Cessna 172 ZK-DEP from Te Kowhai

Beech 200 Super king air ZK-FDT departing back to Christchurch after arriving from Woodbourne earlier

Eurocopter EC120 ZK-HPM from Christchurch Int on a Survey detail in the local area

Beech 200Super King air ZK-LFA operated by Life Flight seen landing from Wellington

Alpha Aviation Pioneer 200 ZK-LPN arriving from Dunedin/Taieri and becoming Tauranga first new resident for 2025

Massey University School of Aviation,s Diamond DA40 ZK-MTG arriving from Palmerston North

Robinson R-44 ZK-HAD from Rotorua

Mil Mil 34C ZK-HCV in for maintenance at Aviation Training 2017 hangar

Same for Bell 206 Jetranger ZK-IEU 

Kiwi Air Limited,s sole Reims/Cessna ZK-XLF was temporary based at tauranga for major Photo survey work over the Waikato/Coromandel and Bay of Plenty area during February.Normally lives at its operating base at Gisborne

Thanks to Warwick Hamilton and Neil Williams for additional pixs

Visit to Tauranga

A trip to Tauranga on the 23 February was a pleasant surprise with 2 newbies for me and a couple of visitors dropping in.

Some locals noted arriving and departing for the day.

Parked up after a survey detail over Waikato

From Rotorua

ZK-HCV Mil Mil 34 in maintenance 

Heading back to Whitianga

In Maintenance

Local RV7 JPH heading off to Matamata

Tecnam P2008 KDW arriving back from the BBQ flyin at Turangi

Local RAD departing for a local trip to Pauanui.

Dropping in from Wanganui

Visit to Auckland Int

 Auckland day was a long weekend from 25th-27th January so a trip up to auckland was in order so dropping in on the 26th was not the best for the weather with major downpours,Variable Winds and low cloud making landing interesting.

However ,i managed to capture 3 visiting Executive jets landing and departing so here was what i noted .

Bizjets

VP-CJR  Gulfstream G650        (semi Resident)
N997X    Falcon 7X                  (Resident)
N968FA   Gulfstream 650ER     (Resident)
N669FB  Gulfstream7500
VP-BEL   Boeing 737 BBJ
T7-688NJ Gulfstream G650

Other captured on the day