Wednesday 28 February 2018

UAE PAC 750XL 4000 at Bateen

At last after many attempts to view this 750XL i was luckily enough to see  UAEAF 750XL 4000 inside the military hangar at Al Bateen Airport in UAE ,although some distance away,it  seldoms seems daylight so it is ex N506VS and ex ZK- KCP.\


PAC 750XL 4000 UAEAF c.n 191



PAC 750XL STOL  4000 based at Al Bateen Airport in Abu Dhabi s/n 191

Thursday 22 February 2018

Visitors noted in Tauranga during February

Seen landing into 07 R/W is NZ only registered Falcon 2000EX ZK-OCB.Operated on behalf of Pacific Jets Ltd at Auckland Int ,this machine replaced  its previous registered ZK-OCB Citation C525CJ3 last year.

Arriving into Rotorfix ,was this recent imported McDonnel Douglas 600N ZK-IJD operated by Amalgamated Ltd based at Masterton/Hood airfield
Another visitor to Rotorfix is Hughes 369E ZK-IMD from Otorohanga south of Hamilton


Arriving in lovely BOP Sunshine is Cessna 172 M privately owned at lives at the airstrip in Tarras

RNZAF P-3C Orion on a routine training mission from Whenuapai carrying out touch and goes into Seal 25R/W

Parked outside Solo Wings Engineering Hangar is a newly registered Gyrocopter ZK-RDS which at present hasn't been officially registered on the NZ civil register.

Aerial Serveys Cessna 402B ZK-MAP on a detail mapping exercise in the local area.When i win the lottery ,that will be my registered aircraft ZK-MAP !!!,Dreams are free 

Rotorfix customer arrives in the shape of Hughes 369FF operated by Helisika Agricultural Limited at Ardmore.

Visiting Tauranga on i believe filming duties for a TV programme is Eurocopter AS 355 F2  ZK-HFS.

Arriving into Solo wings is Zenith CH-200 ZK-ZEN based at Te Kowhai

Visiting from its base at Opotiki is Hughes 369HS 

Landing is Cessna 180 ZK-BGI also arriving from Opotiki

Robinson R-22 ZK-HXL owned by Heli-Hire from Rotorua landing outside Rotorfix hangar and later was seen departing the airfield in a back of a trailer

All pictures courteous of Peter Mole

Sunday 11 February 2018