Visitors noted over August and early September at Tauranga

Here is some shots of visitors arriving into Tauranga during the last 6 weeks or so.

Ardmore based Piper PA24 Comanche ZK-DAA operated by Auckland Air Charter Ltd  parked up outside TAC 

Dropping in from Whakatane is this very colorful painted  Cessna 172 N ZK-LCL

Taking off on a presumed test flight from Flightcare is CT/4E Airtrainer ZK-PTG which till recently was stored at Napier

Arriving from Auckland and only on the ground for just over 5 mins before departing back to its Rotorua base is Learjet 60 ZK-JAK operated by JAK Air.

Departing back to Matamata is Aerospool Dynamic WT9  ZK-MLC

Bell 206 Jetranger ZK-IRL landing next to Rotofix hangar

Cessna 510 Mustang ZK-YDZ is operated by Skyline Aviation Limited at Napier.

One of many Cessna 152,s operating in NZ with this example ZK-MDS operated by Aerohire atWhakatane seen here taxiing towards 25 R runway.

A recent Australian import to L3 CTS Airline Academy (NZ) Limited at Hamilton is Cessna 172 S  ZK-RQZ.

Going up for a test flight after surgery carried out at Solowings is Just Aircraft SuperSTOL ZK-RIM which hides way at the Taupo gliding airfield at Centinal Park

 L3CTC Academy fleet utilise Tauranga Airport for student training on a regular basis with DA40 and DA42 common arrivals.ZK-SFJ  DA40 Diamond Star carrying out a touch and go on grass 25 runway.

ZK-HYJ Aerospatiale AS 355 F1 is operated from Ardmore by Heliflite Charter & Training Limited

Dropping in from Hamilton is Cessna R182 ZK-MRG

Hamilton resident Piper PA30 ZK-DOK 

Robinson R-44 ZK-HVV located at Hamilton

Landing  were a contingent of residents  from Paraparaumu arriving for fuel before departing for Pauanui .Seen here is Diamond DA40 ZK-MTZ.

Parked out TAC was North Shore based TL-3000 Sirus ZK-SRZ

Pixs courtesy of Warick,Peter and myself