San Marino Bizjet visits Tauranga

On the 24th December,Tauranga received a second Bizjet arrival in the shape of Global 6000 (GL6T)
T7-AMD c/n 9438 operated by FTC Aviation SRL which are normally residents at Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport !!!

It remaimed for a couple of days before departing back to Australia on the 27th December.

Pixs courtesy of Warick Hamilton ,Dudley Maritz

Visitors noted in November and December at Tauranga

With summer slowly kicking in,Visitors into Tauranga have been picking up nicely and below are the best of the crop noted.

November

And finally December

Pixs courtesy of myself,Peter Mole and Warwick Hamilton

A couple more visitors at Waihi Beach Strip.

Dropping into Waihi BeachAir Strip just before and after Xmas holiday,i pictured these parked up .

Captured on the 23rd Of December was TL-2000 Sting ZK-SLY from Whangarei and then departed south into Tauranga

Noted on the 29th December were 2 visitors.Chipmunk ZK-RFS from Ardmore and from Whitianga was Ultravia Pelican Club  ZK-MAL

Visit to Waihi Beach Airstrip NZWV

Last week,I decided to drop into Waihi Beach airstrip some 45 minute drive North of Tauranga to see if anything was around after the airfield was closed for a while during the year for ground improvments to the runway and surrounding area.

There is only 1 main hangar onsite which i believe holds 3 or 4 resident aircraft but across the road from the strip is a very popular Cafe/Restaurant .From inspection of the hangar i could see 3 residents.
ZK-CSC Sports cruiser and ZK-JAN Tecnam P96 Golf plus one unidentified aircraft minus its prop.

The main radio frequency for Waihi is 124.50 and runway patten of 33 R/H and 13 LH

Seen parked up was Cessna 185 ZK-CHL which traveled up from Dannervirke

Looking down the main grass 31 RWY  Right Hand 

The airstrips only hangar which stands just to the left side of 33 R/H

Looking down from the car park of the cafe of the 640m runway.I hope one day with the owners permission ,to organize a fly-in here with help from others to see not just 1 but 50 plus visiting.Dreams are free !!!!!!

Already Waihi has had some more recent visitors in December as the BOP revels in sunshine and here are a few noted
Pixs courtesy of John Anderson

Cessna 172 S ZK-JMY was from Ardmore

Vans RV-4 ZK-RVB was from Pauanui Beach strip

and finally 2 Tauranga residents 

ZK-TFP RV-12

ZK-MOR AutoGyro Europe MT-03 Eagle

Chinese Bizjet arrives into Tauranga

Early this morning on 23rd December ,Tauranga were treated to a rare sight.An executive Bizjet.

Arriving from Auckland Gulfstream G650 B-3722 c,n 6159 operated by Private Owner,arrived for around 40 minutes before departing back to Auckland .