Some new and departed Tauranga residents

 Time to catch up on recent arrivals and departure residents here at Tauranga during the last few months.

Recent arrivals onto the register and new residents were.

CRV RV-4

KRS Rutan Long-Eze

JPH RV-7

CBW Quickie U/L

And departures 

JIL Hunter 

TLP Pazmany PL-2

PGB SH-3R Glasair III 

Arrivals

Departures

Seen here on the 23rd October Glastair PGB departing to its new owners at Rangiora.

Hawker Hunter FR75S ZK-JIL seen here been dismantled prior to its export to australia and has been allocated a new registration already.VH-XVE.Also the Hunter T-7 500 which was part of the Classic flyers collection will also be joining JIL to Australia.

 

Pazmany PL-2 ZK-TLP has been sold and now lives in Hastings/bridge Pa airfield.

Busy day at Tauranga

 Saturday was blessed with cloudless skies ,just perfect for flying conditions as it was along weekend various aircraft arrived including a charted DC-3 flight from Ardmore which stayed for around 4 hrs before departing back .

Here are some locals and visiting aircraft captured during the day.

Dh Tiger Moth Spring fly in at Taumaranui Airfield

 On Saturday 16th October ,Taumaranui airfield hosted the annual DH Tiger Moth gathering and luckily the weather held firm with no wind and just overcast conditions perfect for a flyin.

A total of 47 aircraft attended the event and 11 Tigers were in view as well as a Spot landing and bombing competition.

Tiger Moths

ADT DH 60G Gipsy Moth

ALK DH 82A Tiger Moth

ATM DH 82A Tiger Moth

AUD DH 82A Tiger Moth

BAH DH 82A Tiger Moth

BAL DH 82A Tiger Moth

BEF         DH 82A Tiger Moth

BER DH 82A Tiger Moth

BFF         DH 82A Tiger Moth

BLI         DH 82A Tiger Moth

BMY DH 82A Tiger Moth

Other visitors Noted

AMK Cessna 180

ATS  Auster J1

AZK Cessna 195

BDY Auster J5

BFK Cessna 120

BKW Piper PA18

BOE Boeing Stearman E75

CAV Cessna 185

CAW EAA Acro Sport

CDP Hamilton Stoddard Glasair

CIV         Piper PA28 Cherokee

CJE         Bolkow Junior

CTB Cessna 150

DGO Piper PA-28-180

DJF  Cessna A185F

DKE Cessna 180

DRS Cessna 172

DXI  Piper PA28 Warrior

EAA Vans RV-12

EGN Cessna 320E

EJS   Cessna 172

ENJ  Harvard

EQQ Piper PA28 Archer

FXC Club Crafters CCX-2000

FYA Cessna O-1G Birddog

JDJ   Cessna 177

JDL  SH-2 Glasair TD

KMM Jodel D9

KRD Cessna 180C

KWK Lancair 320

LTY  Pacific Aerospace Cresco 08-600

N861WP DHC-1 Chipmunk

OPM Glastair

PRV  Vans RV-6

RJS   Boeing Stearman A75N1

SBR B22 Bantam (Resident)

SLN Factory Sling 4

TXN Fly Synthesis Texan 

VAW Aeroprakt A-22

WBG Cessna 180 J

XSA Harvard

The 4 Amigos Spotters.Mark Pattenden,Jordan Elvy,Simon Hills and Phil Craig 

And finally" Mr Minty" Keith  Morris arrives in his Honey Bee Jodel D9 ZK-KMM