Hawkes Bay Airfields visit May 2025

 Myself and my colleague Neil Williams embarked on a weekend trip down to Hawkes Bay to attend the Dawn Patrol flyin at Waipukarau Airfield on the 11th May,

So departing from Papamoa on the 10th May ,we passed Rotorua and to our shock,A aircraft was present and wasnt a bad one

ZK-JFL Pilatus PC-24.

Getting over the shock we headed off to our next pit stop .Taupo

Here was what was on show.H -Hangared

ZK-BPT Cessna 172A
ZK-CIA Piper PA18-150 Cub
ZK-CSW Cessna 150G
ZK-ELG Tecnam P96 Golf UL  (H)
ZK-ELX Piper PA-28-151 Archer (H)
ZK-EWF Cessna 172P
ZK-HEP MBB MBB-BK117 B-2
ZK-HKP Robinson R44 II
ZK-HNP MBB MBB-BK117 A-4
ZK-HXL Bell UH-1H (H)
ZK-IAK Enstrom 280 FX (H)
ZK-IAM Enstrom 280C (H)
ZK-IPP Eurocopter EC 130 T2 (H)
ZK-JMP Cessna 208 B Caravan
ZK-KCA Vans RV-8
ZK-LWN Piper PA-31 (H)
ZK-RBG AutoGyro Europe Autogyro MT-03Eagle (H)
ZK-RRJ Sport Copter Vortex (H)
ZK-SKZ Cessna U206F
ZK-SXP Air Tractor AT-502A
ZK-TBD Sequoia Falco F.8L (H)
ZK-ZSP Partenavia P 68B 
ZK-ZST Zenair CH701 SP (H)
ZK-ROG Cessna 182R  Visiting

Next stop was a Quick visit to Napier and had a lucky break with a hangar opened and given permission to enter we were able to visit the Aero club as well so here is what was on view 

ZK-AJP         De Havilland DH 82A Tiger Moth (H)
ZK-CKZ         Cessna 182J (H)
ZK-DGS         Piper PA23E Aztec
ZK-EFI         Cessna U206G (H)

ZK-EPA         Europa XS (H)

ZK-LFA         Beech B200 Super King Air
ZK-LKA         R&B Bearhawk (H)
ZK-LQA         Cessna 172 N
ZK-MSL         Piper PA-34-200T
ZK-NPR         Piper PA-31
ZK-RAX         Magni Gyro M-24 (H)
ZK-RMW Air Tractor AT-402B
ZK-ROW Piper PA-46-500TP Malibu  (H)
ZK-TDM Piper PA23-250 Aztec
ZK-ULL         Cavalier SA.102.5 (H)
ZK-WRB Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk
ZK-XLR         Pacific Aerospace P750 XL (H)
ZS-MYN         Beech V-35A  Bonanza  (H)

And Finally arriving into Hastings 

ZK-ADT         De Havilland DH 60G Gipsy Moth
ZK-BAT         De Havilland DH82 Tiger Moth(Stored)
ZK-BSP         Cessna 180
ZK-CDB         Alpi Aviation Pioneer 200
ZK-CDK  Aero Commander 680-F
ZK-CDR         Cessna 182T
ZK-CHG         Nanchang CJ-6
ZK-CPD         Champion 7ECA
ZK-CSL         Sonex Aircraft LLC Sonex
ZK-DAD         Cessna A152 (Stored)
ZK-DJU   Cessna 172
ZK-EYH  Cessna 180K
ZK-FGJ    Cessna 172P
ZK-FLT    Cessna 172N
ZK-GHB   Grob G.103c Twin III SL
ZK-GMX Grob G103 Twin II
ZK-GNK  Rolladen-Schneider LS 4(Rebuild)
ZK-GYP  PZL-Swidnik PW-5 "Smyk"
ZK-HLQ  Hughes 269A
ZK-ICJ     Bell 47G-3B-1
ZK-JIC     Cessna 152(Stored)
ZK-KCW Cessna 177RG
ZK-LMG Zenith Zodiac CH 650-UL
ZK-LNU  Cessna 172 R
ZK-LYF    Micro Aviation Bantam B22J
ZK-MAP  Cessna 402B

ZK-MBI   Piper PA34 Seneca (Stored)
ZK-NAN  Cessna 152 (Stored)
ZK-PCL   Avid C/Mk.IV STOL UL
ZK-RJK   Gardan GY-20 Minicab U/L
ZK-RVH  Vans RV-4
ZK-SVQ  Cessna 402B
ZK-TJK   Micro Aviation Bantam B22J
ZK-ZZT   Technam P2002  Sierra RG