TAURANGA AIRCRAFT IN PICS

We thought as it is quiet for movements in August we would put up pics of Tauranga based aircraft.
PART 1
Aircraft reg ZK-A-C

REARWIN 9000L SPORTSTER ZK-AGQ

DH 89B DOMINIE ZK-AKU

DH82A TIGER MOTH ZK-BFF

PIPER PA-18A-150 ZK-BKA

PIPER PA-18A-150 ZK-BKJ

VANS RV-6 ZK-BRV

PIPER PA-18A-150 ZK-BRY

DH_82A TIGER MOTH ZK-BSN

CESSNA 180C ZK-BVV

CESSNA C172M ZK-CBZ

PIPER PA-28-140 ZK-CIP

AIRBOURNE EDGE X ZK-CNM

CESSNA 150H ZK-CTF

SALUTE to LES MUNRO

Harvards at Tauranga airport for the missing man flypast to honour Les Munro the last Dambuster pilot last Saturday 8th August.  
Sqn Ldr  Les Munro CNZM, DSO, QSO, DFC, died on 4 August 2015 in hospital at Tauranga, New Zealand, at the age of 96, after being ill with heart problems.So a tribute was organized to overfly the Tauranga Domain in the presence of 5 Havard,s flying in formation.
3 Havard,s arrived from Ardmore with the other 2 making up the numbers from Tauranga.
The Harvard,s involved were the following.

ZK-ENF/NZ1053
ZK-ENJ/NZ1098
ZK-ENC/NZ1091
ZK-ENG/NZ1078
ZK-JJA/NZ1052

 Pics by The Hairy Mole Rat

JULY MOVEMENTS 2015

July movements in and out of Tauranga Airport. A good mix of large and small aircraft.

Cabri  G2  ZK-IIF

King Air  ZK-SSH

RNZAF  Orion  NZ4203

MU  2  ZK-KOH

Cessna 172 ZK-CWD

Piper Cherokee  ZK-LMA

Cessna  208  ZK-KPH

Sling LSA UL  ZK_SLG

Robin  ZK-TZL

Conver  580  ZK-CIB

Harvard  NZ1098

DYN'AERO  ZK-ORR

Robinson R44 11  ZK-HTH

ATR 72  ZK-MVG

Return of former residents

Noted back in early August were two former Bayflight aircraft who were transferred to the defunct Helipro Fleet are now back in Tauranga.

Cessna 152,s ZK-FCO and ZK-KID are parked up in the same parking zones where they were flown to Ardmore months ago and now minus the Bayflight logos and painted in all plain white,KID has been noted flying whilst FCO remains tied down.

ZK-ADT DE HAVILLAND DH 60G GIPSY MOTH

It was nice to see this Gipsy Moth here in Tauranga yesterday.
Pics by The Hairy Mole Rat