Waipukurau taildragger fly-in

 Saturday,5th September Waipukarau Airfield in Central Hawkes Bay region hosted the Taildraggers and spot landing competition and was blessed with  a lovely sunny day and a wide range of visiting and resident aircraft on show

Waipukarau residents

AGD	Piper	J-2 UL
AHD	Piper	J3C-50
CHB	Rans	S-6S Coyote II
CRT	Champion	7GCBC
CRY	NZ Aerospace	FU24-954
CTU	Aero Commander	100
DHZ	Jodel	D9 UL
ETJ	Cessna	A152
FGJ	Cessna	172P
FLI	Jodel	D9 UL
FTH	Micro Aviation	B22 Bantam
JDP	RANS	S-6ES Coyote II
KIX	Rans	S-6ES Coyote II
KSS	Piper	PA-18S-105
MYT	Bruce Walker	Custom/Skylark
OWN	Cessna	172 P
RDL	First Strike	Bobcat
WYZ	TEAM	Hi-Max

 

Visitors
ADT	De Havilland	DH 60G Gipsy Moth
BEF	De Havilland	DH 82A Tiger Moth
BMY	De Havilland	DH 82A Tiger Moth
BOE	Boeing-Stearman	E75
BPM	Piper	PA-18A-150
BQV	Piper	PA-18
BRO	Piper	PA-18A-150
CBH	Cessna	180
CPD	Champion	7ECA
DFL	Piper	PA-28-180
DOG	Cessna	O-1G Bird dog
DXA	Cessna	180J
EYH	Cessna	180K
LKA	R&B	Bearhawk
PDN	Vans	RV-8
PHZ	De havilland	Thruxton Jackaroo
RJH	Cessna	180D
RJK	Gardan	GY-20 Minicab U/L
SLX	Grimmer	Skylux
STM	Boeing-Stearman	A75N1
THK	Tim Bygate	Tiger Hawk
UAS	De Havilland Canada	DHC-1 Chipmunk Mk 22
VGR	Stinson	108-2
ZZD	Tecnam	P2008

 

A weekend trip to Taildraggers flyin at Waipukarau Airfield

 Fingers were crossing for  a sunny weekend and wasn't dissapointed,so departing on the 4th September for hastings ,I headed south east to Hawkes bay region and planned to drop into Rotorua,Taupo,Napier,Hastings-bridge Pa and finally end up at Waipukarau airfield on the 5th September for the Taildraggers flyin So first Rotorua

.As usual nothing of note.Just DHC-1 Beaver ZK-AMA parked outside the flying club.

1 hour later I arrived at a more lively Taupo Airfield and various helicopters were visible.              Robinson R-44,s  ZK-HGX,HFG,ICP and HCO .                                                                                             AS350  ZK-IAE,HBW,followed by 3 Enstroms in the Maintenance hangar with ZK-HRJ and 2 un-marked in the hangar.

Next stop Napier,and at last managed to see the DC-3 ZK-JGB parked up and outside Skyline Aviation was Beech 200,s ZK-WPN,SDH along with Beech400 NXJ and Cessna 510 VXM.

Last stop on the 4th was Hastings-bridge pa, were there were a few new residents on show that i havent seen before with Highlights be Stearmen ZK-STM,C420 SVQ,and C180 RJH.

The 5th was 45 minute drive to Waipukarau airfield in central Hawkes Bay and on my first visit ever there was resulting in noting the majority of residents there as well as over 30 + visitors for the Tail draggers fly-in and spot landing competition.A big thank you to Ron Day in allowing me to enter his hangar and being able to photo his collection of aircraft with prize Piper J-2 UL ZK-AGD on show.

Taupo

Napier

Hastings-Bridge Pa