April Movements at Tauranga

Some visitors noted over April landing into Tauranga

All pics courtesy of myself,peter Mole and Warwick Hamilton

Trip to Rotorua

Popping into Rotorua Airport today with Peter Mole , and wasn't dissapointed with the outcome with some new frames on show with the Challenger the main Attraction.

Challenger 605  N605VV c/n 5773 seen parked up before departing just after 3pm.

Mount Cook ATR72 ZK-MCC arriving from Christchurch

landing from Auckland Int was Starships Beech 200 King Air ZK-SSH arriving to pick up a patient from the nearby hospital

My first viewing of Super Air Air Tractor AT-502B ZK-MAE taxiing back to its  hangar after a local dusting duty.

Visiting from Palmerston North was DA40 ZK-MTA of the Massey University School of Aviation

Parked up in the hangar along side Grumman ZK-RTA was Cessna 150L ZK-TDI

F-ONCP C525 CJ4 lands into Tauranga

On the 27th April,Cessna Citation C525 CJ4 F-ONCP landed into Tauranga mid morning on a medivac flight originally departed from Raratonga on the Cook Islands in the South Pacific ,landing into Auckland before finally staying over at Tauranga.

Visit to Drury,Ardmore and Matamata Airfields

Last weekend I was up in Auckland to watch the Blues rugby Game so it would seem appropriate to visit Drury Ardmore and Matamata on my return leg back to Tauranga and wasn't dissapointed in what i saw.

Here are a few highlights of my trip.

First Up was Auckland Gliding Club field at Drury

Followed by Ardmore

And finally dropped into a dead Matamata 

ZK-RAZ on rebuild

February Visitors into Tauranga

February saw a very quite month for visiting aircraft so here are a few that dropped in for a visit.

Falcon 50 EX N115WF stayed for a few days arriving from Wellington from where it resides.

Bell 206 Jetranger ZK-HQH parked up adjacent to TAC from the South Island airfield of Ashburton which is a rare site residents from South island travelling North !!!! But always welcomed 

Visiting Rotorfix is Robinson R-44 ZK-IKU  from nearby Rotorua

Farmers Air PAC 750 XL ZK-XLB 

A large contingent of aircraft from Auckland Aero club at Ardmore landed and all a parked up outside Classic Flyers .ZK-JRA  C172 one as is ZK-JMY and ZK-JPA as shown below

Cessna 210 VH-ZIO arrived to Tauranga from Archerfield via various stops to reside temporary to carry out air servery in the local area.

Avid Aircraft MKIV Speedwing UL ZK-KJL  arrived from Rotorua.

Taupo based PA46 301-Malibu ZK-ORZ seen here taking off in early evening off 25RW

Vintage DHC-1 Beaver ZK-BVA from Gisbourne

 

A chartered Air Chathams Allison Convair 440 ZK-CIE taxxiing towards Tauranga Airport  terminal .

Ex ZK-VAD now registered as VH-VID Cessna 402 C seen parked up near Solo Wings Engineering before departing across the ditch to its new home in Australia

RNZAF P3C Orion NZ4205 carrying out night time touch and gos and overshoots on a regular training exercise.

Pictures Courtesey of Myself,Peter Mole and Warrick.

SAANZ 2019 FLYIN ASHBURTON