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Post by gtf4j2m on Feb 7, 2021 18:57:08 GMT
A little while ago I put some photo's on from my first Omaka Airshow in New Zealand in 2001. Here are some from the rest of my 3 weeks out there. My wife's family live in New Zealand and we stayed with her sister in Christchurch when we weren't traveling about. We flew from Manchester to Singapore via Mumbai on 747 9V-SML. This flight arrives early morning and the flight flight to Christchurch leaves around Midnight so a good day is spent at Changi. Our flight from Singapore to Christchurch was on A340 9V-SJD. We spent a few days around Christchurch before heading to Omaka, via Kaikoura and Picton. Eileen, my wife always expects me to go spotting whenever I can. So we visited Ferrymead Museum which houses an Aircraft Museum and a Steam Railway. There is a US Navy C-47 in this museum that was used in Antarctica and a New Zealand Airways Viscount. 
ZK-BLO PA23 Apache Ferrymead Aviation Museum 11Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
NZ2328 Mosquito FB.6 Ferrymead Aviation Museum 11Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr I will put all the Christchurch Photo's later Kaikoura
ZK-HBO Bell 206B JetRanger Kaikoura 12Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
ZK-SFK BN2A Islander NZKI 12Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
ZK-VCM Cessna 172N NZKI 12Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr Picton A small grass airfield south of the town. 
ZK-DCF Commander 500A NZOK 13Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr Blenheim The main airfield for the region at the top of the South Island. It is also a military airfield 
ZK-CEF EMB-110P NZBM 13Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
ZK-FHX EMB-110P NZBM 14Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
ZK-RES Jetstream 32 NZBM 13Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
ZK-SDA SA.227AC Metro III NZBM 14Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr Whilst in Nelson, which was the next stop after Omaka to see family, we visited Fouder's Park. The is a preserved Bell 47 and Bristol 170 here. 
ZK-CLU Bristol Freighter 31E Founders Park, Nelson 15Oct01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr More from Nelson later Graham GTF4J2M |
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Post by monarch01 on Feb 7, 2021 19:26:18 GMT
Nice shots there Graham, is the Mosquito being restored ?
Cheers
Adrian
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Post by gtf4j2m on Feb 7, 2021 20:34:11 GMT
The Mosquito is being slowly restored to static display using another fuselage and parts from HR339. I haven't been to the museum for a while so I don't know what the progress is.
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Post by gtf4j2m on Feb 7, 2021 20:41:23 GMT
To not check out Nelson airfield would have been VERY wrong, so we had a quick look on the Sunday afternoon before visiting family and again on the Monday before leaving the area. Nelson is the main operating base & engineering base for Air Nelson, part of the Air New Zealand group. 
ZK-DUY PA28R Arrow NZNS 15Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
ZK-HNO Bell 212 NZNS 15Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
ZK-JGI Cessna A185E NZNS 15Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
ZK-JSH Jetstream 31 NZNS 16Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
ZK-NLE SAAB SF-340A NZNS 16Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
ZK-NLH SAAB SF-340A NZNS 16Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
ZK-NLT SAAB SF-340A NZNS 16Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
ZK-OSW Jetstream 31 NZNS 15Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
ZK-PGH Gippsland GA-200C NZNS 16Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
ZK-SWK SNA Seawind 3000 NZNS 15Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
ZK-TAT Cessna 172R NZNS 16Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr After Nelson we headed off down the west coast, stopping at Westport overnight, looking in at Greymouth Airfield and returning to Christchurch over Arthur's Pass. A truly spectacular journey, I have done it several times since in both directions and it doesn't lose the sense of awe. Westport 
ZK-NSU SA.227AC Metro III NZWS 16Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr We then stayed in Christchurch for a few days. I managed a couple of visits to the airport and also a family friend gave a complete tour of the Air Force Museum at Wigram. The main exhibition is rather dark and bad for for photo's. The store is much better. Christchurch Airport
ZK-NEQ DHC8-311 NZCH 09Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
ZK-NER DHC8-311 NZCH 09Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
ZK-NZH BAe 146-300 NZCH 18Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
ZK-NZJ BAe 146-300 NZCH 09Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr Air Force Museum, Wigram
69-7639 Cessna O-2A (USAF- ) Wigram 18Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
G-BIAT 'N6460' Sopwith Pup [R] Wigram 18Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
NZ1481 'NZ825' DH82A Tiger Moth Wigram 18Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
NZ5757 Vampire FB.5 RNZAF- Wigram 18Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
NZ6373 Strikemaster 88 RNZAF- Wigram 18Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
ZK-CFX D31 Turbulent NZWG 18Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
ZK-JLA 'NZ1948' CT.4B Airtrainer Wigram 18Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr The next day it was off to the North Island Graham GTF4J2M |
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Post by gtf4j2m on Feb 7, 2021 21:16:04 GMT
The next day Thursday 19th April I flew from Christchurch to Auckland, leaving Eileen to have a weekend with her sister. I flew on Air New Zealand B737 ZK-NAB. ex G-BHWE of Britannia AW. There was in those days a very good viewing area in the international terminal at Auckland. Good views could be had of the small inter island aircraft and after a walk there is a viewing area on the approach to the east of the airfield. I didn't bother with a hire car on this trip, so didn't go to Ardmore. I finally got there in 2005. i used public transport to visit Auckland city, MOTAT Museum and the Auckland Institute on the Friday. Auckland International
DQ-FJG B737-8X2 NZAA 19Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
HL7531 B777-2B5ER NZAA 19Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
HS-TKA B777-3D7 NZAA 19Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
LV-ZPJ A340-211 NZAA 19Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
ZK-NAB B737-204 NZAA 21Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr MOTAT Museum
ZK-BVE Lockheed 18-56 Lodestar MOTAT 20Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
ZK-BPU Commonwealth CA-28 Ceres MOTAT 20Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
ZK-BWH Auster J.1B 'NZ1708, MOTAT 20Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
ZK-CVB Transavia PL-12 Airtruk MOTAT 20Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr Mechanics Bay Heliport, Auckland Harbour
ZK-HPA AS355F Twin Squirrel NZMB 20Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
ZK-HGB AS350B Squirrel NZMB 20Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr I also visited the Auckland Institute & Museum which had Spitfire TE456 and a Zero, which I didn't photograph. I flew back to Christchurch on the Saturday afternoon on B737 ZK-NGF. I had a couple of days around Christchurch before Eileen & I headed off again, this time to the south. Destination Queenstown Graham GTF4J2M |
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Post by graham on Feb 8, 2021 7:47:22 GMT
Fantastic photos Graham, many thanks for taking the time to upload them. The scenery at Blenheim looks amazing.
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Post by gtf4j2m on Feb 8, 2021 10:14:36 GMT
On the 23 April we left Christchurch heading south after a brief look over the fence at the airport where the only thing of interest was NZ7003 C-130H RNZAF my last one. First airfield stop was at Lake Tekapo where we had a flight booked around the Mount Cook area. This airfield is operated by Air Safaris, at that time operating Cessna 207's and GAF Nomads. This was Eileen's first flight in a small aircraft. The weather wasn't playing and Mount Cook was lost in cloud. A bonus was that we had to land at Glentanner to drop off some Japanese tourists Glentanner is about half way up the road to the Mount Cook settlement. ZK-SEW Cessna 207 was our aircraft for the flight 
ZK-SEW Cessna T207A NZTL 23Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
ZK-NMD GAF N24A Nomad NZTL 23Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
ZK-NMC GAF N24A Nomad NZTL 23Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr Glentanner
ZK-HAW MBB-Kawasaki BK117A NZGT 23Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr The airfield at Twizel was empty but this AS350 was noted on a pad in the town 
ZK-HJY AS350BA Squirrel Twizel 23Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr WanakaThe next airfield stop was on the 24th at Wanaka. This was home to 2 museums /collections in 2001. The Alpine Fighter Collection, now closed and the Wanaka Toy Museum. This has expanded a lot recently and I have plans to revisit soon. It is also a very active GA field and hosts the bi-annual Warbirds show. The Alpine Fighter Collection
ZK-HBL Hiller UH-12E NZWF 24Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
ZK-JKM '75' Polikarpov I-153 NZWF 24Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
ZK-JJC '39' Polikarpov I-16 NZWF 24Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
ZK-JJB '10' Polikarpov I-153 NZWF 24Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
ZK-JIO '34&' Polikarpov I-16 NZWF 24Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
ZK-AEK DH83 Fox Moth NZWF 24Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
NZ5765 Vampire FB.5 RNZAF- NZWF 24Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
ZK-PLI '473420' P-51D Mustang NZWF 24Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr Wanaka Toy Museum
ZK-COW Victa Airtourer 115 NZWF 24Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
VH-XUS '18-2388&' Lockheed Lodestar NZWF 24Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
NZ1804 'INST214' Devon C.1 NZWF 24Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
A84-207 Canberra B.20 RAAF- NZWF 24Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr Airfield 
ZK-LJA Maule M5-235C Lunar Rocket NZWF 24Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr After Wanaka we headed over the road pass to Queenstown, the scenery is outstanding. We paid a quick visit to the airfield and booked a helicopter flight for the next day when the weather was forecast to improve, then into Queenstown and an afternoon trip on the steam ship Ernslaw across Lake Wakatipu to the Walter Peak Station. The helicopter flight the next day was Eileen's first in a helicopter. My job at that time was heading up a Wessex servicing team and I was also the Flight Test Observer, so got a lot of hours flying in helicopters. ZK-HWE Hughes 500 flew us Milford Sound Airfield via a stop at a glacier on top of a mountain then back to Queenstown. 
ZK-HMB AS355F Twin Squirrel NZQN 24Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
ZK-HKR AS350D Squirrel NZQN 24Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
ZK-HJS Hughes 369E NZQN 24Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
ZK-FVX GAF N24A Nomad NZQN 24Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
ZK-FQY Cessna 207 NZQN 25Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
ZK-DRY Cessna 207 NZQN 24Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
ZK-DOC Cessna A185F NZQN 24Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
ZK-DBV BN2A Islander NZQN 24Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
ZK-CHK Cessna 185C NZQN 24Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
ZK-SRV Van's RV-6 NZQN 24Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
ZK-HWE Kawasaki-Hughes 369D NZQN 25Apr01 (1) by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
ZK-HWE Kawasaki-Hughes 369D NZQN 25Apr01 (3) by Graham Taylor, on Flickr Displayed in the Terminal
ZK-BDX Auster J.1B NZQN 24Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr Whilst taking a look round the area we came across this at Moke Lake 
ZK-JSW NZ Aerospace FU24 Moke lake, Queenstown 25Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr After Queenstown we headed back north for Christchurch with just a couple of airfields visited as we passed. The busiest was Timaru
ZK-BEZ Cessna 180 NZTU 26Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr 
ZK-NFD Cessna 441 NZTU 26Apr01 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr After that all we had was the long journey home on A340 9V-SJI to Singapore for a couple of hour stop arriving and leaving in the dark, and the flight to Manchester onboard 9V-SMT B747 which again routed via Mumbai. I hope you have enjoyed the photo's. I have been to NZ a few times since and hope to go again soon. Graham GTF4J2M |
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Post by davebasing on Feb 8, 2021 11:00:21 GMT
Great series Graham. Certainly whets the appetite as I've never been further than Oz but its on the list if/when we ever return to normality. The T28 (ZK-JGS) at Wanaka I noted in store on a MASDC (AMARC) tour back in 1980, then coded 2P-251 of training squadron VT6.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2021 14:39:43 GMT
 Great pictures Graham and some superb scenery as well, have a few friends who have like yourself visited New Zealand on a number of occasions and who also sing the praises of the country. It is somewhere I would like to visit as well as Australia and Japan and China, but despite suggesting to my beloved that we should go on holiday there, it falls on deaf ears, as she is not a great flyer, the USA is the best I have managed to get her to go too, albeit several times, usually for three weeks at a go. Heathrow to LAX nearly finished her off long flights. Great report though -thanks for sharing. Happy Days and Stay safe Bob 
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Post by graham on Feb 9, 2021 11:41:07 GMT
Superb photos Graham, thank you
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Post by billsamuels on Feb 9, 2021 18:01:55 GMT
Brilliant report Graham.
I was lucky enough to visit NZ just over a year ago... If I ever get my PC to talk to Flickr I’ll load some of my photos...
But your trip looks fantastic mate. Thanks for sharing.
Bill
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Post by gtf4j2m on Feb 9, 2021 22:10:19 GMT
I will skip a visit and do 2007 next, the first year I had a digital camera with me. Just take me a while to put everything on flikr. I had problems with signing into Flikr, then I realised I was trying to sign on the wrong email address. I needed to use my yahoo email address.
Graham
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Post by graham on Feb 10, 2021 10:38:51 GMT
Flickr totally changed their signing in process a while ago Graham, it had me going round in circles for ages and in the end, I had to contact their support to gain access.
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