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Thursday, July 23, 2015

Two more from Taupo, including a mystery...

Here are two more "local" Taupo aircraft from today's brief stop at Taupo.

First up is Pacific Aerospace PAC750XL, ZK-SDT, operated by Skydive Taupo. This is the second use of ZK-SDT that I can find... the first being on another PAC750XL, which had an untimely demise in the waters of Lake Taupo. I particularly like the paint job on this one!

Pacific Aerospace PAC750XL, ZK-SDT, operated by Skydive Taupo
Next up is a mysterious Commonwealth CA-25 Winjeel. Some sources have this registered as ZK-WJL, although this doesn't show up on the CAA Aircraft Register that I can see. Any ideas anyone?

Commonwealth CA-25 Winjeel. Maybe ZK-WJL?

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4 comments:

  1. Nicks BIGSKY Aviation23 July 2015 at 22:35

    maybe this one Grashopper.

    http://www.airliners.net/photo/Commonwealth-CA-25-Winjeel/1273378/M/

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  2. minicooper24 July 2015 at 16:38

    I came up with this, http://www.caa.govt.nz/Script/AirReg2.asp?From_Month=1&From_Year=2009&To_Month=4&To_Year=2009+

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  3. Rodney24 July 2015 at 18:19

    Thank you gents. I've also had comment that it may have been deregistered and been static for a long time... Cheers!

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  4. Andrew M26 July 2015 at 21:38

    Hi Rodney

    NZ Civil Aircraft has something about its history: http://nzcivair.blogspot.co.nz/search?q=winjeel, including a flight to Wanaka in 2010.

    It rather does look as if it has been de-registered. I think I've heard that the owner has been overseas for a while.

    Cheers,
    Andrew

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