Rodney's Aviation Ramblings

It's wonderful to climb the liquid mountains of the sky, Behind me and before me is God and I have no fears.

— Helen Keller, at age 74, on flight around the world, news reports of 5 February 1955

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Sunday, March 26, 2023

This was an awesome currency check

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Yep, this was an awesome currency check in the club's Cessna 172N, ZK-EKE, this afternoon with Oscar. Rather than just a few circuits, w...
Monday, February 20, 2023

Piper Turbo Arrow

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Today's picture is a Piper PA28RT-201T Turbo Arrow, ZK-TFD, from Christchurch. I've never flown a Turbo Arrow, and it has been many ...
Sunday, February 12, 2023

Flying NZ "Healthy Bastards" National Championships 2023

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This past week, I was helping to run the annual Flying NZ National Championships for 2023, which were hosted by the team at Marlborough Aero...
Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Mitsubishi MU2

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This Mitsubishi MU-2B-60, ZK-PSR, arrived and departed Wellington on Saturday. This aircraft is operated as an air ambulance, by Search and ...
Sunday, January 22, 2023

It still fits!

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I got to strap on the Nanchang CJ6A, ZK-MAO, today and go for a flight. First up some dual circuits, then a few myself. Normal circuits, fla...
Saturday, January 21, 2023

Big, beautiful and green

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It is back. No flying for me today, but the Nanchang is in Wellington. I'm hoping to have a currency flight on Sunday afternoon. 👍 I di...
Friday, December 30, 2022

Sounds Air Pilatus

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Today's picture [from last Wednesday] was this Pilatus PC12/45, ZK-PLT. This aircraft is operated by Sounds Air. Pilatus PC12/45, ZK-PLT...
Thursday, December 29, 2022

Marlborough Aero Club

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A visitor to Wellington on Wednesday afternoon was this Piper POAS38-112, ZK-DMF. This aircraft is operated by Marlborough Aero Club. Piper ...
Wednesday, December 28, 2022

Max 8

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It is good to be on holiday. I'm back in Wellington now, and during a quick visit to the airport, there was time to photograph a small n...
Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Paper airplanes

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Ever wanted to fold some incredible paper airplanes? Here's a great video that will help. Perfect for if the weather is not good enough ...
Sunday, December 18, 2022

Playing with the new camera

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Another day of playing with the new camera today. It is a fairly gloomy day. Hopefully I'll get to play more on a bright and sunny day s...
Saturday, December 17, 2022

ENT at WLG

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This from a few weeks ago - Cessna U206G, ZK-ENT, which is operated by Pelorus Air. Cessna U206G, ZK-ENT, operated by Pelorus Air
Sunday, November 20, 2022

Business jets at Wellington

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Following on from yesterday's post, once the weather had cleared and I had my flight, I went and grabbed a couple of pictures of the bus...
Saturday, November 19, 2022

Rainy day, time to fly

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I was booked in to fly today, but It was a bit wet this morning and early afternoon. It cleared up in time though, so I ended up having a qu...
Sunday, November 13, 2022

This weekend in Masterton

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This past weekend was spent in Masterton at the Flying New Zealand Cook Strait Regional Competitions. Good times with a lot of good flying, ...
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