Floatplane Pilot Identity - Rotorua 1995 ??

[chinapilot]

A long shot but does anyone know this pilots name?
Rotorua June 1995.



[This was when we had 4 days in AKL so often took the family on those trips, and while in Rotorua paid for a scenic...he was a great guy, very patient with my kids and would like him to know they are both earning a living aviating now. Great people like him foster the enthusiasm and even though they were surrounded by aviation it's the nice people they remember]

[slackie]

Didn't "Hooks" fly floatplanes in 'Vegas at some stage... maybe earlier than '95 though?

[sqwark2k]

That looks a lot like Phil Hooker.

[fadge]

That is the late Steve Davis.

[flyinkiwi]

Apr 25, 2012 22:21:18 GMT 12 fadge said:

That is the late Steve Davis.

I went flying with him in 2003 when I was doing the tourist thing in Rotovegas with a visiting American friend. After finding out I was a plane nut he gave me a very enthusiastic encouragement to learn to fly which included his own flying story. I remember Steve the way Chinapilot does, a genuinely nice bloke with boundless enthusiasm and endless patience.

[Dave Homewood]

What a shame to hear he's no longer with us, he sounds like a terrific enthusiast.

[chinapilot]

fadge - Thanks for the ID.
Like Dave and flyingkiwi very sorry to hear he is no longer with us.

[fadge]

Steve was a good guy. Succumbed to cancer, sadly.
I first met Steve in about 1984 when he first moved to Rotorua. He was with the floatplanes right from the time he moved there.

[Gary.]

Sorry to hear the pilot is no longer around but float plane ZK-EFI still is i often see it down at the boat harbour at lake Taupo. I've often wonderd did the EFI bit in the rego stand for electronic fuel injection? if so cool rego...