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Post by komata on Dec 29, 2015 10:23:23 GMT 12
Perhaps my eyes and ears deceived me, but can anyone confirm that a Percival Provost was flying southwards over Cambridge / leamington at 1112 on 29 December 2015? It looked like a Provost, it sounded like a Provost, but was in fact one of the type? If so, would it have been ZK-JOT off for a little jaunt over the central North Island?
Thanks.
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Post by scrooge on Dec 29, 2015 19:17:17 GMT 12
Not JOT if it was one.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 29, 2015 19:23:29 GMT 12
Maybe a Winjeel?
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Post by Bruce on Dec 29, 2015 21:45:28 GMT 12
there is a Winjeel at Taupo, but I dont think it flies very much (if at all)> I checked the Taupo Airport Webcam and it certainly didnt move today, so not that one anyway! |
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Post by komata on Dec 30, 2015 5:14:19 GMT 12
Thank you folks - evidently my eyes were deceiving me  . FWIW:, the following 'recognition' points relating to this (now) mystery aircraft: Low-wing monoplane; Closely-cowled Radial engine, Fixed tail-wheeled undercarriage (non-spatted) attached to wings, not fuselage, 'Ribbed' 'long' canopy (as opposed to clear-type), Squared top of fin, Square wing tips. Aircraft viewed from a point 3/4 starboard rear, looking upwards; aircraft in silhouette. Frustratingly, FR24 didn't record the aircraft's flightpath. Although to me the quick view that I had indicated 'Provost' (hence my question) on reflection, the only machine/s which which seem to comes anywhere near this description, would seem to be the Auster Agricola (although discounted because of the radial engine) or something of the 'Air Tractor' persuasion, but I have no idea if there are even any of the latter in the Waikato / King Country (or even New Zealand). Aircraft flying east of Cambridge (at approximately Pukekura for those who know the district), height (estimated) 3,000 ft, on a roughly North-South track. Hope that this helps. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 1, 2016 20:53:29 GMT 12
The only flying Agricola in the world left NZ years ago and is in the UK, I believe.
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Post by raymond on Jan 1, 2016 20:58:48 GMT 12
The only flying Agricola in the world left NZ years ago and is in the UK, I believe. Its for sale I read |
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Post by thomarse on Jan 2, 2016 5:28:16 GMT 12
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. FWIW:, the following 'recognition' points relating to this (now) mystery aircraft: 
