Waikato (Collins Rd) Airfield Family Fun Day

[Darren Masters]

What a good day it was there today.Firstly, I started my day at the Te Kowhai Airfield flying Bantam ZK-SAK with Scott for my BFR. Was absolutely wonderful getting intouch with the Bantam again and what a gem to fly with the Jabiru 2.2. I still don't like to use flap in that machine and there really is no need to.

Some pics from Te Kowhai:

ZK-SAK



Some inflight pics in ZK-SAK around the Te Kowhai training area.





My favourite inflight photo of the day.

[Darren Masters]

From there it was the short car trip over to the Collins Rd Airfield for the Waikato Microlight fun day. Thoroughly enjoyed the day with the modest $5 entry fee. Was exciting to watch some of the machines come in with the stiff wind. Blair was there with his Mosquito helicopter and also present was Bell 47G from Ardmore ZK-ICJ (video below). Got to have a fly in one of the club X-Air's for $35 for a good 20min flight. Thoroughly enjoyed this also. Below are some of my favourite pics of the day.



































In summary an awesome day. So good to be able to have my wings again in the microlight category. Awesome to meet so many like-minded people who are willing to take you in. I really missed the flying friendships I had formed back home in Australia and really enjoyed picking up new friends here in NZ. I hope I can meet some more of you and fly atleast once a week. Hope you enjoyed the pictures.

[Darren Masters]

Bell 47G ZK-ICJ taking off.

[Dave Homewood]

Good stuff Darren.

[philip]

I flew in briefly in PRH, looked to be a great day with lots of aircraft and visitors despite the wind.

[Ykato]

Great photo's darren - Thanks Posting the photos / vid link - here's some Microlights and Light Aircraft on The Approach to the microlight strip on the Sat Afternoon:

[Darren Masters]

Nice pics also Ykato. I especially like the last one