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Post by Darren Masters on Oct 8, 2010 9:19:37 GMT 12
Monday 25th October. All welcome. BBQ lunch $10 Spot landing comp 10am-12 noon.
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Post by Bruce on Oct 8, 2010 12:31:01 GMT 12
Would be nice if I could get CKE flying to move to Te Kowhai in time for the fly -in. Fingers crossed......
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Post by Peter Lewis on Oct 8, 2010 17:11:59 GMT 12
So exactly how far along is the Avian Bruce?
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Post by Bruce on Oct 8, 2010 17:40:16 GMT 12
essentially ready to go, but a transmit fault on the radio is holding up the sign off. Its being a bit troublesome to track down and repair what is causing it - I reckon I need an exorcist.....
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Post by Darren Masters on Oct 9, 2010 20:24:15 GMT 12
Be nice to finally meet you Bruce. Have to manipulate my standby shift that day and come down with the Mrs.
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Post by Darren Masters on Oct 20, 2010 15:46:15 GMT 12
I know that there will be a certain Mosquito helicopter there  |
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Post by Peter Lewis on Oct 20, 2010 19:57:12 GMT 12
I have it written in as a must attend.
Schedule for the weekend:
- Saturday: Miranda Springs Hot Pools
- Sunday: Raglan
- Monday: Te Kowhai
Jim promises fine weather throughout.
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Post by Darren Masters on Oct 21, 2010 17:53:19 GMT 12
I have it written in as a must attend. Schedule for the weekend: - Saturday: Miranda Springs Hot Pools - Sunday: Raglan - Monday: Te Kowhai Jim promises fine weather throughout. Good re the fine weather. I'm still trying to give away my home standby shift. Surely no cabin manager would have the guts to call in sick on a public holiday so I would have to replace them... |
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Post by Simonjg on Oct 22, 2010 22:36:20 GMT 12
Rob should be there in our Thunder Mustang, while I have to work  |
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Post by Bruce on Oct 25, 2010 18:08:15 GMT 12
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Post by FlyingKiwi on Oct 25, 2010 19:04:39 GMT 12
Looks like a great gathering - nice to see a lot of familiar faces (or aeroplanes at least!) there.
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Post by Darren Masters on Oct 25, 2010 19:11:24 GMT 12
Thanks for the pics Bruce for those of us that could not be there As luck would have it, did not get called out on that standby  Nice pic of your PRH Phil. Also nice to see XRA there. Thanks again. |
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Post by Peter Lewis on Oct 25, 2010 19:18:59 GMT 12
It was indeed at perfect weather day in the Waikato. After overnighting at Raglan, and seeing a number of interesting aircraft there, we arrived at Te Kowhai just before 11am to the surprising sight (for that late hour) of the Boland Phoenix Hot Air Balloon ZK-PHX sailing above the paddocks. Shows how light a wind was around.  Being Te Kowhai, home of Max Clear's Micro Aviation factory, several Bantams of various vintages were around the field. Among the active ones, B22J ZK-DKT of Ohinewai has the correct Waikato-grass colour  Particularly pleasing to me was the number of Tecams that arrived, including this retractable Sierra from Taupo, ZK-SRG/2  A few rotorcraft were evident. I have never seen a ELA Aviacion ELA-08-R-115 before, ZK-LMO lives at Morrinsville. (Just behind it, Extra EA 300/L ZK-XRA is just about to win the prize for the worst landing of the day!).  The McNair Mynah is about as basic as you can get. ZK-FQU is one of five built, the only other one of these apparently still extant is ZK-FSR  As more of a fly-in rather than a display, there was little in the way of set pieces. The model airplane club did a demonstration at lunchtime, and the Innovator Mosquito XE ZK-IXE did a low-key session.  I counted 91 aircraft actually outside, including arrivals, departures and resident locals. More were tucked away. The Thunder Mustang did a brief flyover but did not land. The other heavy metal was Harvard NZ1091/ZK-ENC which did land and park. The only possible disappointment was the number of resident Bantams that lurked inside the hangars in the dark and well covered up. It would have been nice to see all of these lined up outside just to show what keen locals can do. But that's a minor gripe. Good to meet up with you once again Bruce, see you at Raglan. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 25, 2010 19:21:24 GMT 12
Great stuff, I should have gone along, I never realised it was going to be such a big event.
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Post by Darren Masters on Oct 25, 2010 19:25:53 GMT 12
Great stuff, I should have gone along, I never realised it was going to be such a big event. I'll say Dave! |
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Post by efliernz on Oct 25, 2010 19:44:56 GMT 12
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Post by flyjoe180 on Oct 25, 2010 20:08:38 GMT 12
Great pics guys, looks like it was a fabulous day out. What happened to XRA's landing that made it so bad Peter?
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Post by Peter Lewis on Oct 25, 2010 20:15:34 GMT 12
There was a spot landing competition.
Two a/c tied for third - 2 metres away from the spot.
One a/c got second place - 1 metre away.
Fly Synthesis ZK-TTX got first - right on the mark.
Then they looked at the - um - arrivals.
The Extra would probably have owed quite a bit in landing fees if it was priced per bounce, shall we say.
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Post by efliernz on Oct 25, 2010 20:19:38 GMT 12
What happened to XRA's landing that made it so bad Peter? It touched down with the lhs wheel in the long grass. To be fair, it was really long compared to the nice mowed stuff. He battled (successfully) to keep it straight - ish and out of the drain |
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Post by flyjoe180 on Oct 25, 2010 20:23:45 GMT 12
Ah ok, well if they got to use the aeroplane again without stopping for repairs then that's all good |
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Nice pic of your PRH Phil. Also nice to see XRA there. Thanks again.
