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Post by Peter Lewis on May 7, 2008 23:32:11 GMT 12
Anyone remember this flying school, 1960s?  |
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Post by flyjoe180 on May 8, 2008 9:59:04 GMT 12
Wasn't around, but that aeroplane looks rather overloaded to me.
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Post by tbf25o4 on May 9, 2008 13:11:45 GMT 12
The aircraft is a guardian horizon of which two were operated by this flying school at Paraparaumu in the mid 1960s
Paul
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Post by Peter Lewis on May 11, 2008 15:00:41 GMT 12
That's 98% close, Paul. Actually Gardan Horizon as in GY80. Three were imported by agents Clyde Engineering Ltd., Wellington.
One crashed near Mayfield, Canterbury, early in 1999, one was re-exported to Australia after several owners, and ZK-CFT spent 1973 to 1998 at Whangarei with Wright's Sand Co. Ltd. It's currently listed owner is in Hastings, but the aircraft is engineless at Whangarei at this time.
Anyway, that's a diversion from the NZ Aerosales Flying School . . . anyone here have a first-hand involvement with them?
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george
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Post by george on Jul 10, 2020 12:00:02 GMT 12
Yes I flew there and went solo too in a ms880.
Did about 15 hours all up
May I point out that the 'Paul' in the message you're replying to is or was Paul LEGG who owned the school...
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Post by chinapilot on Jul 11, 2020 11:56:12 GMT 12
Paul Legg started this school as previously mentioned - the Wellington Aero Club were quite concerned at the time as they saw it taking away ‘business’ and considered basing an aircraft there also. Mike Taverner (spl) was an instructor for the school before going to SAFE.
Suspect the photo was the ‘full load’ part of the type rating 😀 and that is Paul in the right hand seat.
Paul started ad hoc instructing on the West Coast as well with the MS880 and GY80 and did quite well. Innovative for the time as they would position to Haast,Fox,Franz,Harihari,Whataroa as well as the main airfields to bring the ‘instruction to the client’, Nash Taurau being one of the instructors. Murray Cresswell was another.
Maintenance was done by East Aviation in Wellington.
Paraparaumu was a busy place in the mid-sixties as Sinclair Flying School was also there.
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Post by madmax on Jul 11, 2020 12:36:44 GMT 12
The second Horizon operated by NZ Aero Sales Flying school was ZK-CLK
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Post by planewriting on Jul 11, 2020 12:57:19 GMT 12
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Post by thomarse on Jul 23, 2020 19:49:36 GMT 12
Chinapilot, you sure that's P B-Legg? Looks like a young Harry Jenkins?
The background suggest to me that it's "new" Rotorua?
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Post by chinapilot on Jul 24, 2020 15:37:40 GMT 12
Could be but looks like Paul to me.
Don’t think anybody cares anyway as it’s not a ‘warbird’ in a barn 😉
Prob Rotorua but that’s the beauty of aircraft - they do get around 🤣
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 24, 2020 22:44:47 GMT 12
We are reading and caring Ian, but it is a topic that most won't know much about. So we're reading and learning rather than writing answers.
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Post by Peter Lewis on Jul 31, 2020 17:55:23 GMT 12
ZK-CFT was indeed photographed at Rotorua, on 3Oct1964.
Aircraft listed to NZ Aerosales Flying School Ltd., Paraparaumu were:
Rallye ZK-CDC ZK-CKK ZK-CKL
While NZ Aerosales Ltd. operated:
Auster ZK-AXP ZK-BMD
Gardan ZK-CFT
Rallye ZK-CGZ
Cessna 172 ZK-CHT
Presumably there was some interchangeability between the sales arm and the flying school.
I last saw Paul Legge when he was retired to Picton and would appear at the Saturday market there selling copies of his books. He died some years later.
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Post by kevsmith on Jul 31, 2020 23:46:32 GMT 12
The Auckland Flying School (AFS) operated 2 of the GY80's during Oct and Nov 1965 while I was involved in training a CPL candidate (B.Nairn) and a trainee instructor (M.Taverner) for Paul Legg. The primary aircraft was ZK-CFT but ZK-CLK also appears in my logbook.
The AFS also supported the NZ Aerosales ops by attending the Airshow at Paraparaumu on 9th Jan 1965 with a number of acft including the Miles M11 Whitney Straight ZK-AXD.
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