25 Years Ago - April 1988 - Bits and Pieces

Clutton Fred Series 2 ZK-ELJ at Taieri on 1 April 1988

Cavalier SA.102.5 ZK-DJJ at Wanaka on 2 April 1988. I never realised they were a derivative of the GY20 Minicab... There is a nice piece about ZK-DJJ at
https://sites.google.com/site/cavalieraircraft/individual-aircraft-pages/a-cavalier-in-new-zealand

I am a bit a Maule-lover... Maule M5-235C Lunar Rocket ZK-EOT was taken at Wanaka on 2 April 1988

The Footrot Flats Flyer - Jodel D11 at Wanaka on 2 April 1988

A couple of high performance machines - Above Beech 35-C33A Debonair ZK-MEC and belowPA-46-310P Malibu N2482Y which eventually became ZK-MBU. Both taken at Wanaka on 2 April 1988.  

 

The original  ZK-VNM - De Havilland DH112 Venom Mk 1 at Wanaka on 2 April 1988. ZK-VNM/3 was at the Wings over Wairarapa show at Masterton this year - http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/2013/02/jets-at-masterton.html

Not what it seems - Cessna 182Q Skylane II ZK-DCJ masquerading as ZK-DFQ for a movie. Photo taken at Christchurch on 4 April 1988

Back in home country - Piper Pa32-300 Cherokee 6 ZK-ECV was first operated in New Zealand by Westland Flying Services - see http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/2010/04/hokitikas-westland-flying-services.html. It was back at Hokitika on 12 April 1988. It is now registered ZK-OMT - see http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/2013/03/pipers-at-masterton-wings-over-wairarapa.html

The RNZAF's last Bristol Freighter - It's life was primarily lived with Safe Air  as ZK-CLT. It was  photographed at Wigram on 26 April 1978 after being given to the RNZAF Museum.