25 years ago - 17 May 1988 - North Island Road trip - New Plymouth to Palmerston North

Pic of the day was Bell 212 ZK-HNG at New Plymouth

The New Plymouth Aero Club has recently gone into liquidation - Pictured is their Cessna 152 ZK-NPE at New Plymouth

At Wanganui was Fieldair's Fletcher ZK-DMV... 

 ...Piper Warrior ZK-EIO...

and Wanganui Aero Work's Bell Jetranger ZK-HYI

Over at Fielding there were three helicopters, Bell Jetranger ZK-HCX

Hughes 300 ZK-HKB

and Bell Jetranger ZK-HYA.

Back at Palmerston North the sun started to come out when I took Cessna 152 ZK-KVY