Mercy Mission to Alex

Delighted to catch the NZ Flying Doctors Service's Beech Super King at Alexandra on a mercy mission today, 3 September 2025.  

I was saying to my friend I'm staying with this would be an ideal aircraft to fly an air service to Alexandra... well maybe when regional airlines had a level playing field. As I was downloading these photos it occurred to me that Pacifica Air, that did fly did Alexandra, used a Beech Super King Air in its early day. By the time Pacifica Air did fly to Alex they were using a Metroliner (it was used for the inaugural flight), Piper Chieftain and Piper Aztec. For more on Pacifica Air see https://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.com/2010/10/pacifica-air-profile.html 

Great to meet the NZ Flying Doctors Service's crew...

What I was hoping to achieve... action photo without revealing people's faces