A lovely day at Ardmore

Tuesday provided a perfect day in terms of runway and sunlight for planespotting at Ardmore... The following is a selection of some of the pics I took...

First up, the nice looking...

ZK-JAX, a Tecnam P2008 is classified as a Class 2 Mircolight. Certainly a sharp looking  looking aircraft. Taken at Ardmore on 19 July 2011 by S Lowe

Once DIG, then CMA, now ALI, ZK-ALI would have to be the nicest Cessna Cardinal in NZ. Taken at Ardmore on 19 July 2011 by S Lowe

X Flight Ltd's Extra EA 300/L is certainly loaded with power...Aerobatic flights start from $ 295... http://www.xflight.co.nz/flights.aspx. Taken at Ardmore on 19 July 2011 by S Lowe

You've gotta love Beech Barons... N298WA rolls after a brief visit. There were 3 US registered Beeches on the field at the same time. It would nice to see them on the ZK register but from what I understand this devalues them too much. Taken at Ardmore on 19 July 2011 by S Lowe

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder... nonetheless German built Remos G3NZ seemed a nice little performer. Taken at Ardmore on 19 July 2011 by S Lowe 

A long distance shot across the airfield, heavily cropped of Bell Longranger ZK-ICV...  Taken at Ardmore on 19 July 2011 by S Lowe 

On the military side, an Airtourer, a Strikemaster and a Skyhawk!

AESL Airtourer ZK-CPG, ex RNZAF NZ1762... Taken at Ardmore on 19 July 2011 by S Lowe 

BAC 167 Strikemaster ZK-STR, ex RNZAF NZ6370... wonderful to see it in NZ skies again. Taken at Ardmore on 19 July 2011 by S Lowe 

Not the kind of Skyhawk you were thinking of??? Cessna 172R Skyhawk ZK-JLY... an apt photo for July. Taken at Ardmore on 19 July 2011 by S Lowe 

And some of the training types...

A relative rarity amongst training types at Ardmore is the Piper Tomahawk. Taken at Ardmore on 19 July 2011 by S Lowe .

One wonders how long the Auckland Aero Club will keep using their Grumman American AA-1C Lynx aircraft. ZK-FVA was busy in the circuit. Taken at Ardmore on 19 July 2011 by S Lowe .



Ex Massey Aviation Piper PA-28-161 Warrior ZK-MBH is now with Eagle Flight Training. Taken at Ardmore on 19 July 2011 by S Lowe .

 

One or Ardmore Flying School's squadron of Cessna 172s, ZK-LAT. Taken at Ardmore on 19 July 2011 by S Lowe .