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Photo mission 3 - the Wind Farm 29 Mar 2013 | 12:14 am
One of the recent additions to the Waikato skyline is the wind farm . At present it is only a fraction of its proposed size, but it did offer me and amateur photographer Chris another opportunity to ...
2013 New Zealand Air Safari 26 Mar 2013 | 12:54 am
It was the Waikato Aero Clubs turn to host a leg of the Air Safari as I said previously. I signed up to volunteer my services as needed, and it turned out I was going to participate in the Air Safari...
Happy 80th birthday to Waikato Aero Club 14 Feb 2013 | 03:20 am
I realized recently that 2013 is the clubs 80th birthday. Wow! Although the club has not been in continuous operation (there were a few years the club was in recess during WW2) it's still a fairly l...
Happy 2013 31 Dec 2012 | 07:32 pm
Happy 2013 and all the best to my fellow cyberaviators! This time last year I said: OK for 2012: 1) Aerobatic Flight 2) Go on a long Cross Country somewhere different 3) Flight in a twin 4) Flight in ...
Elessay! 30 Dec 2012 | 07:26 pm
Or more commonly known as LSA (Light Sport Aircraft). Well I said earlier I would complete my Tecnam P2008 rating and finally I have. A point of interest popped up while I was studying the aircraft m...
That could have been better 14 Nov 2012 | 03:53 am
The 2012 Central Area Rally dawned an absolute gem of a day. A very light SW wind and clear skies, a marked contrast to last years event . Once again I drove down, and as I was competing in the life...
Summer is coming 27 Oct 2012 | 04:17 am
I'll start by admitting I lied. Today was so nice I couldn't resist heading out to the Aero Club and getting some Tecnam time in. Since I haven't flown one in 4 weeks I thought I better take advanta...
The Annual Dinner 24 Oct 2012 | 12:33 am
Things went past in such a blur I haven't had much time to collect my thoughts. Being in charge meant all I could think about is what could possibly go wrong. I won't bore you with the details becau...
A once in a lifetime event 1 Oct 2012 | 11:30 am
It seemed at the time half the country was there, but the opportunity to witness the worlds only currently airworthy Mosquito was too tempting to turn down. The Aero Club mounted it's own flight of a...
Ooohh Shiny! 11 Sep 2012 | 03:08 am
And here they are! ZK-WIP and ZK-WHZ, the clubs latest acquisition. I flew one last year and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. I can't wait to get my rating, here's hoping the weather improves so ...
