KiwiFlyer TM Magazine of the New Zealand Aviation Community Issue 33 2014 #2 Jet Racing at Warbirds Over Wanaka $ 5.90 inc GST ISSN 1170-8018 Recreational Aircraft Supplement Second Strikemaster for Ardmore Flying NZ National Championships Products, Services, News, Events, Warbirds, Recreation, Training and more. KiwiFlyer Issue 33 2014 #2 From the Editor In this issue There’s plenty of content in this issue that will appeal . 9 Redfort Aviation Logistics to a wide range of aviation enthusiasts. One such The recent NZ tour of a AW139SP helicopter highlight is the ‘ride in a Strikemaster’ story, though I was made possible by the support of Redfort could be biased since it was me doing the riding. It Logistics. We talk to the people involved. was good. Brett Nicholls has been operating Strike 70 out of Ardmore for a few years now and has in fact 10. Owning a Strikemaster, or two. just acquired a second example, NZ6362. So we talked Brett Nicholls tells us what it’s like to own a to Brett about his experiences to date and the plans Strikemaster and why he’s just bought another for the new aircraft. The word at home apparently one. Plus, we go for a fly! was that it would be an ideal attrition airframe for 1 7. Peace of Mind at Insurance Claim Time parts supply. Some chance… Bill Beard from Avsure explains why you Brett of course operates his Strikemaster experience shouldn’t have to worry when a claim is made. business via Part 115 Adventure Aviation rules, under 20. Recreational Aviation Supplement which more and more organisations are gaining 12 pages of Recreational Aviation products certification. We’d like to see Adventure Aviation and services featuring the CHR Safari, content become a regular feature of KiwiFlyer so Autoflight, Tecnam, Solo Wings, Aeroflight, if you’re out there doing that and would like to see SkyLeader, Lite Flight Green, Campbell Aero a profile of your operation in print, then do get in Classics, Gyrate, and much more as well. contact with us. 34. An interview with Bianca Barbarich-Bacher The feature section of this issue is our Recreational Jill McCaw speaks to an aviation enthusiast. Aviation Supplement. There are articles on a wide variety of aircraft, from helicopter and autogyro 36. The Flying NZ National Championships kits, through to amateur built aircraft and the Sue Grundy covers the highlights of this well very latest generation microlights and light sport attended and much enjoyed recent event. aircraft. Considering this all started with home-made concoctions of rag and tube, we have come quite a 39. Places to Go: Kerokeri long way. But it’s great to also still have the most basic This issue, Ruth travels to Kerikeri in the Bay options available to build or re-invent too. And the fact of Islands with plenty of tips and tricks to is that flying something minimalist, where 100% of consider if you want to go there too. the purpose of every component is to get you off the 40. Warbirds Over Wanaka 2014 ground, can really be some of the best flying of all. John McCaw and Gavin Conroy shared photo We get a lot of feedback from readers who enjoy the duties for KiwiFlyer this year, and Jill McCaw photography we include in KiwiFlyer and this issue put the words together. won’t disappoint. Gavin Conroy and John McCaw 48. The ANZAC Jet Meet at Tokoroa have produced some great work from the recent Steve Engle reports on this annual model jet airshows at Napier and Wanaka. Enjoy. meeting. Check out the helicopter strafing runs. We’re getting closer to our annual industry gathering, this year being the Aviation Leadership Summit in 50. Dick Georgeson: Gliding Pioneer Wellington, organised by Aviation NZ. Mark July Jill McCaw has written a lovely tribute to her 20-22nd in your calendar if you haven’t already. We’ll friend Dick Georgeson, ‘the father of gliding in feature a guide to this event in our next issue of New Zealand’ who passed away recently. KiwiFlyer in a similar manner to past years. If your 51. NZ Warbirds ANZAC Day Flypast business is participating in the Summit and you would An annual event for NZ Warbirds is the like to have some profile written up in the guide that commemoration flypasts on ANZAC Day. will be seen by all KiwiFlyer readers then give a call. 52. Top Dressing and more for Autogyros Winter is fast approaching and the days are shortening. Lawrence Robinson, now in NZ, has hundreds Not a bad time to start planning all the things you of hours of top dressing time in autogyros. would like to have done on your aircraft before Spring arrives again – it’s only a few months away. 54. Ag. Planes Past and Present The Piper Brave and the NZ made Airtruck. Enjoy this issue. Thanks for reading. 61 . ZK Review 62. Event Guide Michael Norton Front Cover: The big new event for Editor, KiwiFlyer Magazine Warbirds Over Wanaka this time was Jet Racing, and what an event it was. John McCaw photograph. Contact KiwiFlyer | Phone: 0800 535 937 | Email: [email protected] | Post: PO Box 72841, Papakura 2244. Industry and Community News Briefs KiwiFlyer New Flight Simulator for NEST licence and may be having to hold down and appointed by an expert panel including a full-time job. Dave Marriott, the Chief NAC’s Chief Flying Instructor, Jeremy Flying Instructor at PPT, explains that the Anderson, and several representatives from courses will be intensive and concentrated Air New Guinea. – intending to deliver the full syllabus The women recently started a 68-week components as well as exam practice course to secure a NZ CAA CPL and sessions for each CPL subject over one MEIFR rating and their progress towards 3 day weekend or two consecutive 3 day gaining a pilot’s licence is being publicised weekends for some subjects. For the PPL in PNG so that they can act as role models theory, two-day weekends are the standard in a country where only around five per for each subject. The courses may also cent of women are in waged employment. Northern Emergency Services Trust be useful for individuals who are having Trainee pilot Marie Auka says, “We are Chief Executive and chief pilot Peter difficulty passing a subject. All course proud to be selected as pioneer female Turnbull says their new helicopter flight materials are supplied and the venue is the cadets under the Central Female Pilot simulator looks and flies like the real thing. Pacific Pilot Training facility at Nelson Scholarship Programme. This is not only The state of the art machine, located Airport. a milestone but an honour and a privilege at Whangarei airport, is made using the for us. We are still adjusting to the cold cockpit and fuselage of an old Sikorsky Flying lessons for passengers weather, however we are enjoying the S-76 ex Japan, scrapped after the 2011 The North Otago Aero Club are calling hospitality and the friendly nature of tsunami and is powered by five computers. for non-pilot friends of members who people all around us. We hope to learn a lot “Using Kiwi ingenuity we’ve cut the fly a lot with members to sign up for a about the culture and the people of New cost back to around 15% of what is lesson or two on the basics of landing a Zealand as well as learning how to fly.” commercially available – and in many light plane, in the event of the pilot being respects it’s better than anything else incapacitated. Instructor Leon Hunter After dark flights at Queenstown around,” he says. heard about such courses being done The simulator was built by a team of overseas and thought he’d kick it off locally. NEST pilots led by local engineer and Recovery from unusual attitudes can also be computer whiz John Keller. It has been included in the training. NOAC’s President certified by CAA and will be used by Hayden Williams for example, says that his both NEST pilots and outside parties for wife has had instructions from an aerobatic training and pilot flight testing. instructor from the right seat of his C180 Although not a full flight (moving) in unusual attitudes & recovery and how to simulator, the high grade city and landscape land it. visuals that surround the machine make for What a good idea. Aside from the safety an authentic flying experience. aspect, this also seems like a great initiative World-leading advanced navigation John says they wanted it to be super to draw more people towards aero club procedures introduced by Airways NZ will realistic so opted for the best wherever they activities. soon enable after-dark flights to take place could. “The visuals package is above and at Queenstown Airport, previously limited beyond expectations. There is a 270 degree PNG female pilots training at Nelson to operation in daylight hours only. field of view, instead of seeing just out in The new flight procedures are part front of you. You look left and right, over of a global award-winning redesign of your shoulder, and even though it doesn’t Queenstown airspace, completed in move you still get the sense of movement November 2012. just like in a real aircraft.” Airways General Manager System John built a new instrument panel from Operator Pauline Lamb says Airways’ vast scratch and this now means the simulator expertise and technical excellence in the is a virtual replica of the helicopters NEST field of Performance Based Navigation pilots fly in real life rescue situations (PBN) was a key enabler for the approvals on a daily basis.