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West Auckland Airport Parakai is available for General Aviation. Drop-in visitors welcome.
Pietenpol ZK-PAC First Flight: Dave Simpson took ZK-PAC (a new replica of a 1930s design) for its maiden flight. In the photo below, Dave Simpson is running up the aircraft while proud builder Rod Wooler was standing by to see his creation finally take flight after many years in the shed turning a pile of stuff into an object of beauty. Dave built his own aircraft from a plan and a heap of materials, so is just the person to treat with care all those thousands of hours of Rod's labour. The first flight of any aircraft is important as there are always adjustments to be made, and it is necessary to have the test flights carried out by someone who is familiar with similar aircraft. Dave has a long history of flying tail draggers, so is well placed to know what is 'normal' and what type of adjustments are required to get everything into balance. The test flights will continue until all the boxes have been ticked... then Rod gets to enjoy his creation.
Pietenpol ZK-PAC. That's a Corvair V6 engine swinging the prop, much better than the Ford Model 'A' engines used in the 1930s. And the prop itself is a work of art.
Gibbs Farm: This most interesting property on the eastern side of the Kaipara Harbour about 7 miles North of the Airport, was the subject of a TV show highlighting the property and its amazing collection of large art works. While it is fascinating to view from the air, please be considerate of the Gibbs family and their animals, so do not fly overhead the farm. If you want to admire the art works, fly past to the side on low power, stay at legal heights, and just make one or two passes.
Taxiways Alpha and Bravo, more concrete: With the increasing level of business on the airport, we've been able to step up the development program, and we expect to make more improvements to the infrastructure during 2012. For now: - Taxiway Alpha between the fuel apron and the runway is having its existing concrete widened, and being made into loop so that traffic can go in and out without congestion. - Taxiway Bravo between the hangars and the runway has been concreted, so there should be no more muddy wheels this winter. (You can never have too much concrete on an airport).
NZ National Skydive Championships 2012 The 2012 NZ National Skydive Championships were held on Waitangi weekend at West Auckland and attracted a good crowd of both skydivers and spectators. Although the jump ships had to work around the cloud cover, they got enough breaks to accomplish all their lifts, and a good time was had by all with much socialising after 'close of play' each day. The Parakai/Helensville local economy would have benefitted with 60 to 70 carloads of visitors, and most contestants stayed over in the area for the long weekend. To accomodate the increased level of skydiving, we're going to change the AIP to say "Join base or downwind, no overhead joins", and as soon as possible will move the parachute landing area further from the runway so as to allow simultaneous touch downs by 'chutes and aircraft. Meanwhile when joining by air: - If you are on base or final when the jump ship calls "Commencing drop run" then continue and land or T&G, but - If still downwind then extend until you see the chutes are clear. On a "3 minutes to drop" call, you don't need to do anything except be aware that it will be followed in 3 minutes by "Commencing run" with typically a 5 to 6 minute delay until they are all down. - If in doubt, call "Parakai Skydive Base" as both skydive bases monitor the radio calls when they're active.
The next load suiting up ready to go. Note the PAC750XL on late final 07 just over the trees.
Skydivers walking back with their chutes. While the tandem tourist skydivers usually land on the grass apron, the sports skydiver prefer to land on the grass taxiway where they can come in fast for good control and soak off speed before touching down.
Coming Events:
Recurring Events: DARGAVILLE: Every Saturday. Fly in for lunch. Clubhouse Ph 09 439 8024. Click here for Dargaville airfield details. COROMANDEL: Lunch 2nd Sunday of each month from 12:30. Clubhouse Ph 07 866 2055. Click here for Coromandel airfield details. WAIKATO: 4th Sunday of each month. BBQ from about 11:00am onwards at 'Collins Rd' airstrip. Clubhouse Ph 07 970 1035. Click here for Collins Rd airfield details. Waikato ML Club website. WHANGAREI: Last Saturday of each month at Hangar 10. Whangarei Flying Club meeting at 10:30 with lunch to follow. Clubhouse Ph 09 436 4053. Click here for Whangarei airfield details. KERIKERI: Last Sunday of each month at 12:00. Fly in for lunch (sandwiches or hamburgers). Clubhouse Ph 09 407 3000. Click here for Kerikeri airfield details.
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