NZ Aviation

March 25, 2016 by andy

I have worked in and around aviation, mostly helicopters for a large part of my working life in one way or another. In New Zealand with search and rescue, hunting, sphagnum moss, agriculture, and gaining my pilots licences for helicopter and fixed wing. I also spent a number of years in the West Australian outback taking soil samples with two JetRanger helicopters.

Outside the the Gibson Aero Ltd Hanger, Te Anau, New Zealand. ZK-HKL, Joe Faram, Rod Hall Jones (instructor), Peter Brenssell (student pilot)

Looking through the helicopter cockpit of a Hughes 500 at the snowy Fiordland mountains, Te Anau, New Zealand. ZK-HKL, Rod Hall Jones (instructor)

A photo taken during a high altitude comfort stop In the Fiordland mountains, Te Anau, New Zealand. ZK-HGD, Andy Leighton (student pilot)

Named 'Red Baron', this Hughes 300 helicopter had a well known history of deer recovery in the Fiordland area, New Zealand. ZK-HGD — Named ‘Red Baron’, this Hughes 300 helicopter had a well known history of deer recovery in the Fiordland area, New Zealand. ZK-HGD

Pumping herbicide into the helicopter belly tank for spraying over the Nelson pine forests, New Zealand. ZK-HSG, Kevin Anderson (pilot), Andy Leighton

Spraying herbicide from a Bell JetRanger helicopter in the Nelson pine forests, New Zealand. HSG, Kevin Anderson (pilot) — Spraying herbicide from a Bell JetRanger helicopter in the Nelson pine forests, New Zealand. ZK-HSG, Kevin Anderson (pilot)

Spraying herbicide from a Bell Jetranger helicopter along the Karamea coast, New Zealand. HSG, Kevin Anderson (pilot) — Spraying herbicide from a Bell JetRanger helicopter along the Karamea coast, New Zealand. ZK-HSG, Kevin Anderson (pilot)

Pumping herbicide into the helicopter belly tank, Karamea, New Zealand. HSG — Pumping herbicide into the helicopter belly tank, Karamea, New Zealand. ZK-HSG

Flying on route along the Karamea coastline, New Zealand. HSG, Kevin Anderson (pilot) — Flying on route along the Karamea coastline, New Zealand. ZK-HSG, Kevin Anderson (pilot)

Westerly cloud building over the Tasman Mountains in the Kahurangi National Park, New Zealand. EHO, Andy Leighton (pilot) — Westerly cloud building over the Tasman Mountains in the Kahurangi National Park, New Zealand. ZK-EHO, Andy Leighton (pilot)

A blanket of westerly cloud building over the Tasman Mountains in the Kahurangi National Park, New Zealand. EHO, Andy Leighton (pilot) — A blanket of westerly cloud building over the Tasman Mountains in the Kahurangi National Park, New Zealand. ZK-EHO, Andy Leighton (pilot)