Errol Cavit

Consolidated PBV-1A Catalina CV-592 in the Aviation Workshop of the Air Force Museum of NZ, Wigram.
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Vampire DH.115 T.55 NZ5712 ZK-RVM looking great at at Wings Over Wairarapa 2015.
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Hawker Siddeley Andover C.1 NZ7621 at Air Force Museum of NZ, Wigram.
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Bell 47G-3B-1 Sioux NZ3705 at Air Force Museum of NZ, Wigram. The RNZAF kept these in service until 2012!
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Yak-3M ZK-VVS lands at Wings Over Wairarapa 2015.
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Rear fuselage of Lockheed Hudson Mk.III NZ2013 during a bad part of the lighting cycle at Air Force Museum of NZ, Wigram. Along with a fairly hefty hoist.
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NZ Warbirds stalwart Gavin Trethewey dismounts from Supermarine Spitfire
Spitfire Tr.9 MH367 ZK-WDQ at Warbirds Open Day June 2014.
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A couple of games of TTR: Amsterdam before dinner - I won the second.
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Ha, just worked around an issue with TVNZ+. Tried to watch #brokenwoodmysteries S12E01, but S12 not showing up in the app - it was in 'Arriving Soon' earlier. Tried going to the Live part, but couldn't rewind there. Tried restarting app to get S12 to show, no good.
Last try, go to end of S11, Play Next is there, and flips to S12E01, yay!

Douglas C-47B NZ3551 at Air Force Museum of NZ, Wigram.
NZ3551 was part of the last batch of Dakotas delivered in 1945 flying
frequent supply flights to Japan In support of New Zealand occupation forces there. Later allocated to No. 42 Squadron it was converted into a full VIP fit as the flagship of the Royal Flight for the Queen's Royal Tour in 1953. In this role it carried members of royalty, governors-general, prime ministers and ministers of the Crown, as well as many foreign dignitaries, on flights around NZ.
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Under the hood of BAC-167 Strikemaster Mk88 ZK-STR NZ6370 at NZ Warbirds Open Day June 2014, Ardmore.
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Avro 626 NZ203 at Air Force Museum of NZ, Wigram. It is not only the oldest surviving fully-intact RNZAF aircraft, but is also the last Avro 626 in existence anywhere in the world.
https://airforcemuseum.co.nz/aircraft/avro-626/
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Harvard 2A NZ1053 ZK-JJA and Harvard 3* NZ1078 ZK-ENG take off at Wings Over Wairarapa 2015, with Yak-3M ZK-VVS beyond.
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Harvard 3* NZ1098 ZK-ENJ with nicely matching cover at Wings Over Wairarapa 2015.
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Vans RV-8 ZK-WLK, and Vans RV-6 ZK-DES smoking at Wings Over Wairarapa 2015.
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Another de Havilland fires up - DH.112 Venom Mk.1 ZK-VNM at NZ Warbirds On Parade 2024, Ardmore.
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DH 98 Mosquito T Mk 43 NZ2308 firing up at Warbirds On Parade 2024, Ardmore NZ. Now N2308Z and based in California.
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One of the last displays by a RNZAF Huey, at Wings Over Wairarapa 2015.
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Kaman SH-2F Seasprite NZ3442, Air Force Museum of NZ, Wigram.
Originally developed in the late 1950s, the SH-2 Seasprite was a ship-based helicopter operated mainly by the US Navy.
Four SH-2F aircraft served with the RNZN from 1997 to 2001 as interim aircraft pending the delivery of the new SH-2G Super Seasprites. The SH-2Fs operated aboard the frigates HMNZS Te Kaha, Te Mana, and Canterbury in a variety of utility roles. They were flown by Navy pilots and maintained by Air Force technicians from the Naval Support Flight of No. 3 Squadron RNZAF.
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Aero L-39C Albatros ZK-VLK Wings Over Wairarapa 2015.
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Reminder that a Anson Mk.1 is a real glasshouse. This is MH120, marked as Coastal Command's K6183, at Wings Over Wairarapa 2015. This is now in Czechia registered as OO-ANS.
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AS 350B2 ZK-HOP lining up for the apron outside its hangar at Ardmore in 2014. This is next to the corner of Corsair Lane which is the best spotting location when the 03 runways are in use - hard to beat overhead traffic 230 metres from the threshold of the grass runway.

MXR Technologies MX2 ZK-MXT aiming high at Wings Over Wairarapa 2015.
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So I was out Saturday morning doing my normal brisk 45-minute walk. A Fall On an Outstretched Hand due to the uneven One Tree Hill footpath meant I spent the rest of Saturday in medical waiting rooms, with a plaster cast on my left (off) wrist from 11pm. We bailed from Auckland Hospital at 1.30am when the nurse checked with the CT team and shared that the night shift wasn't going to see us. Returning at 7am got us a bed and quick CT scan for the orthopaedic team to review. We were hoping for an op later in the day, but they said that I need an op by the Hand team at Middlemore. Not yet scheduled, but needs to be within 14 days, before it heals in a sub-par way.

Auckland bus passengers hit record high as fuel crisis bites | RNZ News
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https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/environment/596321/auckland-bus-passengers-hit-record-high-as-fuel-crisis-bites

Having a outing to see The Sheep Detectives at the local Lido - complete with ice cream 🍦 for the full experience.

Good analysis from Anders Puck Nielsen on #Ukraine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDhYFSGkaAc