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Errol Cavit @errolnz.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 20h

Supermarine Spitfire Mk IXc PV270 ZK-SPI taking off at Yealands Classic Fighters Omaka 2019. #Aviation #AviationPhotography #AvGeek

A sleek World War 2 fighter taking off, seen from front right. The main wheels are half way through their swing up to the wings.

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Errol Cavit @errolnz.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 27/10/2026

Bristol 170 Mk.31E ZK-CPT "Merchant Courier" at Yealands Classic Fighters Omaka 2019 Night Show. #AvGeek #Aviation

The forward fuselage and engine of a cargo aircraft taxy-ing at dusk.

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Errol Cavit @errolnz.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 26/10/2026

Got some good angles on Boeing-Stearman A75N1 ZK-RJS at Ardmore on a still Spring morning. #AvGeek #Aviation #AviationPhotography

Vintage trainer biplane approaching straight-on from a blue sky, radial engine exposed and prop blurred to wide arcs.

Vintage trainer biplane seen from below and right front, with 3 of the wingtips cropped out. The prop blurred to wide arcs.

Vintage trainer biplane seen from behind and the right as it is about to land on grass. It is red with white outer wings.

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Errol Cavit @errolnz.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 25/10/2026

A nice Saturday morning at Ardmore. A training session with DH 82A Tiger Moth ZK-AUD. And a bonus pūkeko! #AvGeek #Aviation #Birds

A vintage biplane trainer parked on a taxiway, with buildings and other aircraft beyond. A man is opening the the engine cover, and a women looks on from just in front of the aircraft.

A vintage trainer seen from left rear as it takes off, with high white clouds beyond.

A blue and purple swamp hen on a gnarly wooden fence.

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Errol Cavit @errolnz.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 24/10/2026

Final payment is made, and everyone is happy? #AvGeek #Aviation

Some bandito types are passing packages to soldiers in a jeep.

Banditos return to a 1950's car on a grass field, with a vintage twin aircraft behind.

A 1950's car speeds past in the dusk, the occupants smiling widely.

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Errol Cavit @errolnz.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 24/10/2026

And another force wanting their cut! Bell 206L-3 LongRanger ZK-HTA playing its part. #AvGeek #Aviation

A cabin helicopter seen from left front and below, light bright against the late dusk sky. It has POLICIA markings

Soldiers look around from unloading small packages out the side door of a aircraft on grass as a man starts a sprint while holding a package.

A soldier holds a rifle out straight as he attempts to restrain a man with a package. They are next to an aircraft tail.

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Errol Cavit @errolnz.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2026

Beech D18S Ten-Two N43927 taking off at dusk for a bit of skulduggery ahead of the evening show, Yealands Classic Fighters Omaka 2019. #AvGeek #Aviation

A sleek vintage twin engined low wing aircraft taking off from a grass airfield. It is blue with yellow cheat lines and the three bladed props are lit by low sun. There are grape vines and a towering hill beyond.

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Errol Cavit @errolnz.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026

Leonardo AW169 ZK-HLH approaches the pad at Westpac Rescue Helicopter Base, Ardmore. #AvGeek #Aviation

A wheeled helicopter is nose up as it moves away from us at an angle.

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Errol Cavit @errolnz.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2026

AS 350B2 Squirrel ZK-IDJ outside a recently demolished Helisika hangar at Ardmore. #AvGeek #Aviation

A shiny red helicopter with skids parked on grass, seen from front left.

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Errol Cavit @errolnz.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2026

Cessna 172M ZK-DXJ in the circuit at Ardmore. #AvGeek #Aviation

A modern high wing light aircraft landing, seen from front left and cropped in to exclude the outer wings. It is banked slightly left, showing well the mottled brown scheme sweeping from tail to nose.

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Errol Cavit @errolnz.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

A compact win for me in Settlers. 4 cities, 2 of them harbors to get harbourmaster, and one settlement. Placing second and getting a city generator worked well with the right docs roles. #boardgaming

A Settlers of Catan 5+ player game set up, with half the build positions played.

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Errol Cavit @errolnz.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

BAC-167 Strikemaster Mk88 ZK-BAC NZ6372 looking sweet returning from an experience flight at Ardmore. Up for a service at Pioneer Aero and did a couple of flights on Saturday. #AvGeek #Aviation

Camouflaged jet trainer just landing on runway piano keys.

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Errol Cavit @errolnz.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

Sonex ZK-JQP looking shiny in front of the shiny new construction at Ardmore. #AvGeeek #Aviation

Small modern taildragger homebuilt in natural metal finish, taking off in front of a large hangar under construction.

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Errol Cavit @errolnz.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

NZ Warbird's Ryan ST-3KR ZK-RYN planning chat, and circuits using the grass at Ardmore. #AvGeek #Aviation #aviationPhotography

A small open cockpit vintage trainer on a concrete apron, three men talking over the rear fuselage.

Small open cockpit vintage trainer seen from front left quarter and below, the silver fuselage with red and yellow nose and tail contrasting with grey overcast.

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Errol Cavit @errolnz.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

Cessna 510 Citation Mustang N2WG popping in at Ardmore on Saturday. #AvGeek #Aviation

Small white business jet about to land on a sealed runway, a blurred prop aircraft waiting beyond it.

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Errol Cavit @errolnz.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

Pitts S-1S Special ZK-MPM off for a session from Ardmore with DR-107 ZK-EZG. #AvGeek #Aviation

Small red acrobatic biplane taking off from a sealed runway, tail raised.

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Errol Cavit @errolnz.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Noticeably better at Ardmore yesterday late morning, and much better after lunch. North American Harvard 3* NZ1065 ZK-ENF did a few circuits after formation practice. #AvGeek #AviationPhotography #Aviation

World War 2 trainer aircraft landing on a sealed runway, buildings and large trees beyond.

World War 2 trainer aircraft landing, seen from almost directly behind. Large trees in mid distance beyond, a wooded hill and high cloud past that.

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Errol Cavit @errolnz.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

North American Harvard 2A* NZ1052 ZK-MJN after a formation practice from Ardmore a couple of weeks ago. Good thing there is a bit of colour in the no.2 Sqn Territorial Air Force scheme from the 1950's, the light is nicer today so should be better ones this arvo. #AvGeek #Aviation

Low wing World War 2 trainer aircraft from right rear as it lands. It is silver with black and yellow checker markings on the side, and there is a very grey cloud bank beyond.

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Errol Cavit @errolnz.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

Ardmore Flying School's C172R ZK-TAU bounding the circuit under non-photogenic clouds. #AvGeek #Aviation

A small high wing light aircraft in landing configuration, slightly nose down. A wall of grey sky beyond.

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Errol Cavit @errolnz.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3 790 at Deutsches Museum, Munich. #AvGeek #Aviation

A World War 2 fighter in a museum, seen from close in on the front right. in mottled grey camo with a green spinner.

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Errol Cavit @errolnz.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

An even more historical mad German rocket machine, the Max Valier RAK BOB 2 rocket sledge at Deutsches Museum, Munich. #museum

A wooden sledge mounted on a steeply angled white surface, with wide skis mounted either side of the cockpit.

A wooden sledge mounted on a steeply angled white surface, seen from behind so to see the many rocket tubes behind the cockpit.

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Errol Cavit @errolnz.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Fieseler Fi 103 V-1 at Deutsches Museum, Munich. #AvGeek #Aviation

Skinny bomb with long square wings and a simple jet engine mounted above the tail, hanging from a museum ceiling.

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Errol Cavit @errolnz.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

Heinkel HE 12 D-1717 1:10 model at Deutsches Museum, Munich. The original was used to speed up trans-Atlantic mail deliveries on German ships 1929-1931 until a fatal accident. #AvGeek #Aviation

Large model of a vintage silver floatplane mounted on a long catapult. It is in a museum, next to the tail of an aircraft with corrugated skin.

Large model of a vintage silver floatplane mounted on a catapult. It is in a museum, next to the tail of an aircraft with corrugated skin.

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Errol Cavit @errolnz.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

Focke-Achgelis Fa 330 Bachstelze at Deutsches Museum, Munich. A folding autogiro for U-Boats which wasn't useful in practice. #AvGeek #Aviation

A very simple engine-less autogyro hanging from a museum ceiling. A dummy is strapped in ahead of the rotor mast.

FLYING LOOKOUT
Within just a few minutes, the crew could assemble the engineless gyrocopter Bachstelze (wagtail) on the deck of a German submarine. Attached to the U-boat with a rope, its pilot was expected to observe enemy ships up to 50km away, which would be attacked by the U-boat. As the U-boat gained speed, the pilot would climb aboard the fragile aircraft.
The airstream propelled the rotor blades and carried the Bachstelze up to a height of 200m, like a kite on a string.
When the Bachstelze went into service in 1943, allied anti-submarine systems and air superiority had already made patrols extremely risky for German U-boats. Their captains would often prohibit the use of the “flying eye”. In the event of danger, they would have been forced to cut the cable and leave the pilot stranded on the high seas.

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Errol Cavit @errolnz.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a 500071 at Deutsches Museum, Munich. I've seen the one at the Australian War Memorial, but the presentation there is terrible so this was great!

A World War 2 fighter jet in a museum seen from left front. The engine under the near wing has its cowlings removed.

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Errol Cavit @errolnz.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Bachem Ba 349 Natter Replica, probably including parts from prototypes, at Deutsches Museum, Munich. Even more desperate than the Me 163! #AvGeek #Aviation

Small simple aircraft powered by two rockets per side. It is in a museum, mounted end-on on a pole, angled upward.

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Errol Cavit @errolnz.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

Junkers F 13 c/n 2018 "D-366" in Deutsches Museum, Munich. As with several other types, it was neat looking an original after seeing flying replicas/new-builds previously. #AvGeek #Aviation

The front of a boxy vintage airliner in a museum, seen close in from front left. Its metal skin is corrugated.

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Errol Cavit @errolnz.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

We were the only team to get the Ponderous Puzzle in the first round at pub quiz, and scored a spot prize!

A chilled bottle of Kopiko Bay sauv blanc on a pub table.

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Errol Cavit @errolnz.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

Klemm L25e VIIR D-EDMU at Deutsches Museum, Munich. Presented as-built in 1935 - the swastika is projected on to the tail. #AvGeek #Aviation

Slab-sided vintage trainer with open cockpits, seen hanging from a museum ceiling from left rear. It has a swastika projected on the the painted stripes on the tail.

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Errol Cavit @errolnz.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

Rheinmetall-Borsig Rheintochter R1 two-stage anti-aircraft missile in Deutsches Museum, Munich. The program was abandoned in February 1945. #AvGeek #Aviation

Early missile with fins at rear, middle and nose hanging from a museum ceiling.

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Errol Cavit @errolnz.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

Messerschmitt M 17 D-779 at Deutsches Museum, Munich. Willy Messerschmitt founded his first own company in 1923. In 1925 he built his first motor aircraft, the Messerschmitt M 17. #avGeek #Aviation

Small vintage plywood sports aircraft hanging from a museum ceiling. The two open cockpits are in the fuselage, with poor visibility - none forward!

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Errol Cavit @errolnz.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Junkers A50ci D-2054 at Deutsches Museum, Munich. Looks really cool, but there was a limited market for sports planes in the early 1930's. #AvGeek #aviation

Corrugated silver vintage sports aircraft with separated open cockpits, seen in a museum from above left rear.

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Errol Cavit @errolnz.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Fieseler Fi-156C-3 Storch A-96 at Deutsches Museum, Munich This one was good at it's job! #AvGeek #Aviation

Forward section of a WW2 single engine observation aircraft hanging from a museum ceiling

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Errol Cavit @errolnz.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

Messerschmitt Me 163B 120370 at Deutsches Museum, Munich. One of several "advanced" Nazi projects that were rubbish. #AvGeek #Aviation

A small rocket-powered fighter in a museum, seen from front left and angled towards us.

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Errol Cavit @errolnz.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

Bell OH-13H nestled in at Deutsches Museum, Munich. #AvGeek #aviation

The forward pod of a small helicopter in a museum, with the bubble canopy giving excellent visibility for the crew.

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Errol Cavit @errolnz.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

Lockheed F-105G Starfighter demonstrating a common manoeuvre for the type, at Deutsches Museum, Munich. #avGeek #aviation

A very pointy fighter jet with small wings, hung from a museum ceiling. It is banked left, and a pilot figure is starting the seat ejection procedure, half out of the cockpit.

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Errol Cavit @errolnz.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

MBB BO-105P MSN V-04 D-HAPE in Deutsches Museum, Munich #AvGeek #AvGeek

Small helicopter hanging in an aviation museum, seen from the left side at the same level.

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Errol Cavit @errolnz.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

Sikorsky H-19B (S-55) at Deutsches Museum, Munich. #AvGeek #Aviation

A vintage utility helicopter in a museum. The engine at the front is visible through a framed cover that has replaced the normal skin.

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Errol Cavit @errolnz.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

Amiot AAC.1 Toucan (French-built Ju-52/3m) at Deutsches Museum, Munich last year. #AvGeek #Aviation

A tri-motor low wing military transport in a museum, seen from above front. The left cowling of the port engine is raised. The corrugated skin of the wings and fuselage are very noticeable

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Errol Cavit @errolnz.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

Piper PA-28 Cherokee ZK-DNE braving the gusts at Armore on Sunday. #AvGeek #Aviation

A small low wing light aircraft about to start its take off run from a sealed runway. Beyond is an orange windsock, stretched out nearly straight.

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Errol Cavit @errolnz.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

Cessna 172N ZK-ETK turning back to the hold point at Ardmore - maybe the student made an error that the instructor wanted to address by a re-do? #AvGeek #Aviation

Modern high wing light aircraft on a sealed runway, turning sharply.

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Errol Cavit @errolnz.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

North American Harvard 3* NZ1065 ZK-ENF slipping in to the grass at Ardmore after Battle of Britain flypast on Sunday. #AvGeek #Aviation

World War 2 radial engine trainer about to land on a grass runway, seen from rear right

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Errol Cavit @errolnz.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

North American Harvard 2A* NZ1057 ZK-TVI returns to Ardmore after Battle of Britain flypast on Sunday. #AvGeek #Avation

A World War 2 radial engined trainer passes us to land, with grey clouds beyond.

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Errol Cavit @errolnz.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

North American Harvard 3* NZ1092 ZK-WAR returning to Ardmore after Battle of Britain Day Flypast on Sunday. #AvGeek #Aviation

World War 2 radial engine trainer seen from right front in landing configuration. It is framed by light blue sky, with white cloud below.

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Errol Cavit @errolnz.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

Somewhat gusty conditions at Ardmore today for Cessna T206H Stationair ZK-DZH #AvGeek #Aviation

A modern single engine high wing light aircraft about to land, if the pilot can sort out the noticeable bank a couple of metre above the piano keys that is.

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Errol Cavit @errolnz.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2f ZK-BFR A1325 heading out at TVAL Flying Weekend Jan 2016. #AvGeek #Aviation

An ungainly World War 1 two-seater taxis on a grass airfield, seen from left rear.

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Errol Cavit @errolnz.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

TVAL F.E.2b Replica ZK-FEB getting wheeled out by the team at TVAL Flying Weekend Jan 2016, Hood Aerodrome, Masterton. #AvGeek #Aviation

Large World War 1 single engine aircraft of unusual layout being pushed forward out of a hangar. Crew will sit in a open forward nacelle between the biplane wings. The engine faces backwards, with skeleton booms reaching from the wings to meet at the tail.

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