This is the 10th completed aircraft from Pioneer Aero
in 10 years. Here is a selection of photos of the P-40N5
for Woodstock Aviation of Santa Rosa, California.
On the Wednesday before Easter P-40N1 ZK- ZOC
took to the skies over Ardmore and after a brief test flight program
conducted by...
Ray Hanna’s Yak 3 or ZK-YYY, has left the
shop and is now resident in Wanaka. Frank Parker completed the test flying
and consolidation and was more than
The first
flight of the Hawk 75 is very close. Matt
Nightingale has advised that the aircraft is all together and once the
final formalities are completed the aircraft should...
The first
flight of the Hawk 75 is very close. Matt
Nightingale has advised that the aircraft is all together and once the
final formalities are completed the aircraft should...
Well Wanaka 2004 has
been and gone. A fantastic show and it was great to catch up with many of
you.Since our last newsletter in February there
have been lots of movements in the shop...
The La-9 is
obviously long gone and has made appearances at the Paris Airshow and the
Flying Legends at Duxford. It appears to have made quite an impression...
and on a calm and balmy New
Zealand summer’s evening the stillness of the air was shattered by the
staccato roar of 14 angry cylinders as....
‘Happy New Year’ to everyone.2003 is looking good already. First and most
obvious event to be looked forward to is the running and then flying of the
La-9...
Not a lot to say, but do we need to say much?
The La-9’s ASH 82FN sitting in our shop with the rear shrouds fitted and
waiting for the...
Well - … late again. We’ve been holding
back on producing the next newsletter in the hope that we’d have the engine
of the La-9 on hand so we could include a few photos...
With Wanaka behind us some normality is returning to the shop. When
everybody got back to town a few of the guys took a bit of a break to
recharge their batteries after the 3-week...
We had intended putting something out before this but everyone here has been
head down, backside up getting ready for Wanaka. Well, Wanaka has been and
gone and it...
Tony Banta’s P-40 goes
together and stands on its own two feet. Progress is good. Just need a prop
and chin cowls from the USA and as long as we receive these in time we’ll be
at Wanaka with...
Well it’s almost ready to fly. The prop is finished and waiting to be
shipped from the Czech Republic and we understand the engine is due to go on
the test stand today. Providing the...
We’ve held off on a
newsletter hoping to have some painting completed, but alas - not quite
finished. However, the painting will be completed over the Xmas period.
Still, lots...
This is the late-arriving
September newsletter. Workload has meant that it hasn’t come out earlier and
this is just going to be a brief update...
Last month’s newsletter started
with a picture of the “business end” of the premises at Ardmore. This is
great to recognise us if you arrive by car, however if you arrive by plane...
Over the 3-year period when we were rebuilding the P-40N1 A29-448 we sent
out regular newsletters to keep everyone abreast of what was going on. These
newsletters seem to have been received very...
Opening this month’s newsletter with a picture of “home”. This is the
business end of the premises at Ardmore, so if you come to visit you’ll know
what we look like...
