Parakai West Auckland SNIFF combined BBQ Flyin. Sunday 22nd April.
Yes, it’s about time we had another Short Notice Informal Friendly Flyin.

Chris and Danielle will be organising the BBQ and you will be doing the eating, especially when you are not talking with your flying mates.
Gold coin donation. Please advise if possible. It sure helps with the catering.

Come along and see the changes that have taken place since your last visit. There is a club house venue move and also there are now two parachute operators keeping very active, so it is preferred that you do NOT carry out an overhead join but use your radio to keep up to date with the traffic pattern before you arrive. Join down wind, or you can even join base or final, but only if it is safe to do so.

Note:
There are 3 Jump planes. KAL, SDF & SDA. They all live outside. If any of them are not in sight on the ground, they’re probably skydiving.

Circuit and Arrival info:
All circuits are to the north, and it is recommended to always join downwind, base or final. Please do not join overhead or from the non-traffic side just in case there is a skydiver you’re not aware of.
Radio. 119.1

We hope to see you there on Sunday any time after 10-30 or 11am. I will collect the landing fees which are reduced to $5 if they are collected in bulk. If you forget to pay me you will receive a landing fee account directly.

Hi All,

I was sure that I had already sent something out about this already, but it turns out I hadn’t. (must be the old age setting in). This coming weekend we are having a combined PAC and NMC BBQ at Parakai. The BBQ will be from 11:45am onwards and everyone is welcome.

We also are having a PAC / NMC meeting at 10:30 to continue the planning for the big event of the year, the February fly in. If you want to be involved with this event please be on the field by 10:30am for this meeting. 2011 is shaping up to be even bigger than last year!

Hi All, The Parakai Aviation Club (PAC) Will be holding a fly-in / BBQ on November 7th 2010. This will coincide with the Helensville Community & Heritage Festival which be held in Helensville. Landing fees at the field will be reduced to $5 for the day. Come check out the new concrete taxi ways, hangers and sealed runway if you haven’t been to Parakai for a while and enjoy a sausage.

The 2010 Parakai Aviation Day was a great success this year.        

The day was fine once a few dark clouds bearing showers departed. Photos from the event can be seen on the photos page here.         

Alternately the complete flickr set can be seen http://www.flickr.com/photos/chris021/sets/72157623466467037/         

Harvey Lockie writes about the event ”Current and retired Air NZ pilots George    

A small selection of images from the event:

A few weekends ago Danielle and I took CDL away for an overnight trip. After studying the charts we decided to head for Tokoroa as it appeared to have accommodation within walking distance of the airfield. A quick check of the NOTAMS showed an overnight drag race but nothing much else to worry about. We flew down via the city and Thames.

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Today is the annual Parakai Aviation Club fly-in / Drive-in event. The weather for the event looks fantastic!

See www.parakaiairfield.co.nz for more information.

Check back here after the event for photos from the day.

Yak52

Everything is set for the vintage fly-in / open day today! Hope to see you on the field today. Aircraft should start arriving around 11am. 

Click here to download it: 

PAC Flyer

For more information on other activities on happing this year visit the Heritage Day website: www.helensvilleheritageday.co.nz

CDL by the pumps (NZPI)

Today was my first flight with a passenger, quite the mile stone. Yesterday I sat my final flight test and passenger rating with Harvey. Not the most enjoyable flight as it is rather hard on the nerves!!! I got there in the end with the all important pass! Upon solid advice from both Harvey and Simon Lockie I remembered to keep my turns shallow and everything gentle and pleasant. Read the rest of this entry »