Posted by admin on Nov 19, 2015 in Blog | 3 comments

It has been a while since the last post and things have moved on. Progress is ongoing preparing the “new” hangar for occupation, we move in less than a month. Meanwhile progress continues on P40’s the P39 and as you can see from the photos the T51 is now finished and is awaiting NZCAA inspection next Friday. It all looks a bit crammed in...

Posted by admin on Oct 28, 2015 in Blog | 0 comments

Behind this rather uninspiring blank canvas from the middle of December sits the new premise of Pioneer Aero ltd.  Yes we are relocating to 540 Corsair Lane Ardmore Airfield and as from the 15th of December we will be up and running at the new address. We are hoping that in a few months time we will be saying that was a good move because at the moment we...

Posted by admin on Oct 8, 2015 in Blog | 2 comments

It was great to catch up with an old friend this week Strikemaster 72 in for a quick visit before heading back south. A quick check and some grease and she is good for another 6 months.

Posted by admin on Oct 1, 2015 in Blog | 0 comments

Everynow and then you come across something that makes you stop and think With the new P40 project was a set of original rubber fuel tanks clad in leather as you can see from the attached photos these are in remarkable condition. Interesting also to note the date. Yesterday after a protracted test flight schedule Dave Brown finally signed off on...

Posted by admin on Sep 23, 2015 in Blog | 0 comments

It has been a busy month, the annual servicing on Strikemaster 62 has been completed and the annual on CAG is almost done. Both of these have been carried out in the back of the New Zealand Warbirds main hangar which has added a dynamic element to what has largely been a storage shed. We have had alot of positive comments on this and there have certainly...

Posted by admin on Aug 18, 2015 in Blog | 2 comments

The best laid plans!! We had intended to carry out the annual servicing on Strikemaster 72 in New Zealand Warbirds hangar starting early September. However 62 had the last say and last week decided to drop all of the fluid out of it’s LH main leg so in conjunction with sorting this problem the annual on 62 has also started. A different aircraft and a...