Category: Club News

2023 Flying NZ Regionals

Posted by on 11.10.23 in Club News

The Rotorua Aero Club is hosting the 2023 Central Region flying competition. There are a vast array of competitions for competitors to choose, from junior landing to senior landing, precision circuits for women, aerobatics, formation flying, life raft and bombing and forced landing, plus many more. The winners of these events then go onto compete […]

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Relief Flight #32 – March 30th

Posted by on 3.30.23 in Club News

Aircraft: ZK-DNT, Cessna 172M Pilot: Annabel Ford Much needed supplies for the folks of Tokomaru Bay – generators, gas burners, torches, headlamps and many other necessities. Annabel braved clouds, nasty turbulence and confused winds at NZGS to get this through. We flew this in on the 30th and Santana (our Tokomaru contact) collected the following […]

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Relief Flight #31 – March 24th

Posted by on 3.24.23 in Club News

Aircraft: ZK-DNT, Cessna 172M Pilot: Wayne Puddle Wairoa Primary school received some Easter goodies as well as some other necessary items today courtesy of Rotorua Whakaora. A special thanks to all of the kind people below who have made this possible.

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Relief Flight #30 – March 23rd

Posted by on 3.23.23 in Club News

Aircraft: Vans RV-12 Pilot: Gary Thorne More toys delivered to Wairoa today, these are destined for Tiaho Kura. Thank you to our sponsors who help us make all of this possible.

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Relief Flight #29 – March 23rd

Posted by on 3.23.23 in Club News

Aircraft: ZK-TCM, Tecnam P-92 Echo Pilot: Brian Stanley Sr. More toys delivered to Wairoa today, these are destined for Tiaho Kura. Thank you to all of our sponsors who help us make all of this possible.

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UPDATE: Relief efforts

Posted by on 3.22.23 in Club News

Renee of Wairoa Primary School, kindly provided the following update which follows with the photographs below. This really reflects how our club is doing great work to put the smiles back on the little faces of these kids, as well as many others who we have provided relief to over the past month, from Rotorua […]

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Relief Flight #28 – March 20th

Posted by on 3.20.23 in Club News

A huge push into Wairoa this week is needed for sanitary items. Another two trips of donated relief good from the Whakaora to Tiaho Kura. These will be distributed amongst the communities who are still in relatively cut off areas or unable to source these essential items locally. These include sanitary items, nappies, wipes and […]

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Relief Flight #27 – March 20th

Posted by on 3.20.23 in Club News

This load was for Wairoa Primary School and was all about toys, books and taking care of the kids who have been effected in the local community – as well as some shovels and brooms for the adults as there is still a large amount of silt to clean out of their homes and the […]

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Relief Flight #26 – March 20th

Posted by on 3.20.23 in Club News

A huge push into Wairoa this week is needed for sanitary items. Another two trips of donated relief good from the Whakaora to Tiaho Kura. These will be distributed amongst the communities who are still in relatively cut off areas or unable to source these essential items locally. These include sanitary items, nappies, wipes and […]

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Relief Flight #25 – March 20th

Posted by on 3.20.23 in Club News

A huge push into Wairoa this week is needed for sanitary items. Two aircraft are on their way this morning to meet up with Jazz, who was connected through to the Whakaora through Tiaho Kura. These will be distributed amongst the communities who are still in relatively cut off areas or unable to source these […]

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