3.5 hours in EBH

September 17, 2008 in Uncategorized

I turned out to be a rather nice day on the 16th. Op’s had me scheduled for 3 day flights ( 2 mock PPL’s and a first solo check) in ZK-EBH which is one of the leased aircraft that Massey has on line. It’s an older model Cherokee being a PA28-151 officially. Normally the -151 model has a 150 horsepower engine however most of the -151’s in New Zealand have been upgraded to -161 standard, 160 horsepower so are basically Warrior 2’s. Another of the differences from the -161’s is the ailerons. The -161’s have differential ailerons, the -151’s have frise ailerons.

Cherokee 151 ZK-EBH

With the fleet replacement being approved last week by the university we’ll probably not be seeing many odd-ball leased in models, although EBH is not too bad as it has the wheel-spats so cruises a little faster than the rest.

My last flight of the day was a night solo circuit check with one of the 50’s. We prefer to use Massey aircraft for night flying as they have a full IFR avionics fit.

Looking like another great night for night flying tonight. I’d like to have 100 hours night by years end.