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Simon Hills

England
As seen in: The Times, Sail-World, RESEARCH LIVE, BVM Sports, Yachts and Yachting, NZ Civil Aircraft
Ex Times journalist. Not keen on self righteousness or taking everything at face value.
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ZK-SSA Resurrected

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By Simon Hills
| NZ Civil Aircraft
Photograph by Bradley Pearpoint from his Facebook page Photo Courtesy of william Leipnik from New zealand Civil Aircraft Facebook page ZK-SSA (DH82a c/n 111) was bought by Bradley Pearpoint of Feilding in October last year in a rather sorry state. After a major rebuild it had it's first post restoration flight on October 06th 2026. Bradley says hopefully he should be able to take it to the Tiger Moth Gathering in Taumarunui in a couple of weeks. Previous post for this aircraft can be found here
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Another shot of ZK-CBS

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By Simon Hills
| NZ Civil Aircraft
Photo courtesy of Ben Carmine on "Cessna 180 and 185 in New Zealand" Facebook page
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Ex TVAL Vintage Aviator Albatros Dva-1 for sale

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By Simon Hills
| NZ Civil Aircraft
I noticed recently that one of the Ex TVAL Albatros Dva-1 is up for sale. This aircraft was built as ZK-ALB and was exported to the UK IN 2018 as G-WAHT owned by Oliver Wulff and operated by the Shuttleworth Trust at Old Warden. Previous blog post with more info can be found here ZK-ALB / G-WAHT The sales page for this aircraft can be found here
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