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GALLERY
 Our home base - Hamilton Airport (NZHN) |  Starting them young - teaching the younger generation to care for vintage aircraft is our passion! |  BTC at Haast for the 2021 AOPA Winter Fly-in |  Bill Taxi's BTC to the hangar at Te Kowhai for the first time |  BTC on her first flight in 53 years after a major rebuild. |  BTC gets airborne for the first time in 53 years |
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 Flying over Mt Ruapehu's crater lake |  BQV tempts John Hansen's "Hansen Deuce" out to play |  BQV ready to roll on John Wilson's Horotiu strip. |  Flight over the volcanoes on the Central Plateau |  BQV heading north from Raglan |  How to build a Piper Cub - Round 2 (but a 150hp model this time...!) |
 BQV flies in formation with Malcolm Savill's replica Piper Cub and Marty Cantlon's Boeing Stearman |  Bill on Gibson's Beach just north of Raglan |  Neroli lands a Cub with all the mods on a Hawke's Bay riverbed |  A classic weather forecast in the Henwood household... "it's a Cub day". Translated from SKC, nil sig wx, wind variable 2kts. |  Neroli heads to Raglan for a fish and chip dinner |  Looking west towards Mt Karioi |
 Exploring the backyard on a calm evening |  Neroli celebrates 500 hours! |  |  This is a good view! |  Tracking north around Mt Karioi |  Bomb drop at the 2016 Taumaranui Tiger Moth Rally |
 |  Cody Calder taking part in the competitions at the 2016 Taumaranui Tiger Moth Rally |  Pete McCombe gained his Cub rating at the 2016 Tiger Moth Club Rally at Taumaranui |  Another beaut view of the Raglan harbour entrance |  BQV parked up in Gisborne |  Jeanette Lei competes for the Cub Cup at the 2016 Tiger Club Rally at Taumaranui |
 Father and daughter wearing Cub Grins |  Robbie Innes enjoys the Cub so much he's building his own! |  Olivia Henwood on finals at Taumaranui at the 2016 Tiger Moth Club Rally |  Scott Montagu after completing a PA-18 rating in BQV. He subsequently attained a glider tow rating. |  Neroli and Olivia get a turn flying this classic Beech-18 twin in Vancouver, Canada |  Bill and Neroli on the glacier beneath Mt Cook - a bucket list item for any taildragger enthusiast! |
 Sam Monrad completes his PA-18 type rating. |  Paul Corrin in the front seat, reacquainted with BQV after owning her in Gisborne in the 1990's. |  Paul Corrin and Bill swap toys! |  |  BQV rolls out for the first time after a total rebuild. First flight 20 January 2016. |  BQV flies alongside a fellow Bantam friend |
 Olivia gains her 100th hour total time. All but 4 hours in BQV |  Neroli gains her PPL for the second time after a 24 year break! |  A Cub doing what a Cub was made to do! Phil Barakat lands at Chris Bayley's Maungatautari farm strip |  BQV on a beautiful Spring day at Raglan |  Neroli and Bill flying BQV near Tauranga |  Olivia gains her PPL in BQV - 2013 |
 Jack's first flight in the Cub - a trip to Raglan to play on the beach! |  A line-up of Cubs at the Bridge Pa Taildragger Fly-in |  Bill and Neroli proudly flying BQV fresh from a total rebuild |
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