New Plane (well for me) Pioneer Alpi 200

[Guest steve-nz]

Just took delivery yesterday of my Pioneer Alpi 200.

 

Was ferried from Dunedin area, was to come to Rangiora but fog on Saturday made that flight divert to Ashburton just south of Christchurch.

 

Yesterday morning was a beautiful day here, so I flew my instructor down there in my Jabiru 450, dropped him off, then headed back to NZRT - he left there about 20 minutes later, just after I landed at Rangiora I heard the call PKT overhead for rejoin.... wow about 2 minutes behind me :-)

 

Did a couple of flights with instructor yesterday afternoon in the Alpi, very nice plane to fly, still got a bit of work to get checked out to that one, but loving it.

 

 

 

[dazza 38]

Nice looking aircraft Steve

 

 

[Guest Pioneer200]

hi steve, very nice, p 200 is great machine to fly, what didn't you like about the jabiru 450

 

 

[alf jessup]

Steve,

 

Beautiful looking aircraft mate, enjoy it, it is a great feeling.

 

Alf

 

 

[Mark11]

Looks great Steve

 

Enjoy

 

 

[Guest steve-nz]

hi steve, very nice, p 200 is great machine to fly, what didn't you like about the jabiru 450

Main thing was room inside the 450, max AUW is 449kg as well so 2 up and no fuel for trips.

 

I do like the jabiru, has taught me well considering I only started late Jan this year.

 

 

[frank marriott]

What is a 450? Is it like a J120? Google search looks like a 120

 

 

[planedriver]

Well done Steve, looks like a great a/c with my "reserved" tag on the r/h seat.

 

Take care, and good luck with your familiarisaation flights.

 

Kind Regards

 

Planey

 

 

[Guest steve-nz]

What is a 450? Is it like a J120? Google search looks like a 120

Hey there, the 450 from what I understand was made for the UK market - has very long wings (aka more like a glider on approach :-)

 

Some info on type:

 

http://www.sky-craft.co.uk/acatalog/Jabiru_UL-D_Aircraft.html

 

 

[Guest steve-nz]

Just a couple more pics:

 

 

And my Jabiru in the shot as well:

 

 

 

[ozbear]

Very nice a/c Steve