Two new additions to our register have been noted at Ardmore recently.
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The Cessna 172S Skyhawk II ZK-XAT2 c/n 172S10403 was registered to the Ardmore Flying School Ltd on 10-04-2025.Wayne Grant snapped it on the 29th.
A late 2006 model that joined the Australian register as VH-BSF3 with Airflite Pty Ltd of Jandakot, WA on 18-12-2008.
It was re-registered as VH-EOU3 on 02-04-2007 for the Oxford Flying Academy (Australia) Pty Ltd at Moorabbin, Victoria.
It was ferried from Melbourne to Morwell on 25-03-2025, then to Coolangatta and Lord Howe Island on the 26th, and to Auckland and Ardmore on the 27th.
Its Australian registration was cancelled on 01-04-2025 for it to become ZK-XAT2 on10-04-2025.
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Another new arrival is the Piper PA-44-180 Seminole VH-OXP c/n 4496380.
Built by Piper Aircraft at Vero Beach, Florida, initially allocated the US registration of N9518N but becoming N4438Y with Piper Aircraft in August 2015. Certified to Globe Aero LLC of Lakeland Florida on 02-09-2015 it quickly found its way to Australia to become VH-OXP on 15-10-2015 with the Oxford Aviation Academy (the same as the 172 above).
It was ferried from Canberra to Auckland and Ardmore on 07-08-2025.
It is earmarked for Southern Wings with the ZK-SWL registration pending.
Photo above at Ardmore from the Southern Wings facebook page.
The Seminole was developed from the PA-28R Arrow.
By my count this is the tenth PA-44 on our register.
