Old waiheke airfield
This is now some years later however, i was one of those pilots working for Rex air charter, dalhoff & king who flew more than 1800 trips from Ardmore and Auckland international into the airfield named here on waiheke Is. during the 1970s. It was a challenging strip with major decisions resting on pilot experience at the location to determine whether to takeoff to the north or south when a strong northerly was blowing. In winter it was boggy and required full power immediately after touchdown, especially landing to the south. The Cessna 207, ZK DSE was my favourite. I made many friends on the island and have many great memories of those carefree days. Am retired now in perth after many years flying helicopters in Australia.