He'd flown it from Atawhai all the way to Rabbit Island to buzz the beach races (2008) and turned around and went back again.
From Stuff:
"He said he attracts plenty of spectators while out on test flights, and admits he refused to let his two daughters watch when he took it for its first flight just before Christmas.
That test flight ended in a crash landing, but a single bruise to his leg meant he knew exactly what adjustments he needed to make."
So that would have been Christmas 2007.
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