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Airbus Invasion

May 21, 2017, 11:00 am
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The annual Bluff Oyster and Food Festival attracted a large number of visitors from across the country and to cater for the demand Air New Zealand arranged for three domestic configured Airbus A320's to carry passengers from Auckland and Wellington to Invercargill on 20 May. Given the regional airport only receives aircraft of less than 90 seats, the airline and airport operator arranged for Aviation Security to be in place for passenger screening of the flights departing and additionally ground equipment was moved to Invercargill to assist with maneuvering aircraft on the apron.

http://www.bluffoysterfest.co.nz/
Airbus A320 ZK-OXE was the first to arrive touching down direct from Auckland as NZ1205. It departed on its return to Auckland as NZ1234.

Airbus A320 ZK-OJR arrived from Wellington as NZ1233 and departed on its return to Wellington as NZ1244.

Airbus A320 ZK-OJS was the last to arrive and it made its way from Auckland as NZ1219. It then positioned to Christchurch as NZ6204 before heading back to Invercargill as NZ6203 then onto Auckland as NZ1206. 

Sincere thanks to Wharf Photography for providing these fantastic shots. 





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Air New Zealand withdraws from Auckland-Norfolk Island run

May 22, 2017, 11:00 am
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Air New Zealand's long history of scheduled flight operations between Auckland and the rugged Norfolk Island has drawn to a close with Airbus A320 ZK-OJO flying the final NZ794/795 Auckland-Norfolk Island-Auckland run on 21 May 2017.

The airline announced in mid December 2016 its intention to terminate the long standing run as a result of falling demand on the once weekly service. Passengers will however still be able to travel via the airline's flights operating from Sydney and Brisbane (both operate twice a week). 

The national carrier has a long history of operations to Norfolk Island starting in April 1947 when the National Airways Corporation commenced services using Douglas DC3's, presumably departing from Kaitaia. NAC serviced the route until September 1955 and from November that year it operated fortnightly using a Qantas Douglas DC4 under charter to TEAL (Tasman Empire Air Lines). 
This arrangement continued until the final DC4 flight on 1 June 1975 and it was taken over by NAC Fokker F27-500 Friendships under charter to Air New Zealand with the first of these flights taking place on 4 June 1975. The F27's dedicated to the run where ZK-NAN and ZK-NAO with both aircraft fitted with large cargo doors and HF (high frequency) radios for overwater operations. 

The F27 was superseded by Boeing 737-200's from 23 September 1984 operating once a week. The Boeing -200 series was replaced with the -300 series from 1998 and these ran until December 2006 when some the Airbus A320 started to enter the fleet and ZK-OJF made the type's first visit to the Island on the 27th as NZ814/815 from/to Auckland. A mix of 737's and A320's operated the run until 28 October 2012 when the final Boeing service was flown with ZK-NGE operating NZ794/795. 

Air New Zealand services from Sydney and Brisbane to Norfolk Island commenced in March 2012 after it won an Australian Government tender to provide services to the remote island. 

Our Airline/Air Nauru quickly entered an arrangement with newly formed Norfolk Island Airlines and will commence weekly services on a Saturday from 17 June flying a Boeing 737-300 (most likely an ex Air New Zealand aircraft) from Brisbane to Norfolk Island, Auckland and vice versa. 

Thanks to the team from Burnt Pine Travel for the use of these photos of the last departure to Auckland. 

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Postcard from the USA - Part Four

May 23, 2017, 11:00 am
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While clear skies prevailed for our time around the Los Angeles region, timing and sun angle where not favourable so many images filed in the trash can but here are a few that were mostly ok. Thanks to MRC Junior Team for there 

LA County Fire Sikorsky S70A N190LA cruising by the Griffith Observatory north of downtown LA. 



From one end of the aviation spectrum to the other! This dude was grooving southbound along the shoreline just beyond LAX. 









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20 minutes at the fence

May 24, 2017, 11:00 am
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A pleasant 20 minutes spent at the fenceline of Auckland International Airport on a glorious autumn afternoon netted a handful of movements 22 May. 

Qantas mainline Boeing 737-800's are a common sight through NZ now as the carrier supplements the Jetconnect operation. Here VH-XZE departs for Sydney as QFA144. 

Air New Zealand Boeing 787-9 ZK-NZH crosses the numbers as it arrives from Shanghai as ANZ286. 

Skyline's snazzy Beech King Air 350 ZK-SSH arrives from Nadi - its first trip away to the Pacific Islands. It had departed Auckland for Nadi 21 May then flew to Funafuti and back 22 May. 

Eastern Australia / Jetstar Regional Dash 8-300 VH-SBW arrives. 

Life Flight Jetstream 32 ZK-LFT taxis to Charlie One for either a patient dropoff or pickup. I've yet to catch up with their second example, ZK-LFW, but perhaps its not in service yet. 

Wet leased to Qantas is the Atlas Air Boeing 747-400 freighter N409MC seen here arriving as QF7552 from Honolulu and running about 4 hours late. 

"Rockstar Two" Global Express N2020Q floats down runway 23L with a slight tailwind having cruised down from Tokyo/Haneda. 

Cathay Pacific's Airbus A350 B-LRM heads to the holding point for runway 23L. 

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United States Coast Guard C130 Hercules exercise participation

May 25, 2017, 11:00 am
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The visiting United States Coast Guard HC130H Hercules 1790 mentioned in a blog post last weekend participated in a joint exercise  24 May with the New Zealand Coast Guard and in association with Maritime NZ and Rescue Co-Ordination Centre and Westpac Rescue BK117 ZK-HKZ. 

The Hercules departed from Whenuapai mid afternoon and proceeded direct to Auckland Harbour low level where it spent the next 45 minutes conducting simulated supply drops etc as depicted in the accompanying news article link. 

The C130 exited the training exercise via an instrument approach back to Whenuapai.

Its visit concluded mid afternoon 25 May with it departing for Pago Pago.



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20 minutes at another fence

May 26, 2017, 11:00 am
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A nice sunny autumn day with runway 03 in use at Ardmore afforded the opportunity to catch some of the locals at "work" and in a space of 20 minutes early on a Thursday afternoon the following were taken:
Cessna 185C ZK-JHS, registered to a Whitianga address, arrived (above) and departed a short time later. It still wears "temporary" ZK marks applied for a trip to Australia back in April/May 2008. 
NZ Warbirds Association Ryan ST-3KR ZK-RYN spent considerable time in the circuit making fullstop landings on the grass vector having initially departed from the seal. 
Locally based Cessna T206H amphib N26NZ departed..............

and a short time later returned. 

While the 206's owner and his Vans RV10 ZK-STU also departed and returned. 
Eagle Flight Training DA20 Katana ZK-DAV busy earning its keep. 

Syndicated Piper PA28-140 ZK-DNE was enjoying a spin in the pleasant conditions, all the while Auckland International - just a stones throw away - was shrouded in mist and fog!

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Singapore Airlines visits Ohakea

May 27, 2017, 11:00 am
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Persistent fog conditions affected flight operations at Christchurch 26 May with multiple flight cancellations and diversions. Notably Singapore Airlines daily Boeing 777-200 service from Singapore to the Garden City made one approach and diverted to RNZAF Base Ohakea. 9V-SVI, operating as SQ297, arrived at the Manawatu "bolt hole" a little after 1000 and spent a couple of hours on the ground uplifting fuel and awaiting an improvement in the Christchurch weather where it finally returned to around 1345. 

File photos - 9V-SVC made an unexpected visit to Ohakea back on 29 April 2016 under the circumstances. 


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planes clouds and vortices

May 28, 2017, 11:00 am
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Hainan Logo Jet

May 29, 2017, 11:00 am
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Making its first Auckland back on 28 May was Hainan Airlines Airbus A330-300 B-8287 on the carrier's scheduled service from/to Shenzhen. The aircraft wears a prominent logo on from the nose to forward of the wing applied almost a year ago when the carrier commenced services from Beijing to Manchester. 

Thanks to Aircraft Services for these great shots.


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Sunset Shots

May 30, 2017, 11:00 am
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While sorting through some photo files I stumbled upon these candid snaps taken on 13 May right on or slightly after sunset as a gaggle of us waited in the cold breeze for the RAAF Poseidon to turn-up. 





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Qantas A330-200 visit

May 31, 2017, 11:00 am
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While it is not unusual to receive Qantas Airbus A330 visitors to New Zealand it is worth recording the arrival of -200 series VH-EBR on 31 March from Melbourne as QF153 carrying the British & Irish Lions Rugby team to the region for their month long campaign. The team had flown from the UK to Melbourne via Qantas Airbus A380 and after spending a local night in Australia continued onto Auckland on the scheduled service upsized from the regular Boeing 737-800. VH-EBR departed Auckland on its return to Melbourne as QF154. 


Qantas are a sponsor of this year's Lions tour and will operate a number of Boeing 747-400 flights through Auckland during June and July to cater for supporter demand across the Tasman. 






In other Qantas news, it was announced yesterday that the Airbus A330 will become a regular sight at Auckland with type set to replace Emirates Airbus A380's on the Sydney run from 13 July 2017. This is quite a significant move for both carriers and no doubt the first step in a number of changes to collaborate schedules and asset deployment to match demand.




Also, as a side note, one of their retired Airbus A330-203, VH-EBH"Hunter Valley", has recently taken flight as A39-006 ahead of its entry to service with the Royal Australian Air Force slated to take place in 2018. It was withdrawn from Qantas service in May 2015. 
File photo - VH-EBH departs Auckland March 2011. 

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Kalitta Air Boeing 747-400 freighter N782CK

May 31, 2017, 5:00 pm
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Michigan-based Kalitta Air, an air cargo transportation company providing scheduled and charter services, operate a fleet of 15 Boeing 747-400 freighters and have recently taken charge of 4 Boeing 767-300's to be converted to freighters. 

It has been a number of years since the last Kalitta Air aircraft visited our shores so it was wonderful to have Boeing 747-400 freighter N782CK jet into Auckland in the predawn hours of 31 May after a journey from Ottawa/OT via a techstop at Honolulu as CKS566. 

N782CK is a 2009 model -400HQ(F)ER and spent the first two years of its life in storage at both Paine Field and later at Marana Air Park before its induction to the Kalitta fleet in late 2011. 

The 747 departed Auckland during the early hours of 01 June destined for Hong Kong as CKS9218.
N782CK during her layover at Auckland - supplied. 
Meanwhile two locally based freighters flew from Auckland to Wellington and back 31 May with Tasman Cargo Airlines Boeing 757-200 VH-TCA and Parcel Air Boeing 737-400 ZK-PAT making the round trip. Given the origin of N782CK it can safely be a$$umed the trio were carrying NZ currency manufactured by the Canadian Mint in Ottawa.

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Corporate Corner 01 May - 31 May 2017

June 1, 2017, 5:00 pm
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Careflight Learjet 45 VH-VVI arrived in Auckland 01 May from Brisbane and Norfolk Island and departed soon after on return to Brisbane. It made a second visit during the reporting period visiting Auckland in the early hours of 09 May arriving from and returning to Brisbane. 

Penske Jets Gulfstream G550 N1RP arrived in Auckland 01 May from Honolulu and after spending much of the day in the City of Sails flew south to Christchurch. From there it departed 02 May for Brisbane then to Williamtown and Essendon 03 May. On 05 May it crossed the Australian continent to Perth from where it departed 07 May for Cairns, Honolulu and Pontiac/MI.

Textron Aviation Cessna 750 Citation X+ N510CX touched down in Christchurch around noon 03 May after a sprint across the Tasman Sea from Sydney. The upgraded "Ten" was in the region on a brief demonstration tour and arrived in Brisbane 01 May from Singapore/Seletar via Darwin before heading onto Sydney 02 May. The X+ made its way north to Auckland late afternoon 03 May and departed 04 May for Papeete then 05 May onto Maui/HI.
This particular airframe was built in 2014 and was first operated as N555QB for Private Her Honor Inc on behalf of owner TV celebrity "Judge Judy". It was involved in a weather related ground event during January 2016 http://www.tmz.com/2016/01/17/judge-judy-private-jet-damaged/

http://cessna.txtav.com/en/citation/x

Departing Auckland....VJ photo
And arriving Papeete, PYF Air and Sea Spotter photo

Lifan Group/Minsheng Huatai Aviation Gulfstream G450 B-8291 made its first NZ visit arriving in Christchurch 03 May from Singapore/Seletar via a techstop in Cairns. It departed for Melbourne 05 May then to Sydney 07 May. 

ABS Jets Embraer E135 Legacy OK-SUN concluded its NZ visit departing Auckland 04 May for Sydney. It flew onto Darwin and Singapore/Seletar 05-06 May.

East Business Aviation Gulfstream G550 B-8168 made its second NZ visit arriving in Auckland just on 0200 04 May direct from Nanjing having overflown its planned techstop at Cairns. It departed Auckland 05 May on its return to Nanjing, this time via a stop at Cairns.

ANZA/Tyremax/Jetcity Challenger 604 N604AU arrived in Auckland 04 May from Sydney and returned to Sydney the following evening. The Challenger made its way back to Auckland late 12 May from Sydney and after clearing formalities continued onto Palmerston North arriving in the early hours of 13 May. It returned to Auckland from Palmerston North 14 May then flew to Sydney 15 May.  From Sydney to Auckland, Tauranga and Palmerston North after dark 25 May. Then to Auckland and back to Palmerston North 26 May. From Palmerston North to Tauranga, Auckland and Sydney 31 May. 

Brenzil PTY Falcon 7X VH-CRW spent several hours in Napier 08 May arriving from and returning to Brisbane. 

Revesco Gulfstream 4 VH-TXS arrived in Auckland very early 12 May from Sydney. After spending around 12 hours on the ground the GIV departed for Perth.

Sky Color Ltd/Metrojet Gulfstream G550 B-LMF made its first visit to New Zealand arriving Auckland direct from Perth 13 May. It had arrived in Australia at Melbourne on 10 May from Kaohsiung and flew onto Perth 11 May. B-LMF departed Auckland late 14 May for Hong Kong.

Avwest Global Express N599CH arrived in Queenstown 14 May from Sydney. It flew to Invercargill 19 May however weather thwarted its attempt to land and the Global diverted to Christchurch from where it departed a short time later for Perth.

Pratt Aviation Global Express VH-FGJ arrived in Auckland 15 May from Essendon via Bankstown and Sydney. It departed Auckland after dark 16 May on return to Essendon.
Shortly after arriving in Auckland 15 May 2017.
Sunset Aviation Gulfstream 4 N121JJ arrived in Christchurch 15 May from Nadi as TWY123. It flew to Napier and Wellington 18 May then to Auckland 19 May. It headed to Pago Pago 22 May and to Honolulu and Oakland/CA 24 May.
Showing its true colours - charcoal grey - to full effect in the early morning sunlight 
Crown Ltd Global Express VH-CCD made its way from Melbourne to Auckland 18 May and after a brief time on the ground flew onto Wellington. It made its way south to Queenstown 19 May. From Queenstown to Auckland, Sydney and Melbourne 21 May.
Arriving Auckland 21 May 2017. 
Goonies Co Global Express N2020Q arrived in Auckland 22 May from Tokyo/Haneda as RKS2 (radio callsign "Rockstar Two"). From Auckland to Queenstown and back and onto Haneda all on 23 May.
Arriving Auckland from Haneda 22 May 2017. 

Captured during its visit of a few hours at Queenstown 23 May 2017. Photo supplied.  
Sunshine Air Services Challenger 604 VH-VLZ arrived in Auckland after sunset 22 May from Essendon. To Wellington and Essendon 24 May.

Capital Airlines Gulfstream G550 B-8261 arrived in Queenstown shortly before sunset 22 May from Noumea having arrived there earlier in the day from Hong Kong. It made the journey from Queenstown to Auckland 24 May and to Macau 26 May.
At Queenstown 23 May 2017 - photo supplied. 
Villages Equipment Co. Inc. of Leesburg/FL Falcon 900EX N900YP arrived in Queenstown 24 May from Kona/HI via a techstop at Pago Pago.
Parked at Queenstown 01 June 2017. 
Falcon Flight Operations Falcon 50 VH-FOL arrived in Auckland 24 May from Brisbane and Tonga. It departed 25 May for Sydney.

Luft Aviation PTY Global Express N360LA arrived in Napier late 25 May from Sydney. It flew to Queenstown 28 May and then to Sydney and Essendon 29 May.

Marcplan Embraer Legacy VH-VLT arrived in Queenstown 26 May from Essendon and returned to Essendon two days later.

The first Gulfstream G650 to be registered in the Peoples Republic of China and only delivered at the beginning of May arrived in Auckland after dark 29 May. B-3255 MSN 6181, operate by Deer Jet on behalf of owner Bairong Group, arrived after a direct flight from Sanya. The G650ER wears the same tail motif as a regular visitor to Auckland, G550 B-8261. (See earlier blog entry).
According to www.corporatejetinvestor.com it is estimated there are now 30 Gulfstream G650's operating in the greater China region with the majority registered in the Cayman Islands. The Chinese civil aviation regulator, CAAC, certificated the 650 and 650ER in February this year.

SG Aviation Global Express VH-SGA arrived Wellington after dark 30 May from Essendon and departed 31 May for Perth.

Local, NZ based jets have been busy in recent times with a number on overseas "deployments". Falcon 900EX N146EX departed Auckland back in January and has been located in Springfield/IL until earlier this month when it appears to have conducted a test flight 06 May. Springfield is home to a Dassault Falcon maintenance facility. Its since headed across to Italy, Germany, Croatia and France before heading back to the USA and from Scottsdale/AZ to Honolulu 31 May NZ date.  

Jetflite's Gulfstream G650 N650AB departed Auckland at the beginning of May flying direct to San Francisco and has since visited Las Vegas, back to San Francisco, onto Portland and Dupage and then across the Atlantic to Farnborough and Nice. 

Southern Flight's Challenger 350 N300NZ departed Queenstown in late April and online resource indicate the jet is now visiting numerous locations in India and returned home to Queenstown from Sydney 21 May. 

JAK Air's Learjet 60XR ZK-JAK departed Rotorua 20 March for Auckland, Pago Pago and Hilo/HI and continued onto the US mainland where it spent much of April before crossing the Atlantic Ocean and was spotted in Slovakia! On 05 May UK time the Learjet 60 flew from Bratislava to Oxford/Kidlington then onto Shannon from where it departed 07 May for St Johns and Teterboro/NJ. It was noted a few days visiting Fayetteville and Charleston then back to Teterboro but its arrival was thwarted following the very unfortunate fatal crash of Learjet 35A N452DA closed the destination airport and a diversion to White Plains/NY was made. ZK-JAK a day or so later headed back to Teterboro. 
Arriving at Oxford/Kidlington. 
Pacific Jets Citationjet CJ4 ZK-OCB departed Auckland 07 May for Sydney and Bankstown, presumably for maintenance. It returned to Auckland 13 May. 
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Need A Break?

June 2, 2017, 11:00 am
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Jetstar's latest logo jet was rolled out earlier this week with Airbus A320-232(SL) VH-VFU advertising travel website www.needabreak.com

The aircraft made its NZ debut wearing the decal 01 June when it visited Queenstown on the airline's Gold Coast service and then in and out of Wellington 02 June, again from/to the Gold Coast.

During 2016 VH-VFU wore another decal promoting a clothing brand.





Thanks to Lanzi for these great shots. 



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Exports?

June 3, 2017, 11:00 am
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Departing Christchurch 03 June for the 7hr 40min flight direct to Lord Howe Island was the Glaister Farms Ltd of Balclutha Piper PA32-300 ZK-OMT. This aircraft, C/N 32-40927, has been a NZ resident since 17 October 1986 when it was first registered ZK-ECV and this changed to ZK-OMT in February 2003. Not sure if this is an export or not. 

ZK-OMT at the Healthy Bastards event, Omaka summer 2017.
Beechcraft King Air 300LW ZK-SMC FA-46 has been on the Kiwi register for just under 12 months initially registered to Total Entertainment Solutions however transferred to US based Airplane Connection Corporation on 01 June 2017. On 02 June 2017 the King Air flew from Hamilton to Ardmore where it conducted some circuits and then headed back to Hamilton. Then 03 June 2017 it positioned to Auckland from where it departed direct to Rarotonga on what is understood to be a delivery flight to the Americas. 

Previous posts on the King Air can be found HERE

ZK-SMC crossing the numbers for runway 03 at Ardmore 02 June 2017. 

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Military Movers

June 5, 2017, 11:00 am
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United States Air Force Boeing C17 Globemaster III 08-8203 arrived in Christchurch late morning 31 May after a direct flight from Guam/Andersen as "ICE 81". It departed early morning 01 June for a round trip to Antarctica's Phoenix Field under the same callsign. Mid morning 02 June the C17 departed Christchurch for Richmond and Guam/Andersen as "Reach 5E1". 

Royal Australian Air Force Boeing BBJ A36-001 arrived in Wellington just before sunset 31 May from Canberra carrying the Australian Governor General Sir Peter Cosgrove. The VIP jet flew north to Auckland mid afternoon 01 June and to Christchurch 02 June. From their the Boeing flew to Invercargill 03 June spending several hours on the ground before continuing home to Canberra. 

Royal Australian Air Force Boeing C17 Globemaster III A41-212 arrived in Christchurch after dark 01 June from Sydney where it had spent the previous night having flown in from Darwin as "Stallion 42". After a couple of hours on the ground in Christchurch it flew to its home base of Amberley.
The C17 was delivering NZ troops home from deployment in Iraq.
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/332135/nz-troops-return-from-iraq-deployment


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Fleeting Visitor

June 7, 2017, 11:00 am
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The much anticipated (by local media) visit to New Zealand by United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson culminated in a less than four hour layover 06 June with the senior US official and his entourage popping into a wet and blustery Wellington for a handful of meetings as they travelled from Sydney to Pago Pago and Honolulu.

United States Air Force Boeing 737-7DM BBJ 01-0041, designated the C40B in US military service, touched down a smidge before noon 06 June and departed soon after 1530 using the callsign SAM502. 

The Secretary of State had been in Australia just a couple of days joining up with the US Secretary of Defense - extensive coverage of the aircraft participating in the Sydney visit can be found HERE

Thanks to Lanzi for braving the less than ideal conditions to catch SAM's arrival in the Capital.





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Foreign Choppers at Ardmore - UPDATED

June 8, 2017, 11:00 am
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Continuation of a post made on 12 May 2017:

Airbus Helicopters Ltd EC145 (aka BK117 C-2) N145UH was observed arriving at Ardmore 15 May 2017 and after reassembly by Airbus it departed 29 May 2017 for Whanganui, Omaka, Rangiora and Queenstown. Its journey south indicates its participation with the making of the movie "Mission Impossible 6".


As mentioned below, Eurocopter A350B3 N322AH arrived in early May and it flew to Queenstown 25 May via Whanganui and Omaka. It has since been noted on numerous occasions via Flightradar 24 operating in the Central Otago district.

Thanks to Agairnz for the accompanying photos. 

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It is not unusual to have foreign registered helicopters at Ardmore with numerous imports/exports, however for the record keepers out there:

Airbus EC145 N145LL has been a regular visitor to NZ since winter 2015 when it arrived in the region on board super yacht "Senses". It has spent considerable time housed with Airbus Helicopters, Ardmore, and just last month was operating in French Polynesia - it sure gets around! It turned up at Ardmore again just a few days ago.
Ardmore 06 May 2017. 
Another N registered Airbus has turned up at Ardmore - this time an AS350B3 N322AH. This 2016 example is reportedly in the country to support the making of "Mission Impossible:  6" and was noted being air freighted from Heathrow to Dubai late April. Perhaps it was delivered to Auckland on board the recent IL76 visitor??
Ardmore 05 May 2017. 


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Bombardier CSeries CS300 South Pacific debut

June 10, 2017, 11:00 am
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The first visit to the South Pacific region by a Bombardier CSeries CS300 airliner took place earlier this week when FTV8 (Flight Test Vehicle) C-FFDO MSN 55002 spent a few days at Papeete.

The aircraft arrived at Papeete 02 June from Honolulu as BDA508 and then had a lay day 03 June. On 04 June it embarked on an ETOPS proving flight departing Papeete for a notional flight to Brisbane but as anticipated, and while just west of the Tongan island of Vavau, it "diverted" back to Papeete. From there it departed 05 June heading back to Honolulu then presumably home to Canada.
(local dates quoted)


The CSeries of narrow body airliners was officially launched in mid 2008 following an earlier delay due to market conditions. The CS300 has a planned capacity of 130-160 seats and the type took flight for the first time on 27 February 2015 while the example visiting Tahiti had its first flight on 20 January 2016. 

The CS300 launch customer was Air Baltic and their first aircraft, YL-CSA, entered service 14 December 2016. 


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Warbirds Open Day 04 June 2017

June 11, 2017, 5:00 pm
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Ardmore-based New Zealand Warbirds Association host a handful of open days each year and their most recent event was staged 04 June 2017 to coincide with D Day commemorations. 

A stunning winter's day with clear skies and light winds greeted the large crowds who assembled for the practice air displays at 11.00am and 1.30pm along with a wide range of aviation and military static displays. 

The low sun angle made for challenging photographic conditions so herewith just a smattering of snaps taken during the first practice display routine. Additional photographic coverage can be found HERE



Recently re-registered BE2e-1 ZK-VCM (Victoria Cross Medal) took to the skies for its first public display. 









Partially dismantled Bristol Freighter ZK-EPG was towed for the northwest corner of the airfield to be on static display. 



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