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ATR72-212A (600) ZK-MVL
Air New Zealand wholly owned subsidiary Mount Cook Airline has taken delivery of its 23rd ATR72-212A, and its 12th -600 series, with ZK-MVL MSN 1328 arriving at the airline's Christchurch base on the...
View ArticleAir Rarotonga acquires Citation business jet
Air Rarotonga is entering an exciting period with the acquisition of a Cessna 550 Citation II. The jet, currently registered VH-FOJ (per the company's press release photo), is undergoing prep work...
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Corporate Corner
Unusually, Brenzil PTY Falcon 7X VH-CRW spent a few hours at Napier 18 May, arriving from and returning to Brisbane. Usually the Falcon comes to NZ and spends a number of days here and there.Tyremax...
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Cessna 208B Grand Caravan VH-NBD
Omni Aerospace/Omni Aviation Services Jandakot-based Cessna 208B Grand Caravan VH-NBD arrived at Auckland 24 May from Port Macquarie via a techstop at Lord Howe Island. According to Flightaware VH-NBD...
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Heading offshore - temporarily
Three Kiwi registered Vans and a Comanche are in the process of heading across the Tasman Sea escaping the NZ autumn/winter.Barry Payne and his trusty Piper PA24-250 ZK-BAZ departed their Taupo home 24...
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Cessna T210M VH-SUX
Thomson Aviation Geophysical Survey PTY Cessna T210M Centurion VH-SUX has departed New Zealand concluding a 5 month stay where it spent much of its time working across Southland and Otago....
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Cessna 208B Grand Caravan VH-NBD - revisited
We caught up with the visiting Cessna 208B Grand Caravan VH-NBD as it arrived into Ardmore 27 May from Dannevirke http://www.aip.net.nz/pdf/NZDV.pdf . It seems the 208 flew from Auckland across to...
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Amphibs!
A couple of amphibious foreigners to our shores have surfaced this week, although both have been in the country for several months now.Firstly we have Cessna T206 Turbo Stationair II N26NZ...
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LATAM Boeing 787-9 CC-BGK
Making its first Auckland visit since delivery earlier this month was LATAM's Boeing 787-9 CC-BGK MSN 38474. It touched down as LA801 from Santiago 29 May before making its Tasman crossing to Sydney...
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Global Express N18WZ
Auckland-base Rank Services Ltd have operated Global Express XRS N18WZ MSN 9338 since 2010. It was delivered to Auckland 13 October of that year arriving from Iquique, Chile via Easter Island. The...
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ATR72-212A (600) ZK-MVK
Air New Zealand wholly owned subsidiary Mount Cook Airline has taken delivery of its 24th ATR72-212A, and its 13th -600 series, with ZK-MVK MSN 1330 arriving at the airline's Christchurch base on the...
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Ardmore Outing
Its really a feast or a famine at Ardmore (as we've stated previously in an early post!!). And it was indeed a feast on the afternoon of Friday 27 May with a number of aircraft making the most of a...
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Learjet 36 N82GG Returns
Meisinger Aviation LLC Learjet 36A N82GG arrived at Auckland on the evening of 30 May from Sydney. Configured for aerial photography, the Learjet is making its second visit to New Zealand this year. It...
View ArticleGoPro Hero4 - Tuna boat helicopter flying - Matilda
Neat video of some remote helicopter operations over the Pacific.
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Mustang for sale
2008 model Cessna 510 Mustang ZK-YDZ has popped up on the for sale listings. This aircraft was registered to Brookby Quarries on 21 May 2015 and is currently based at Ardmore.The light jet was...
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Global 5000 M-RIDE
An interesting arrival at Tonga's Fua'amotu International Airport on the evening of 01 June direct from Tokyo's Haneda International was this Global 5000 M-RIDE operated by Jesper Continental S.A. The...
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Texans Timeout
Five Royal New Zealand Air Force Beechcraft T6C Texan II's have been scooting around the South Island on navigational exercises these last few days and they spent at least one night at Christchurch and...
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Talofa Airways
Samoan start-up carrier Talofa Airways earlier this year took delivery of two Rockwell AC690 Aero Commanders in preparation for the commencement of services from their Pago Pago, American Samoa base...
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Random Shots
A space filler post - some random shots from last Sunday (29 May). The weather was mostly grey and thunderstorms peppered the area but a few bright moments made for some interesting snaps.
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