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EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2015 - the F100!
Having admired the lines of the North American F100 Super Sabre at numerous museums around the USA it was with great delight to actually see one making its mark across across Oshkosh. What a machine -...
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Nicely caught!
Thanks to Derek in Wellington for sharing this great shot taken last Sunday as Airbus A320 ZK-OXD departed the Capital.
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EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2015 - The Skyhawk
The sight and sound of the Douglas A4B Skyhawk N49WH brought back memories of when the type was in service with the RNZAF. A great looking jet performing with class. I was amazed at how often this...
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Early Introduction...........
Chile's national carrier LAN has introduced their Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner to Australasian services ahead of the planned date of 21 September.Boeing 787-9 CC-BGA, delivered to LAN in February this year,...
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Gulfstream G650 N998PB
We mentioned the visit to Queenstown of Gulfstream G650 N998PB a few days ago following the extended range variant arriving on the morning of 16 August after a direct flight from Los Angeles. The...
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Gulfstream G550 VP-BNE
Jet Aviation Business Jets Gulfstream G550 VP-BNE arrived at Queenstown 13 August direct from Tokyo/Haneda and departed for Auckland and Tokyo/Haneda 21 August.
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Gulfstream G280 B-8280 - first of type visitor
Mandarin Air's Gulfstream G280 B-8280 arrived at Auckland on the evening of 21 August from Cairns as MJC283. Its arrival in New Zealand marked the types first visit to our part of the world. B-8280 had...
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EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2015 - Albatros
WOW! The proliferation of Aero L39 Albatros in the USA is truly amazing and a quick look at the FAA register would indicate there are in excess of 210 examples on the books flying with civilian...
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EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2015 - Starship!
I'm not sure why but one of the highlights for me from Oshkosh was being able to get up close to one of the last remaining airworthy Beechcraft 2000 Starship, N514RS. This example is c/n NC-51 and it...
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More of EC145 N145LL
Earlier in the week we featured Gulfstream G650 N998PB and its visit to Queenstown and Christchurch. One shot of EC145 N145LL was included as it delivered the passengers for their journey home to the...
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Pacific Aerospace 750XL ZK-KNQ
Departing Hamilton for the Gold Coast 22 August was Pacific Aerospace 750XL ZK-KNQ c/n 198. The aircraft continued onto Longreach 24 August and to Darwin the following day on its delivery flight to...
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Boeing 787-9 ZK-NZC
Air New Zealand has taken delivery of its fifth Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner this morning with the arrival of ZK-NZC at Auckland as ANZ6094 direct from Paine Field.ZK-NZC is the first production -9 series...
View ArticleFokker Fifty VH-FKO
Alliance Airlines Fokker 50 VH-FKO has migrated eastward across the Tasman on its second secondment to New Zealand for flying duties on behalf of Tauck Tours. VH-FKO arrived at Auckland on the...
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Gulfstream G650 N651AV
An observant North American correspondent noted back in July the existence of Gulfstream G650ER N651AV c/n 6133 sporting the same livery as New Zealand's resident Global Express XRS N18WZ. A search of...
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Gulfstream 4 N505GF
Arriving at Auckland from Maui and Pago Pago 23 August was WH Air/Waffle House Inc's Gulfstream 4 N505GF. The jet, previously registered N475QS, flew to Kerikeri 24 August returning to Auckland 26...
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First Jetstar Regional Dash 8-Q300 arrives in New Zealand
In mid June this year Australian based airline Jetstar announced their intention to commence services to regional New Zealand starting in December this year. A network of at least four initial...
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Gulfstream G650 B-KEY
The first Chinese registered Gulfstream G650 has gravitated south of the equator to New Zealand with B-KEY arriving at Auckland on the morning of 28 August from Hong Kong. This example is operated by...
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Challenger 604 N360PL
Melbourne based Luft Aviation Challenger 604 N360PL arrived at Auckland from Essendon late 27 August. This aircraft last visited our shores in late March this year. It departed Auckland 29 August for...
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Jetstar Q300 VH-TQM
As posted yesterday, the first Dash 8-Q300 painted in Jetstar colours touched down at Auckland from Brisbane and Norfolk Island in the shape of Eastern Australian Airlines/QantasLink VH-TQM. As...
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Gulfstream G280 B-8280
Mandarin Air's Gulfstream G280 B-8280 concluded its visit to Auckland 29 August departing the City of Sails mid morning for Cairns and Manado, Indonesia.
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