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Convairs Bow Out
The Air Freight New Zealand fleet of Convair 580's quietly bowed out of service late last month as the operation was merged with Airwork under the Parcel Air name and flights conducted by Boeing 737's...
View ArticleGX Aviation World Tour | Connectivity | Honeywell Aerospace
A review of last month's global tour by Honeywell's Boeing 757 N757HW - sadly Auckland appears to have been neglected from the map showing places visited!!
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Heading offshore
Kiwi Air's Pacific Aerospace 750XL ZK-FNZ is no stranger to trips abroad and its latest mission saw it depart Auckland for Lord Howe Island and Port Macquarie 22 August with it continuing onto Mount...
View ArticleDash 8-Q300 swapover
The repaint program for Air Nelson's Dash 8-Q300 fleet continues with ZK-NEB departing Auckland 01 September for Townsville via Norfolk Island and Brisbane as SXI1651. Meanwhile, ZK-NEA, having arrived...
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Corporate Corner
Execujet Challenger 604 VH-VSZ made an around the houses visit to the South Island 30 August arriving at Oamaru from Sydney and Christchurch and after just a few hours on the ground it departed back to...
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AS332 Puma ZK-HHL
A brief visit to Ardmore early afternoon 05 September netted a rare sighting of Heli Harvest's Aerospatiale AS332 L1 Puma ZK-HHL. Normally hangared with Airbus Helicopters, the largest helicopter on...
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Timelapse: Royal Air Force 50 Years of C-130 Paint Scheme Application
This stunner was unveiled in the UK during June this year - perhaps we will see it at the RNZAF Air Tatoo, Ohakea, February 2017??!!http://lockheedmartin.com/us/news/features/2016/C130UKLivery.html
View ArticleRAAF C17's
Whenuapai has this week hosted two Royal Australian Air Force Boeing C17 Globemasters.On the afternoon of 06 September A41-209 spent less than two hours at Whenuapai, arriving from and returning to...
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De Havilland Mosquito ZK-FHC - UPDATED 10 SEPTEMBER!
As the saying goes, good things take time - and that is indeed the case for Mosquito ZK-FHC which continues to tempt the gathering masses ahead of her much anticipated first flight.Late morning 10...
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Outbound and Inbound
Eagle Airways Beech 1900D ZK-EAC,  was registered to Manila Aerospace Products on 05 September  and on the same day it flew from Hamilton to Auckland. It departed Auckland direct to the Gold Coast then...
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Boeing 787-9 ZK-NZJ - updated
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner ZK-NZJ has arrived at Air New Zealand's home port, Auckland touching down early evening 11 September after a direct flight from Paine Field as NZ6094.ZK-NZK is set to be...
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United Airlines Boeing 787-9's
United Airlines thrice weekly service from San Francisco to Auckland and back has been upsized from the regular -8 Dreamliner to the larger -9 variant on a few occasions now which has been nice to see....
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Convairs For Sale
The Air Freight New Zealand fleet of four Convair 580's have been listed with Dunedin-based Southern Aircraft Sales. All four aircraft are now located at Palmerston North....
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N4446
An unexpected post sunset arrival at Christchurch 14 September was Columbia Aircraft LC41-550FG N4446. Christened the C400 Corvalis by Cessna, who took over the Columbia production in 2013, this 2007...
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Bombardier Q300 ZK-NEB
The second Air Nelson Bombardier Q300 to be painted overseas, ZK-NEB, has returned home arriving at Auckland from Townsville via Brisbane and Norfolk Island 14 September as SXI1653. It was then...
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Name the movie?
Over the last several days at Ardmore there has seen some interesting construction work carried out on the disused runway and 15 September saw a massive contingent of vehicles descend on the airport to...
View Articlede Havilland Mosquito Full Power Test New Zealand 2016
In the absence of a test flight thanks to firstly engine issues, then inclement weather followed by pilot non-availability, we will settle for this great video of ZK-FHC undergoing her high powered...
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