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Hifly Airbus A340-500 CS-TFX

Portugese charter operator Hi Fly Airbus A340-500 CS-TFX arrived in Auckland 28 November from Papeete as HFY731. The airliner, configured with 36 business and 201 economy class seats, is on an around...

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Bulldog ZK-WUF

A nice surprise parked at Ardmore 24 November was the Scottish Aviation Bulldog Series 120 Model 121 ZK-WUF c/n BH120/315. The two place ex RAF training aircraft moved to New Zealand with its then...

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Republic of Korea P3 Orion 950901

Republic of Korea Lockheed P3 Orion 950901 arrived in Whenuapai late on the evening of 16 November from Townsville as KNX1. The aeroplane had encountered technical issues at Townsville delaying its...

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Whenuapai 29 November - military

RNZAF base Auckland aka Whenuapai is home to the air force's transport and fixed wing maritime patrol aircraft. The 40 Squadron Boeing 757's were both on location 29 November with NZ7571 conducting...

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Hi Fly Airbus A340-500 CS-TFX departs

Hi Fly's Airbus A340-500 CS-TFX has departed Auckland lifting off into the Hauraki Grey skies late morning 30 November destined for Cairns as HFY731.Since the sun stayed well and truly obscured by...

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Surveillance Australia Dash 8-202Q VH-LCL

Arriving in Christchurch mid afternoon 30 November from Sydney was the Surveillance Australia Dash 8-202Q VH-LCL. Operated on behalf of the Royal Australian Navy, the Dash 8 is specifically equipped...

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B-52 Red Flag Action - July 2016

Some pretty impressive up close and personal footage of the mighty BUFF in action!

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C5 taking off from MSSS

An oldie but a goodie! USAF Galaxy creating a dust storm departing from Ilopango, El Salvador. https://skyvector.com/airport/MSSS/Ilopango-International-Airport

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Vans RV7 VH-VNT

Vans RV7 VH-VNT MSN 73117 has made the flight across the Tasman on what appears to be a delivery flight. The amateur built aircraft was spotted flying from Port Macquarie to Lord Howe and Norfolk...

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Cathay up the Tempo

Cathay Pacific have upped the tempo from 02 December providing double daily services between Auckland and Hong Kong to meet seasonal demand. The Airbus A350XWB now operates the morning CX117/118...

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Western Global Airlines MD11F N435KD

Florida-based Western Global Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD11 freighter N435KD touched down in Auckland early morning 02 December as WGN351 from Ottawa, Canada via a techstop at Honolulu. Its arrival...

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Pacific Aerospace 750XL ZK-KDJ

Hamilton-based Pacific Aerospace continue to churn out the popular utility aircraft, the 750XL, and the most recent machine to be on the delivery path is ZK-KDJ MSN 207 registered mid October....

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Air Ambo's

Cruising past Ardmore 29 November and to our surprise was the sight of Waikato Hospital based Bell 222B ZK-HZQ, callsign "Phillips 07". The Bell 222, registered to Search and Rescue Services of Taupo,...

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Whenuapai 29 November - civilian

RNZAF base Auckland (Whenuapai) is home to a number of civilian light aircraft and one of these was up flying at the time of visit. Socota TB10 ZK-JIE was imported to NZ from Australia in 2003 and has...

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Bell 212 ZK-HIB - hmmmm

Back in mid October we posted about the Bell 212 ZK-HIB (http://mrcaviation.blogspot.co.nz/2016/10/bell-212-zk-hib.html) and as can be seen in the accompanying photo the helicopter clearly had all its...

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Las Vegas Sands Boeing 747SP VP-BLK

Las Vegas based Boeing 747SP VP-BLK spent a few days parked in Papeete last month accompanied by a Boeing 737-800 BBJ N737M.Nice place to spend Thanksgiving!!Video below taken 26 November local date as...

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Gliding On

South Auckland's Drury Gliding strip is home to dozens of gliders and resident tow plane Piper PA25 ZK-CEB. A quick visit early November saw the following in action.http://glidingauckland.co.nz/Tow...

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Pearl Harbor 75th Anniversary

Today marks the 75th anniversary of the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. At 0748 local time on December 7th 1941 353 aircraft from the Imperial Japanese fighters, bombers and torpedo...

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Corporate Corner 25 November to 07 December

Crown Melbourne Ltd Global Express VH-CCD arrived in Queenstown 25 November from Sydney and after a short time on the ground continued to Wellington. It then flew onto Auckland and Melbourne 29...

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Pacific Aerospace 750XL ZK-JIM

The Pacific Aerospace 750XL ZK-JIM MSN 175 started out life as ZK-KBM in the passenger/utlility role and was exported under its new registration, P2-OMA, departing Ardmore for Kerikeri and Norfolk...

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