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Military Movers
French Navy Falcon 20 Gardian 80 arrived in Wellington 28 July from Noumea. It flew onto Auckland 29 July and home to Noumea 30 July.Gardian prepares to depart Wellington 29 July. Royal Australian Air...
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By the numbers..........
EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2017 by the numbers - massive number of show planes, check it out!!!
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Military Exercise Confirmed
After weeks of speculation, The NZ Government announced 02 August the intention for 6 General Dynamic F16D+ Fighting Falcons from the Republic of Singapore Air Force will be deployed to RNZAF Base...
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Amazing Aerial Artwork
The proliferation of free, online flight tracking websites such as flightradar24 has seen the aviation community embrace the technology to expand their ability to promote and advertise.Boeing took the...
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ATR72-600 ZK-MVP
Air New Zealand 100% owned subsidiary Mt Cook Airline has taken delivery of its 16th -600 series ATR72 with the arrival at Christchurch 03 August of ZK-MVP MSN 1444. The 68 seat turbo-prop was...
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Foreigners at Ardmore
Auckland's general aviation field of Ardmore is host to a gaggle of foreign registered aircraft - some locals and others visiting. Residents on the field include Cessna 510 Mustang N890LG. Operated by...
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Its a Wrap..............
Mentioned in a blog post last month was the existence of two retired Virgin ATR72-500's parked at Nelson for end of lease maintenance with Air New Zealand Regional Maintenance. Thanks to Terry Hodges...
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Citation Demonstrator
Cessna's parent company Textron continue to dispatch aircraft to Australasia on demonstrator tours and 01 August saw the arrival at Auckland from Brisbane of 2015 edition Sovereign+ N578AB. The jet,...
View Article75th Anniversary of Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
The Solomon Islands marks the 75th anniversary this month of one of the Second World War's most significant campaigns.The campaign began on 7 August 1942 and ran for 5 months claiming over 38,000...
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Welcome to the new ZK-OCB - (includes previous post on farewell of CJ4 ZK-OCB).
The identity of Pacific Jets new aircraft can now be revealed following its addition to the NZ civil aircraft register on the 1st day of August. Falcon 2000LX EASy N157AL MSN 110 has taken up the...
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Qantas Airbus A330-300 VH-QPJ
Qantas Airbus A330's are now a common sight through Auckland following the cessation of the Emirates Airbus A380 service from/to Sydney and now operated by Airbus A330-200's flying twice daily between...
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More Tasman Crossers
In late July we mentioned a couple of general aviation aircraft crossing the Tasman Sea (http://mrcaviation.blogspot.co.nz/2017/07/tasman-crossings.html). Two more light aircraft have made their way to...
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RAAF Globemaster A41-213
Royal Australian Air Force Boeing C17 Globemaster III A41-213 made its first visit to New Zealand's capital city, Wellington 06 August when it arrived as ASY598 from Australia's capital, Canberra. The...
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Another Tasman Crossing
Arriving to a blustery Auckland afternoon 11 August was the 2011 edition Cessna 182T Skylane VH-JSQ MSN 182-82307. Most recently registered to a Geelong/VIC address and delivered to Australia in...
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SOFIA deployment complete
NASA's heavily modified Boeing 747SP N747NA, dubbed SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) has concluded its latest New Zealand tour of discovery with it departing Christchurch early...
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Boeing 737-476(SF) ZK-JTQ
Airwork Flight Operations Boeing 737-476(SF) ZK-JTQ is normally domiciled in Australia flying on behalf of Toll Freight, wearing its prime contractor's colour scheme. However it has spent the last two...
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Philippine Airlines rejigs New Zealand operation
Two years after commencing services between Manila and Auckland via Cairns, Philippine Airlines will significantly change their schedule to New Zealand with Airbus A340's operating three times per week...
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RAAF MRTT
The Royal Australian Air Force Airbus A330-MRTT A39-003 which we mentioned earlier http://mrcaviation.blogspot.co.nz/2017/08/military-movers.html has transited Auckland again at the conclusion of joint...
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Turbines across the Tasman
Burley Aviation's Piper PA42-4000LS VH-BUR, operating on behalf of the NZ Airways Corporation, arrived in Christchurch 12 August from Sydney/Bankstown via a techstop on Lord Howe Island using the...
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Samoa Airways
Samoa Airways, set to begin operations in November this year, has reached an arrangement with Icelandair Group to lease a Boeing 737 however a quick online search clearly shows the carrier does not...
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