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Single Engine Arrivals
As mentioned on other aviation blogs, Milford Sound Flights has taken delivery of Cessna 208B Grand Caravan N208ST with the turbine arriving at Ardmore from Pago Pago and Auckland 18 October. It...
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Boeing 737-300 ZK-NGI flies the coop
Air New Zealand's last Boeing 737-300 ZK-NGI was cancelled from the NZ aircraft register 15 October and notated as exported. This morning it has departed Christchurch as C-GKFA for Pago Pago and Kona...
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Boeing 737-400 freighter ZK-TLJ
Airwork took delivery of a Boeing 737-400 converted freighter earlier this month with the arrival at Brisbane of ZK-TLJ in full Toll livery. Still under its FAA markings of N232AG, the ex Qantas -476...
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IBR on Ice
Southern Lakes Helicopters Eurocopter AS350B3 Squirrel ZK-IBR was delivered to Antarctica 21 October onboard USAF Boeing C17 Globemaster III 10-0217 operating as 'ICE11'.Arriving at Christchurch early...
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Jets here and there
I'm not going to attempt to review the last 3+ weeks of activity so starting afresh with a few jet movements noted:Challenger 604 N86 arrived at Christchurch 16 October from Pago Pago as FLC86. This...
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Boeing 727 VP-BAP departs
Malibu Consulting Boeing 727-21 VP-BAP departed Auckland late afternoon 21 October for Pago Pago, Honolulu and Van Nuys.
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Holiday Snaps Part One
The United States again beckoned us on a family vacation hence the blog being parked for a few weeks. While in transit at Los Angeles on our travels east I was able to snap a few photos from Terminal 1...
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Boeing BBJ 9H-GGG
A few weeks shy of two years after arriving at Christchurch Maltech Aero's Boeing 737-7ZX BBJ 9H-GGG departed 23 October on its delivery flight to Malta with its first port of call being Perth.For more...
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Holiday Snaps Part Two
Another bunch of snaps taken from Terminal 2 at LAX last month.What the! Did not expect to see this turn up at LAX! RV8 N214MK arriving onto runway 24L.
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Agusta A109S Grand ZK-HBH
Resident in NZ since the 4th quarter of 2014 under its VH-XNB markings, Agusta A109S Grand ZK-HBH c/n 22013 was placed on the register 20 October 2015 with Heletranz Ltd and wears titles for Helena...
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Holiday Snaps Part Three
The aviation highlight on this trip to the Northern Hemisphere would have to be our visit to the world famous Princess Juliana International Airport (SXM) on the Caribbean island of St Maarten.We...
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Holiday Snaps Part Four
Following on from yesterday morning's post - the moment many had been waiting for. The arrival of the only widebody passenger aircraft at Princess Juliana on the day of our visit. The KLM -400 arrived...
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More from on the ice
A wee bit of a contrast to the location of the images from the blogpost this morning!These brilliant images turned up in our inbox last evening so a big thanks to Darryn for sharing them with us....
View ArticleTwin Otter Formation flying in Antarctica
Just a short time ago we shared some snaps from Antarctica including a Kenn Borek Air Twin Otter. Obviously the examples in the video supplied below are not from the Borek fleet but a great watch...
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Holiday Snaps Part Five
Some more shots taken during the few hours spent at Princess Juliana before we headed off to the ocean waves!It was great to catch this Amerijet Boeing 767-338ER-BDSF freighter turning up. Looking at...
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China Airlines adds flights to Christchurch
In July this year China Airlines confirmed their schedule for seasonal services to Christchurch starting 26 October and running through until late March 2016. The airline will utilize two class cabin...
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Safair Lockheed L100-30 Hercules ZS-JIV
South African based Safair Lockheed L100-30 Hercules ZS-JIV arrived at Broome from Sultan Abul Aziz Shah 25 October as SFR511 and is seen pictured below the following morning prior to its flight to...
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Holiday Snaps Part Six
A smattering more to round off the visit to Princess Juliana. The COPA Airlines 737-800 arrived from Panama City.Looks like this InselAir MD83 arrived from Curacao. License to print money - the Sunset...
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Singapore Airlines reintroduces the A380 to Auckland services
As per last year's seasonal adjustments, Singapore Airlines have reintroduced the Airbus A380 to their daily Singapore-Auckland-Singapore operation with the first flight on 26 October being flown by...
View ArticlePolar Aviation: Air Operations in the Antarctic 1960 US Navy Training Film
As the 2015/2016 summer Antarctic season prepares to ramp up we went trawling the web and stumbled upon this little YouTube clip from 1960 recently uploaded to the worldwide web. Enjoy.
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