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Extensive Coverage of USAF Visitors to NZ
Thanks to multiple providers we have a raft of images to share from the visit by the United States Air Force visitors to New Zealand for the 30th Anniversary Warbirds over Wanaka 2018 event staged over...
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Corporate Corner 18 - 31 March 2018
Brenzil PTY Falcon 7X VH-CRW concluded its extended NZ visit on 19 March with the tri-jet departing Taupo heading direct to Brisbane.Paradox International Birds Ltd Global Express N700GX arrived at...
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RAAF Contingent at WOW 2018 - UPDATED 04 APRIL 2018
The C27J Spartan A34-008 departed Wanaka for Queenstown and Richmond 02 April.The Hawk duo departed Queenstown for Hobart 03 April as ASY1041 and adopted domestic callsign "Cougar" for their flight...
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Yak 3's at Warbirds over Wanaka 2018
The sight and sound of a Yak 3 is always a pleasurable experience, but doubling this is truly amazing especially when paired with a couple of P51 Mustangs! The crowds gathered at the run up to the show...
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Tasman Crossers
Tauranga-based Vans RV7A ZK-ECE and Pazmany PL-2 ZK-TLP set off from Kerikeri 29 March 2018 destined for Norfolk Island. The duo continued to Lord Howe Island on the 30th then to Port Macquarie on the...
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Saab 340B+ for Air Rarotonga
Great news from Rarotonga today!PRESS RELEASEAir Rarotonga will soon replace its Saab 340A aircraft with a later model Saab 340B Plus due to arrive in the Country late May.While externally very...
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RNZAF participation at Warbirds over Wanaka 2018
The Royal New Zealand Air Force deployed a significant amount of metal to this year's Warbirds over Wanaka air show with the Lockheed P3 Orion being the only aircraft not participating. The RNZAF...
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Puma in the streets of Auckland!
Two ex Japan Ground Self Defense Force (Japan Army) VIP transport AS332L Puma helicopters have arrived to Oceania's Ardmore maintenance facility. Both helicopters were transported from the Port of...
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Miscellaneous from Wanaka 2018
The 30th anniversary Warbirds over Wanaka airshow leveraged much of its hype from the visit of the two USAF F16 Fighting Falcon's along with the other modern military participants.In addition to the...
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Flight to the Lights
The second Aurora hunting "Flight to the Lights" charter flight took off from Christchurch on the evening of 22 March 2018 with Boeing 787-9 ZK-NZJ making its way south as ANZ1930 on a 10 hour round...
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Pacific Aerospace 750XL's prepare to depart - UPDATED
Following a pre-delivery shake down flight conducted 06 April, Pacific Aerospace 750XL ZK-KEJ departed Hamilton mid morning 07 April for the Gold Coast on the first leg of its long delivery flight to...
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Large Formations at Warbirds over Wanaka 2018
The civilian manned North American Harvard and Yak 52 teams strutted their stuff proudly across the skies above Wanaka creating quite the spectacle. Eleven Harvards gathered for a mass formation...
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Thai Substitute
Thai Airways normally operate the -9 series Boeing 787 Dreamliner on their daily Bangkok-Auckland-Bangkok run however planned maintenance saw the airline substitute with a smaller -8 series Dreamliner...
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Ah De Havilland at Warbirds over Wanaka 2018
An airshow in New Zealand would be incomplete without participation of De Havilland aircraft and the 30th Anniversary of Warbirds over Wanaka did not disappoint with a gaggle of Tiger Moths flying with...
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USAF C40 09-0540
United States Air Force Boeing 737-7DM(WL) C40C 09-0540 arrived at Whenuapai early on the afternoon of 07 April 2018 from Sydney as "SPAR31". Carrying a US Congressional delegation led by US transport...
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French participant at Warbirds over Wanaka 2018
New Caledonia based Casa 235 "65" arrived at Wanaka late on the afternoon of 29 March, presumably from its home of Noumea via Whenuapai. It conducted its airshow practice routine 30 March and flew both...
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Civilian Jets at Warbirds over Wanaka 2018
A surprising lack of civilian warbird jets at Wanaka, especially considering the number of aircraft operational across New Zealand. Tauranga's Fighter Flights L39 Albatros ZK-EJA was the only one of...
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Worthy Warbirds over Wanaka 2018
Warbirds over Wanaka would not be complete without the addition of iconic aircraft such as the PBY Catalina, ZK-PBY and Douglas DC3 ZK-DAK. The Avro Anson ZK-RRA certainly turns heads and is...
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Mustangs as Warbirds over Wanaka 2018
I'm unsure how long it has been since New Zealand's only North American P51 Mustangs have been together. Perhaps the 2016 Warbirds over Wanaka? In anycase, its a long time since I've seen them together...
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Last Beech 1900's depart - Updated 13 April 2018
Ex Eagle Airways Beech 1900D VH-OYW MSN UE-430 ex ZK-EAG departed Bankstown 12 April 2018 for the Gold Coast where it overnighted and departed early 13 April for Apia on delivery to a South American...
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