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Air NZ Boeing 787-9 rolls out! 26 Aug 2013 | 09:36 am
Yesterday, the first 787-9 Dreamliner rolled out of the factory and was towed to the flight line, where Boeing will prepare the aircraft for its first flight later this summer. After the test flights ...
Auckland to Paraparaumu 26 Aug 2013 | 05:14 am
I had to pick up someone from the Tonga flight on Friday before we flew south to Paraparaumu so it was an opportunity to so some plane spotting... China Southern's Airbus 330 B-6528. Taken at Aucklan...
25 years of Mount Cook Airlines Flights to Alexandra 24 Aug 2013 | 11:02 pm
This is an update of my earlier post on Mount Cook Airlines' service to Alexandra Mount Cook Airlines started scheduled air services from Christchurch to Mount Cook and Cromwell on the 1st of Nove...
Ardmore on Tuesday 22 Aug 2013 | 04:37 pm
Preparing for flight - Oceania Helicopter's MBB BO 105 CBS-5 ZK-HAX at Ardmore on 20 August 2013 Cessna 182 ZK-SGH at Ardmore on 20 August 2013 Cirrus Design SR22 ZK-STU rolling at Ardmore on 20 Aug...
Floating On.......... 20 Aug 2013 | 07:39 am
Floating on from the previous post, Tony Harsant was out and about late this morning, 20 August, and caught up with Beaver ZK-AMA "Aotearoa II" at the Westhaven Marina. Perhaps a first flight over NZ...
Auckland Seaplanes - Something for the coming summer?! 20 Aug 2013 | 04:12 am
Auckland Seaplanes' website has developed a little more with nice photos of their Beaver ZK-AMA being unpacked http://www.aucklandseaplanes.com/ I for one am looking forward to seeing this operation...
3 Helicopters and an Airliner 19 Aug 2013 | 02:50 pm
I managed to squeeze in a couple of hours at North Shore on Sunday... Eurocopter EC 130 B4 ZK-IFC was on departure towards the city... A couple Robinson R44 Ravens... ZK-HOX and ZK-IDL And the airl...
XLF's Departure Explained 18 Aug 2013 | 08:59 am
On Wednesday of last week (the 14th) I caught Kiwi Air's Reims/Cessna 406 ZK-XLF on a brief visit to Auckland. There was some speculation that it was leaving the country and given that it headed to Lo...
25 years ago - August 1988 17 Aug 2013 | 11:00 pm
Photos of the month were undoubtedly Canterbury Planes' Grumman Goose ZK-ENY. This short lived operation operated scenic flights over Banks Peninsula and to Akaroa. ZK-ENY was taken at Christchurch on...
Eagle Air to Rotorua... 17 Aug 2013 | 08:36 am
Add caption Can anyone tell me when Eagle Air started operating Auckland-Rotorua??? - It may have been from 1 November 1993 when Kerikeri came on to the Eagle network but I am not sure. I have got a ...
