Strange aircraft in southern skies

[beagle]

Was just sitting here when i heard an aircraft on long approach which I thought was quite low. Ran outside in the fading light to catch a glimpse of it.
Low wing, twin underslung engines, looked dark green in colour, didn't have the A320 whine or loudness of B737.
A different sound, plus I would say slightly smaller than the above mentioned.
Was think maybe E170 size

Would they send an ex Virgin Blue one over here for repaint before heading overseas to new buyer ??

[expatkiwi]

Sept 7, 2012 18:36:04 GMT 12 beagle said:

Was just sitting here when i heard an aircraft on long approach which I thought was quite low. Ran outside in the fading light to catch a glimpse of it.
Low wing, twin underslung engines, looked dark green in colour, didn't have the A320 whine or loudness of B737.
A different sound, plus I would say slightly smaller than the above mentioned.
Was think maybe E170 size

Would they send an ex Virgin Blue one over here for repaint before heading overseas to new buyer ??

This piqued my curiosity. If you do find out for sure, please let us know.

[ngatimozart]

Virgin Australia fly E19os because I flew Broome - Perth, Perth - Adelaide, then Adelaide - Melbourne in them when I was over there in 2009. Nice aircraft too. They have GE CF34-10E engines.

[beagle]

I had a wee thought today. Just wndering if it was the Hunter with drop tanks on. Has it got them fitted and has it been to Wanaka or somewhere down here lately. ?

Other than that the only other thing was it was the A320 in all black scheme, but there was not the normal whine.

[nzav8a]

All Black A320 OAB arrived CHC just on dusk last night

[beagle]

That must have been it.
landed about 1920 ?

[Ykato]

Sept 8, 2012 18:21:43 GMT 12 beagle said:

That must have been it.
landed about 1920 ?

these are all of the IFR Flts Inbound to chch around that time.

Airport Code:NZCH
Flight ID From To Departure Time Arrival Time Aircraft Type Status
NZM303 NZHN NZCH 9/7/2012 5:21PM IDLE 9/7/2012 6:58PM IDLE AT75 Arrived
NZM364 NZDN NZCH 9/7/2012 5:54PM IDLE 9/7/2012 6:41PM IDLE AT75 Arrived
RLK527 NZNS NZCH 9/7/2012 5:55PM IDLE 9/7/2012 6:34PM IDLE DH8C Arrived
NZM69 NZWN NZCH 9/7/2012 5:56PM IDLE 9/7/2012 6:45PM IDLE AT75 Arrived
EAG121 NZWB NZCH 9/7/2012 5:57PM IDLE 9/7/2012 6:36PM IDLE B190 Arrived
ANZ545 NZAA NZCH 9/7/2012 6:15PM IDLE 9/7/2012 7:22PM IDLE B733 Arrived
RLK060 NZNV NZCH 9/7/2012 6:17PM IDLE 9/7/2012 7:18PM IDLE DH8C Arrived
RLK515 NZNS NZCH 9/7/2012 6:48PM IDLE 9/7/2012 7:28PM IDLE DH8C Arrived
NZM356 NZDN NZCH 9/7/2012 7:04PM IDLE 9/7/2012 7:49PM IDLE AT75 Arrived
ANZ357 NZWN NZCH 9/7/2012 7:07PM IDLE 9/7/2012 7:43PM IDLE B733 Arrived
ANZ549 NZAA NZCH 9/7/2012 7:20PM IDLE 9/7/2012 8:27PM IDLE B733 Arrived
ANZ553 NZAA NZCH 9/7/2012 7:36PM IDLE 9/7/2012 8:44PM IDLE B733 Arrived
ANZ359 NZWN NZCH 9/7/2012 7:38PM IDLE 9/7/2012 8:14PM IDLE B733 Arrived
RLK605 NZHK NZCH 9/7/2012 7:41PM IDLE 9/7/2012 8:05PM IDLE DH8C Arrived
JST255 NZAA NZCH 9/7/2012 7:55PM IDLE 9/7/2012 9:02PM IDLE A320 Arrived
RLK064 NZNV NZCH 9/7/2012 8:02PM IDLE 9/7/2012 9:01PM IDLE DH8C Arrived
ANZ367 NZWN NZCH 9/7/2012 8:10PM IDLE 9/7/2012 8:47PM IDLE B733 Arrived
NZM361 NZWN NZCH 9/7/2012 8:24PM IDLE 9/7/2012 9:11PM IDLE AT75 Arrived
PBN82 YBBN NZCH 9/7/2012 6:45PM AEST 9/7/2012 11:20PM IDLE B738 Arrived
PST18 NZDN NZCH 9/7/2012 8:47PM IDLE 9/7/2012 9:33PM IDLE SW4B Arrived
Travel.flightexplorer.com

[beagle]

flight 545 looks like the only 1

[nzav8a]

OAB was NZ547 arr 1830

[beagle]

yes, 6.30, forgot clock on this site is 1 hour ahead

[Ykato]

Sept 8, 2012 21:48:17 GMT 12 beagle said:

yes, 6.30, forgot clock on this site is 1 hour ahead

ANZ545 B733 Auckland (NZAA / AKL) Fri 18:12 NZST Fri 19:22 NZST
ANZ547 A320 Auckland (NZAA / AKL) Fri 17:19 NZST Fri 18:28 NZST
JST287 A320 Wellington Int'l (NZWN / WLG) Fri 17:45 NZST Fri 18:22 NZST
ANZ1628 B733 Queenstown (NZQN) Fri 17:34 NZST Fri 18:16 NZST
flightaware.com/live/airport/NZCH/arrivals?;offset=20;order=actualarrivaltime;sort=DESC