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Post by suthg on May 18, 2015 13:31:03 GMT 12
I know Bob Leask has some photos of his of 747SP's into Wellington. I'll see what he has got.
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2015 14:35:44 GMT 12
These are fantastic pictures, Thanks for posting them. |
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Post by musice on May 18, 2015 17:09:05 GMT 12
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2015 19:44:49 GMT 12
Excellent pictures - Thanks! |
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2015 20:11:39 GMT 12
Off topic - does anyone know if Air New Zealand ever tried a DC-10 into Wellington?
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Post by suthg on May 18, 2015 20:17:05 GMT 12
BTW, Musice also has some of the Air NZ 747-200 landing as well. I couldn't find them though.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2015 19:54:00 GMT 12
Does anyone know the date of when Air New Zealand did the trials with ZK-NZZ at Wellington?
Thanks
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Post by baronbeeza on May 24, 2015 20:27:41 GMT 12
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2015 21:36:16 GMT 12
Thanks seen that, it does not mention the date it happened. |
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Post by errolmartyn on May 26, 2015 11:07:31 GMT 12
Tim, may have been recorded in the Aviation Historical Society of New Zealand's 'Aerolog' or 'Journal' at the time.
Errol
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Post by nzav8a on May 26, 2015 11:17:16 GMT 12
10 Nov 1987 First non SP 747 to land at WLG 747-200 ZK-NZZ for alternate airport trials
18 Sep 1988 First diversion of an Air NZ 747 ZK-NZW operating TE127 MEL-AKL due AKL & CHC closed. aircraft departed to AKL following day
Source - Journal of the Aviation Historical Society of New Zealand April 1988 & April 1989
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2015 15:50:29 GMT 12
Thanks nzav8a!!
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Post by avenger on May 27, 2015 19:28:46 GMT 12
[Off topic - does anyone know if Air New Zealand ever tried a DC-10 into Wellington?]
Am reasonably sure the answer is no. Certainly there was consideration to operate the '10 there, but reality was the landing performance blo required. The aircraft apparently required additional stopping capabilty so nose wheel braking to make the performance demands proposed, and at the time this apparently a 'one off' so not persevered with. Many of the crew were confident the aircraft could have operated without any mods however.
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Post by dow on Jul 24, 2017 0:03:03 GMT 12
I grew up overlooking Wellington airport from Melrose and can remember waking up one morning and seeing an Air NZ 747 parked at the international terminal. From what I can remember, it was a long haul flight aiming for Auckland, but both Auckland and Christchurch had been closed due to fog. It didn't have sufficient fuel for a safe trip to Oz, so the decision was made to land in Wellington. I can still clearly remember going to school (I think I was standard 3) and telling the teacher I had seen a 747, and her telling me not to make up stories! She did have the decency to apologise the next day when there had been photos in the Evening Post. I think this would have been somewhere around 1987. Does anyone have any more accurate records or photos? I can remember seeing an empty 747 landing at WLG as a trial on another occasion, but was this the only time a 747 with passengers landed in Wellington? I recall the trial landing braking heavily and pulling up very short on the runway - not far past the air force hangar. Does anyone have photos of either of these landings, or know of other 747 visits to Wellington? Lachlan |
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Post by dow on Jul 24, 2017 0:10:41 GMT 12
I grew up overlooking Wellington airport from Melrose and can remember waking up one morning and seeing an Air NZ 747 parked at the international terminal. From what I can remember, it was a long haul flight aiming for Auckland, but both Auckland and Christchurch had been closed due to fog. It didn't have sufficient fuel for a safe trip to Oz, so the decision was made to land in Wellington. I can still clearly remember going to school (I think I was standard 3) and telling the teacher I had seen a 747, and her telling me not to make up stories! She did have the decency to apologise the next day when there had been photos in the Evening Post. I think this would have been somewhere around 1987. Does anyone have any more accurate records or photos? I can remember seeing an empty 747 landing at WLG as a trial on another occasion, but was this the only time a 747 with passengers landed in Wellington? I recall the trial landing braking heavily and pulling up very short on the runway - not far past the air force hangar. Does anyone have photos of either of these landings, or know of other 747 visits to Wellington? Lachlan Hi I know this is a LONG time after the question was asked, but I was a passenger on that fully loaded 474 that landed in Wellington in the late 1980s. We were flying from Sydney to Auckland but got diverted to Christchurch after failing on two landing attempts. Then we got diverted to Wellington before we got past Hamilton. There were fire trucks already warmed up on the runway when we landed - not encouraging, but we made it easily, and took off the next morning to go back to Auckland the next morning. The morning headlines were '747 lands safely' and claiming that it was a first. |
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Post by jthomso1 on Jul 27, 2017 18:34:45 GMT 12
"""18 Sep 1988 First diversion of an Air NZ 747 ZK-NZW operating TE127 MEL-AKL due AKL & CHC closed. aircraft departed to AKL following day."""
My wife and children were on the 18th Sep flight into Wgtn. Great surprise to receive their call that they were in Wgtn, not Akl. They were seated close to one of the "exit" and was interested in their response and that of the cabin crew as the landing took place, both landing and subsequent take-off.
All were very professional. I understand that all non-human "baggage" was removed from the 7474 and shipped to Auckland independently.
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Post by dcourt on Oct 23, 2018 22:13:03 GMT 12
I grew up overlooking Wellington airport from Melrose and can remember waking up one morning and seeing an Air NZ 747 parked at the international terminal. From what I can remember, it was a long haul flight aiming for Auckland, but both Auckland and Christchurch had been closed due to fog. It didn't have sufficient fuel for a safe trip to Oz, so the decision was made to land in Wellington. I can still clearly remember going to school (I think I was standard 3) and telling the teacher I had seen a 747, and her telling me not to make up stories! She did have the decency to apologise the next day when there had been photos in the Evening Post. I think this would have been somewhere around 1987. Does anyone have any more accurate records or photos? I can remember seeing an empty 747 landing at WLG as a trial on another occasion, but was this the only time a 747 with passengers landed in Wellington? I recall the trial landing braking heavily and pulling up very short on the runway - not far past the air force hangar. Does anyone have photos of either of these landings, or know of other 747 visits to Wellington? Lachlan Hi I know this is a LONG time after the question was asked, but I was a passenger on that fully loaded 474 that landed in Wellington in the late 1980s. We were flying from Sydney to Auckland but got diverted to Christchurch after failing on two landing attempts. Then we got diverted to Wellington before we got past Hamilton. There were fire trucks already warmed up on the runway when we landed - not encouraging, but we made it easily, and took off the next morning to go back to Auckland the next morning. The morning headlines were '747 lands safely' and claiming that it was a first. |
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Post by dcourt on Oct 23, 2018 22:27:48 GMT 12
I know this is an old thread but I was on the first ever 747 flight to land at Wellington airport, full of passengers from Melbourne. My son was born in '83 and he was still very small and in a push chair. He and his elder sister had their own seats. It was 1987 at the latest but was probably earlier. It was school holiday time in Melbourne too, because I was a teacher. We made several attempts to land at Auckland but took off each time, the same thing happened trying to land at Christchurch. Unfortunately I had already explained to my wife that we would be landing at Christchurch because Wellington was unsafe for a 747. We were warned that the braking would be severe. We had to take sharp objects like pens out of our pockets. I was terrified and the crew were clearly on edge. It was either Air NZ or QANTAS. If you are really interested it was definitely front page news the next morning, as I was horrified that we were all packed back onto the plane and it took off for Auckland. The landing and take off both felt fine but I did notice a dirty great mountain dead ahead of the runway.
My understanding of that night is that the pilot had no option but to land at Wellington, as there was not enough fuel to go back to Melbourne or fly on to possibly Fiji.
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Post by zkarj on Oct 31, 2020 11:27:00 GMT 12
I found this old thread while trying to date an old photo I just scanned. I remember the Qantas SPs operating out of Wellington. I even remember seeing — and hearing — one do a go around on one occasion. I also remember the modern, new 767s showing up and how exciting they were. I would eventually get to fly on both Qantas and Air NZ 767s to and from Australia and elsewhere, but never on an SP. The day this beast hove into Wellington I was down at Aotea Lagoon with my kids and my Dad and we saw it turn over the beacon at Titahi bay and head for Wellington. We leapt in the car and drove in to find it sitting here, and we then went for a quick tour on board. I did fly on one of the Air NZ -200 fleet a couple of years earlier LAX-HNL-RAR-AKL, but I do not know the rego at this stage. I'm sure there's another photo somewhere that will tell me.  |
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