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Post by planecrazy on Aug 17, 2018 8:56:58 GMT 12
Was surprised to find out yesterday one of the three Qantaslink Dash 8 200s has had a new livery applied, bit of a retro look to her.
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Post by planecrazy on Aug 25, 2018 20:26:53 GMT 12
PAC 750 called by around lunch time today, 19 hours on the clock, off to China to join the fleet already there.
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Aug 27, 2018 19:34:56 GMT 12
God that is an ugly aeroplane from that angle... Well, actually from most angles
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Post by planecrazy on Sept 11, 2018 21:28:44 GMT 12
I tend to agree but there is a famous saying, "beauty in the eye of the beholder." Finally got the word that the long time stranded ex RNZAF King Air is on her way back to the mainland, here she is waiting to be loaded onto the ship. Just managed to get a pick before the ship took her back to Port Macquarie as deck cargo. Off topic but perhaps of interest a new bus being offloaded from the two weekly ship that services the island.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 11, 2018 22:52:51 GMT 12
Really interesting photos Peter, great to see it's on it's way.
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Post by markrogers on Sept 12, 2018 9:33:53 GMT 12
How did the Kingair end up like that needing to be transported back to the mainland?
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Post by planecrazy on Sept 12, 2018 13:58:33 GMT 12
Sorry her story is earlier in the thread, late October 2017 she came out in gusting cross winds, prop and wing hit the runway on landing! The wings and props were shipped some time back, I guess the black circle is where the RNZAF roundel was painted over. The prop tip showing the damage from the strike. (First posted earlier in this thread on 1/11/17) This chappie had a hard landing last Friday it was very windy, I heard she was damaged, today was the first chance I got down to have a look at her. Ouch, don’t think she will be flying home, $$$$$$$.
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Post by markrogers on Sept 12, 2018 19:49:48 GMT 12
Thanks Planecrazy, that is quite a bit of damage from the hard landing.
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Post by Peter Lewis on Sept 13, 2018 8:22:03 GMT 12
So which particular KingAir is that?
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Post by planewriting on Sept 13, 2018 8:37:18 GMT 12
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Post by planecrazy on Oct 9, 2018 18:53:11 GMT 12
My ever reliable spotter gave me the drum on this one over nighting before heading somewhere? The flags on the sand dune, during the summer a migratory bird, Sooty Turn, likes to nest on the dune, problem is this is in the flight path of the southern approach to the runway, so the flags simply by flapping discourage the birds and it pretty much works!
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Oct 9, 2018 19:55:11 GMT 12
That's gotta be a slow trip (@ 105 kts) across the Tasman - my butt would seriously give out. Full marks for endurance!
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Post by planecrazy on Oct 25, 2018 12:43:17 GMT 12
This Diamond DA 42 is an around-the-worlder, started from home base in Austria. Today Lord Howe Island to Auckland, after that some islands north of NZ then eventually Easter Island and North America, longest leg is of the whole journey estimated 10 hours, she's good 12 hours if conditions not so good!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 25, 2018 17:13:37 GMT 12
Wow, quite a trip!
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Post by planecrazy on Oct 26, 2018 17:54:43 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 26, 2018 21:57:25 GMT 12
That is a nice tidy aircraft, and the transparent door is interesting.
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Post by thomarse on Oct 27, 2018 15:14:19 GMT 12
Might be a different one but a jump-ship 182 (from Parakai I think) has been on TradeMe for ages
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Post by FlyingKiwi on Oct 27, 2018 18:03:11 GMT 12
It's that one that has been on Trademe. It has the 300hp engine conversion.
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Post by planecrazy on Nov 2, 2018 14:55:22 GMT 12
Cessna 185 on it’s way to the bottom of the south island NZ, from OZ via LDH and NLK, flown by Hayden Death with Steven Death in the right hand seat. [
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Post by planecrazy on Nov 12, 2018 21:26:36 GMT 12
Busy afternoon today, Trinidad overnighting, not sure of it’s next destination, will do some digging. Air Ambulance in and out for a non serious evacuation. Little Citation only on the ground for half an hour.
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