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Sunday, December 28, 2008

Wed 24 Dec - Sun 28 Dec 2008 - updated

Wednesday 24 December 2008
Westwind VH-KNR flew a medivac flight through Auckland, arriving from Adelaide and departing for Sydney.

Westwind ZK-RML flew a round trip from Auckland to Gisborne and back.

Citationjet CJ3 ZK-TBM flew from Wellington to Queenstown, Christchurch and back to Queenstown.

Thursday 25 December 2008
Citation Mustang N2243W flew from Hastings to Hamilton, Dunedin and Invercargill.

SkyAirWorld Embraer E190 VH-SXK flew from Hamilton to Dunedin as 'Skyair 192'.

Citationjet CJ3 ZK-TBM flew from Queenstown to Kerikeri, Taupo and back to Queenstown.

Friday 26 December 2008
Citationjet CJ3 ZK-TBM flew Queenstown to Kerikeri, Auckland, Christchurch and back to Queenstown.

Westwind ZK-RML flew from Auckland to Taupo, Kerikeri and back to Auckland.

Gulfstream 5 N50KC arrived at Queenstown from Napier.

Saturday 27 December 2008
Lockheed L100 Hercules ZS-ORC flew from Christchurch to Pegasus and return.

Westwind ZK-RML flew Auckland to Queenstown, then to Taupo and back to Auckland.

Citationjet CJ3 ZK-TBM flew from Queenstown to Kerikeri.

Airwork Boeing 737-200QC ZK-NQC flew from Auckland to Christchurch, uplifted an ATR engine then flew it to Wellington before heading home. The engine was for Mt Cook ATR ZK-MCF which returned to the Capital ex airborne 26Dec as NZ5015.

French Army Casa 235 '105' flew from Noumea to Whenuapai, Ohakea, Woodbourne and Wellington as CTM1161.

Reims/Cessna F406 Caravan II ZK-XLF was noted flying from Napier to Hamilton. This aircraft is ex Vincent Aviation ZK-VAF and is now with Kiwi Air. Kiwi Air also have ex Vincent machine ZK-VAA, now ZK-XLC, with this aircraft known to be operating in the Dallas area at present.

Sunday 28 December 2008
Piper PA31-350 ZK-NSP was observed operating well before sunrise off the Manawatu and Kapiti coastline, having departed from and finally returning to its Taupo base. Obviously a search and rescue operation of some sort.

Gulfstream 550 HB-JEV, using the callsign "Batman 261", arrived at Queenstown early this morning from Santiago via a brief stop at Papeete.

Citation Mustang N2243W flew from Invercargill to Dunedin and back.

SkyAirWorld Embraer E190 VH-SXK flew from Dunedin to Invercargill during the afternoon.

Gulfstream 4SP VH-DBT arrived at Auckland from Essendon.

Google's Boeing 767-200 N2767, ex VH-EAQ, arrived at Auckland from Nadi. The -200 had flown from Moffatt Field to Honolulu 20Dec then to Nadi 21Dec.
On arrival Auckland, Noel Jones photo

French Army Casa 235 '105' departed Wellington for Whenuapai and Noumea as CTM1161.