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Sunday, March 16, 2014

Gulfstream 550 N818LF

Sydney based shopping mall conglomerate Westfields operates a gaggle of corporate jets with these aircraft often noted shuttling around the planet.  In recent years they had operated a Gulfstream 5, N36GV, however it was sold in 2013 and left Sydney for the last time on 04 June for Honolulu and Newark.  It has been replaced with 2010 edition Gulfstream 550 N818LF with this aircraft arriving at Sydney for the first time on 26 August 2013 from Newark via Honolulu.

Today it has made its first trip across the Tasman and arrived at Auckland just after midday from Sydney.
Arriving at Melbourne/Essendon 15 October 2013. 
As is often the case, this airframe has visited NZ in a previous life.  Registered as N818LK, the 550 arrived at Queenstown on 21 November 2011 direct from Punta Arenas, Argentina.  It then flew to Napier on the 24th and Kataia 25th before making a techstop at Auckland two days later as it headed to Guarulhos, Sao Paulo.
Parked up at Napier 24 November 2011. 


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