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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

RAAF Orion


Royal Australian Air Force Lockheed P3 Orion A9-751 emerged from the Air New Zealand paint shop at Christchurch over the weekend and departed 16 June "Ausy 217" for Edinburgh, north of Adelaide.  
This aircraft arrived at Christchurch on 16 May from Edinburgh via an approach into Queenstown (no landing).  Its arrival back in May saw A9-760 exit the paint shop and depart for Richmond on the 18th.

Our records show the following RAAF P3 visits to Christchurch since the repaint program began:
A9-662 17MAY12-15JUN12 
A9-656 15AUG12-21SEP12
A9-664 16NOV12-18DEC12
A9-752 01FEB13-04MAR13
A9-661 XXMAR13-10APR13
A9-753 27APR13-28MAY13
A9-757 23JUN13-Late JUL13
A9-658 19OCT13-15NOV13
A9-665 14NOV13-15DEC13
A9-659 14DEC13-04FEB14
A9-760 16APR14-18MAY14

Thanks to Matt Hayes for these awesome shots of A9-751 departing. 




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