A visit to Auckland International was made 25 March in the hope of catching Airbus A319CJ VT-IAH departing (timing fail so didn't get it......)
However the nice light conditions did see a few snaps taken
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| Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 9V-SKF lifts off runway 05R as SQ286 heading to Singapore. The daily SQ285/286 service only has a few more days to run being operated by the A380 and will revert to Boeing 777-300 equipment from Monday 30 March. The A380 will return to Auckland fro 26 October. |
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| Emirates Airbus A380 A6-EDZ arriving ex Melbourne as EK406. This is one of several in the Emirates fleet sporting the Cricket World Cup decal and by media accounts this would have been the jet carrying the NZ Black Caps cricket team to Melbourne yesterday in preparation of the Cup's final this coming Sunday. |
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| Fiji Airways Airbus A330 DQ-FJV departs for Nadi as FJ410. The widebody is operated twice a week between the two countries. |
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Whilst off field Air NZ's Boeing 787-9 ZK-NZF departed for Perth as NZ175 and is often the case in easterly wind conditions a right turn off runway 05R is made for a quicker intercept of the southern route to its destination.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/ANZ175 |
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| And an oddball shot of a patch of cirrus cloud refracting the setting sun's rays creating an interesting effect. |
