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Saturday, October 31, 2015

Avro Vulcan Near-crash Landing

And as a post script to our previous notes:




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Trick or Treat?

Day before yesterday we shared the video of the last ever flight of the Avro Vulcan as XH558/G-VULC. 

So it is with much pleasure we have this treat for you on this Halloween day thanks to Gavin Conroy who has provided us with just a snippet of what he was able to capture during his recent once in a lifetime opportunity air-to-air photo sortie with this amazing aeroplane.





We also stumbled upon the following link detailing the down under antics of the Avro Vulcan during its time with the RAF:
http://www.vulcantothesky.org/history/articles-of-interest/cold-war-memories/vulcans-down-under.html

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Friday, October 30, 2015

Southern Katipo 2015 - Big Boys Arrive

Joint military exercise "Southern Katipo 2015" centered around the South Island West Coast town of Westport is gearing up with the arrival of United States military aircraft at Ohakea.

A big thanks to Padre007 for going above and beyond to bring us these shots from a damp Manawatu day.

USAF Boeing C17 Globemaster III 05-5151/HH arrived from Hickam
28 October as SLEW91. 



USAF Boeing C17 Globemaster III 99-0170/AK arrived from Pago Pago 29 October as TOGO99.


USAF/186AS Montana ANG Lockheed C130H 74-1691 arrived from Pago Pago 29 October as POSSE69. 


USAF/144AS Alaska ANG Lockheed C130H 89-1185 arrived from Pago Pago 29 October as SCARS85 along with USAF/144AS Alaska ANG Lockheed C130H 89-1184 as SCARS84.

Royal Australian Air Force Lockheed C130J-30 A97-447/37SQN also arrived at Ohakea 29 October from Richmond as ASY742.



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US Air Force Airlift Ops in Antarctica | Documentary Film | 1961

The cover photo disguises the fact this film has no reference whatsoever to the venerable C130 however it does detail the C-124 Globemaster activities back in 1961.


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Thursday, October 29, 2015

AVRO Vulcan XH558 Final Flight

Under gloomy skies and amidst a level of secrecy Vulcan XH558 G-VULC has made her last ever flight overnight NZ time.

Thanks to our UK correspondent John for the great shots on his Flickr feed: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mehereinthepool/albums/72157659335624730

And check out our local photography guru's facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/Classic-Aircraft-Photography-265224834712/





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Polar Aviation: Air Operations in the Antarctic 1960 US Navy Training Film

As the 2015/2016 summer Antarctic season prepares to ramp up we went trawling the web and stumbled upon this little YouTube clip from 1960 recently uploaded to the worldwide web. Enjoy.



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Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Singapore Airlines reintroduces the A380 to Auckland services

As per last year's seasonal adjustments, Singapore Airlines have reintroduced the Airbus A380 to their daily Singapore-Auckland-Singapore operation with the first flight on 26 October being flown by 9V-SKH.

Since the last time the A380 operated to Auckland the carrier has introduced two aircraft sporting special liveries to celebrate the nation's 50th anniversary since independence and SQ285/286 on 
27 October was flown by 9V-SKJ. The second SG50 aircraft is 9V-SKI so keep an eye out for that between now and the end of March. 










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Holiday Snaps Part Six

A smattering more to round off the visit to Princess Juliana. The COPA Airlines 737-800 arrived from Panama City.









Looks like this InselAir MD83 arrived from Curacao. 





License to print money - the Sunset Bar and Grill ... busy busy....



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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Safair Lockheed L100-30 Hercules ZS-JIV

South African based Safair Lockheed L100-30 Hercules ZS-JIV arrived at Broome from Sultan Abul Aziz Shah 25 October as SFR511 and is seen pictured below the following morning prior to its flight to Adelaide. Today the Herc crossed the Tasman and arrived at Christchurch ahead of its Antarctic deployment.

Thanks to Simon W @ Broome for this shot. 



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China Airlines adds flights to Christchurch

In July this year China Airlines confirmed their schedule for seasonal services to Christchurch starting 26 October and running through until late March 2016. The airline will utilize two class cabin Airbus A330-300's from Taipei to Melbourne and Christchurch arriving on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday in addition to the services from Taipei to Sydney and Christchurch on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday which also operated last summer. 
The first CI57/58 operation on 26 October was flown by Airbus A330-300 B-18361 and it is seen here receiving the obligatory water salute.


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Holiday Snaps Part Five

Some more shots taken during the few hours spent at Princess Juliana before we headed off to the ocean waves!




It was great to catch this Amerijet Boeing 767-338ER-BDSF freighter turning up. Looking at the operator's schedule it will have originated from Miami and running about 2 hours late. 

When I first saw the registration I thought it rang a bell and this airframe is none other than ex Qantas machine VH-OGA.
http://www.aussieairliners.org/b-767/vh-oga/vhoga.html






This FEDEX arrival one the prize for lowest approach!

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