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Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Lancair IV N6ZQ - UPDATED

Bill Harrelson and his modified Lancair IV N6ZQ crossed the equator 23 December New Zealand time flying from Christmas Island to Rarotonga. The long haul champions are making much shorter hops than previous flights around the Pacific as they head to New Zealand for a couple of months vacation so keep an eye out for them as they traverse the country.

Bill and his wife subsequently arrived at Auckland International shortly before 1530 29 December after a direct, 10 hour flight from Rarotonga. 

N6ZQ visited NZ earlier this year arriving at Auckland from Papeete on 10 January before proceeding to Hamilton for maintenance. Then two days later it made the short flight back to Auckland and cleared customs before embarking on a direct, 21hr 7min flight to Honolulu. 

This trip Down Under started out from San Diego/Brown Field for Molokai 14 December then onto Christmas Island from Hilo 21 December (NZ dates).

N6ZQ resting at EAA Oshkosh 2015. 

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