Two Cessna 208 Caravans touched down at Auckland within 15 minutes of each other late on the afternoon of 02 October.
First across the fence was the 2000 edition Grand Caravan N847SV. This example has been reconfigured for parachute operations and has recently completed its conversion to the Supervan 900 specification sporting a grunty engine for its soon to be new employment. As seen in the picture the aircraft already wears its future Kiwi identity - ZK-ROK - and also the operation, Skydive Wanaka. The markings ZK-ROK are still applied to a Pacific Aerospace 750XL and have previously been worn by a Cessna 185 and Cresco! N847SV arrived at Auckland from Apia 02 October and departed for Wanaka 03 October.
Air Safaris Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX N9493 (to become ZK-SRX) arrived in the midst of a gaggle of heavy jets and touched down around 15 minutes after N847SV having followed the same path from Apia. Both aircraft had embarked from Merced, CA and staged via Honolulu and Apia. It departed Auckland for Dunedin 03 October.
A third Caravan is set to be delivered to NZ by months end.
