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Monday, February 2, 2009

Mon 26 January - Sun 01 February 2009

Mon 26 January 2009
Gulfstream 450 VP-CFB flew from Auckland to Perth via a quick stop at Sydney.

Avwest Challenger 604 VH-VRE arrived at Wellington this evening from Perth.

Tue 27 January 2009
Westwind ZK-RML flew from Auckland to Rarotonga and return.

Citation Mustang ZK-MUS arrived back at Wellington from Ardmore.

Beech 60 Duke N60TE was noted heading south to Dunedin from inland of New Plymouth.

Cessna 400 Corvalis TT N400NM departed Ardmore for Auckland and Norfolk Island and was noted arriving at Canberra the following day. The aircraft has been resident in NZ since 04Jul08.

Piper Malibu N9099Z arrived at Wanaka from Rangiora and Christchurch and later returned to Rangiora.
Challenger 604 VH-VRE departed Wellington for Queenstown and Perth.
Flight Management Gulfstream 5 N85V flew from Wellington to Rotorua.

Wed 28 January 2009
Office Max Falcon 50 N290MX arrived at Auckland from Melbourne.

Mike Condon photo

Business Jets Falcon 900EXE N146EX returned to Auckland from Brisbane.

Metrojet Gulfstream 550 B-KID departed Auckland for Hong Kong.

USAF Gulfstream 5/C37A 01-0065 departed Christchurch for Hickam as "Spar 65".

Thu 29 January 2009
Monarch Airlines Boeing 757-200 G-MONJ made a techstop at Auckland enroute from Papeete to Sydney as "Monarch 9932".
Mike Condon photo

Fri 30 January 2009
Oracle's Global Express N57LE arrived at Auckland early this morning from Kona.

Viper Aviation Falcon 50EX N83TY flew from Christchurch to Auckland.

Tony McFarlin photo
Kefford Corp Hawker 800XP VH-EJL arrived at Napier from Essendon. This is the first by this airframe with VH-EJL applied however it has visited on a number of occasions as VH-KEF and before that VH-LAT and VH-LAW!

Elite Aviation Boeing BBJ-74T VP-BEL carried out a post maintenance test flight from/to Christchurch.

Tony McFarlin photo

Cessna 210 Centurion G-SEEK flew from Palmerston North to Christchurch.

Paul Drake photo

Sat 31 January 2009
Boeing BBJ-74T VP-BEL departed Christchurch for Singapore.

Falcon 50 N290MX departed Auckland for Pago Pago and Honolulu.

Jet Asia Challenger 601 B-MAI departed Auckland for Brisbane and Bali.

Wayne Grant photo
Citation Mustang ZK-MUS flew from Wellington to Napier and return.

Gulfstream G200 ZK-RGB flew from Auckland to Queenstown and return as "Jetplus 38".

USAF Gulfstream 5/C37A 01-0029 departed Christchurch for Hickam as "Spar 25".

USAF Lockheed KC10 79-1710 arrived at Christchurch from Richmond as "Reach 01".

Sun 01 February 2009
Hawker 800XP VH-EJL flew from Auckland to Kerikeri where it spent several hours before heading to Sydney via a tech stop at Auckland.

Gulfstream 4SP ZK-KFB arrived back at Wellington this morning from Los Angeles (where it arrived from Long Beach 30Jan NZ time) via techstops at Honolulu and Apia as "Jetplus 92".

Citation Mustang N2243W arrived at Dunedin from Hastings.

Beech D17 N16S, which as been resident at Mandeville, near Gore, was observed in the Omaka area mid afternoon. This aircraft is soon expected to cross the Tasman on an all stops trip back to the USA.

Gulfstream 5 N85V departed Auckland for Papeete and San Diego.