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QUOTE(Matt Dyer @ Jul 29 2007, 09:31 AM) Hey All!, Big thumbs up on the new forum, its looking great!!! Congrats to all who worked to get it this way!! /thumbup1.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :thumbup: border= 0 alt= thumbup1.gif /> /thumbup1.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :thumbup: border= 0 alt= thumbup1.gif /> Some personal circumstances have changed, and Sadly I wont be moving to WLG as thought next year, howver I will be moving to Napier to complete a 3 year "Diploma of Operational Aviation" Through EIT (Eastern Insitute of...

sorta, but yeah... They will have the 412 and i'll have the 407

when the aircraft left Pago Pago What route do the 1900d's take across the Pacific on transfer flights then?

So last night there was an "electrical failure" in Brazil which knocked out most of the ATC radar. Bit of a scramble to get everything down in one piece. I'm giving my Brazil trip a miss this year.

QUOTE(Trolly @ Jul 27 2007, 01:12 AM) i live in flat bush, raphoe road, the jest and such fly right over my place on approch, it is quite intresting, most deploy gear as they go over, some after, and there are the odd one or two that have gear and flaps are down before theyu fly over, Small world... my in-laws live on Raphoe Road... and its quite amusing to stand outside, look straight up as a heavy flies directly (and I mean directly) overhead Thought I remembered reading the words Raphoe Road here- there has been loads of parties at my mates house there over the holidays! Hope...

QUOTE(ZK-KAG @ Jul 26 2007, 11:25 PM) QUOTE(ronwestnz @ Jul 22 2007, 09:03 AM) Cheers guys, yes have a had a look at airliners.net, was hoping for some close up ones. whats the twin engine aircraft that parks at the massey apron, could have sworn it was a baron, but then i never was good at object recognition. See my post above :) doh

WR earlier on today SPECI 100449Z 09034G57KT 0500 RA OVC010 11/11 Q0996 and this is also rather pretty...........

Bit more on the story....... Singapore Airlines have credited my air miles account with 20 000 miles, but the promised refund of the $145 overcharge of the taxes does not seem to have come, what a surprise. As suggested above, I have emailed Fair Go, and I am also contacting some magazines to highlight the practice. Watch this space!! Smooth landings (not on Singapore airways!)

Everyone I know that has flown a 421 swears that the aircraft has tried to kill them on more than one occasion... there is something that isnt so cool about having a wastegate on one turbo, slam and stay fully open, whilst cruising at FL200, rendering that engine useless..... Ahh pheuey thats got nothing to do with the 421 itself. That can happen to any turbo engine. Although, those geared GTSIO-520s are mongrel engines but are on a few other types. I myself havent flown the 421 but have done a bitta time on the old 402 which is more or less the same thing, but not pressureised and not as...

some interesting reading... Lol... the thing has like 1000 temporary plastic fasteners on it holding various bits and pieces together... there was a gap when they joined bits of the fuselage together, its heavier than designed and they still have to put in test flight systems and hundreds of feet of cabling! having said that, it seems pretty popular: Boeing now has orders for 677 787s from 47 customers.

Lol good luck with that VAC! I know someone who's into gliding.... he was s**ting himself on his first solo, but it turned out all good if not for a very wobbly landing! :o :clap: :o

ZK-LTY Wanganui Aeroworks Cresco 08-600 top dresing aircraft.

Looks like a piece of cr@p IMHO :lol: :lol: :lol:

What do you mean DHL 727? Are there pictures... I love 727s! 727s are sexy :P Would look nicer with some winglets though :bow:

Hi all if anyone would like to watch 787 Premiere 787 banner Watch the 787 rollout event live on 7/8/07 Auckland Monday 10:30AM Live webcast through the Internet Go to and get connected to the live webcast. Todd :clap:

There was a low C-130 flying over east/central Auckland today.. at about 9.30 am I think. Woke me up it was so loud! flew directly over my house twice yesterday, and low too- 1000ft maybe

and full catIII starts either later this year or early next. It will be 23L only. I heard that, is that because of international flights having nowhere to go if all the suitable airports are fogged out...? also to what level of cat III ?? and why only 23L ?? sorry for all the qs :lol: Not sure why its only 23L at the moment... It will be CatIIIB :)

for me it would be a top dresser, rescue chopper pilot, or herc pilot, all have some challenge to them, i love challenge!!

...........and at least one being rebuilt at Ardmore to fly - that will be something to see! Paul , had a Classic Wings Magazine .... I lost it bugger , from 1999 period where there is a production line of aussie mossie's ...... the wings for the Ardmore jobby , I believe were made here in CHCH at Wiggy ? maybe somone can confirm this as their has been a lotta renew'd interest with the type :)

It wouldn't be bad having one of those in Auckland eh? :plane: