New Zealand Radar

[Petenz]

Now the problem will be getting all those private a/c more visible on screen A very few have Ads-b , most don't even have Mode S and operate still on Mode C. Primary radar is to be discontinued soon and surely it is in the interest of private a/c owners to have their alt and position known to other users of the sky.

[Westone]

Been offline a lot lately due to faulty HDD and only just noticed the NEK and NFA with Lat and Long positions and they are not Mlats; how long has this been effected? Are there other Dash8's fitted with ADS-B?

It appears that the following Q300's now have ADSB fitted. ZK-NFA, NEF, NEG, NEK, NEM, NEU, NEW, NEZ

Opps. May not be 100% correct.

[nzfatmatt]

Probably only the Air Nelson a/c's will be fitted with Ads-b; the few AT75's will probably be discarded as they age. Goodbye Mlats, perhaps.

And hello ADS-B[emoji3]

The old ATR's will be replaced over coming years, so it seems like there is no point to bother upgrading them. If I remember it's ADS-B mandatory above 24500 from next year sometime. ATR is 25000 max, so can operate below anyway.

[Petenz]

Probably only the Air Nelson a/c's will be fitted with Ads-b; the few AT75's will probably be discarded as they age. Goodbye Mlats, perhaps.

[nzfatmatt]

Been offline a lot lately due to faulty HDD and only just noticed the NEK and NFA with Lat and Long positions and they are not Mlats; how long has this been effected? Are there other Dash8's fitted with ADS-B?

NEG,NEK,NEZ,NFA. I think that's all so far. First one was just over a month ago. They spend a week in Nelson for maintenance and return to flight with ADS-B.

[Petenz]

Been offline a lot lately due to faulty HDD and only just noticed the NEK and NFA with Lat and Long positions and they are not Mlats; how long has this been effected? Are there other Dash8's fitted with ADS-B?

[Petenz]

Am noticing a few of Air Nelson fleet with ADS-B, finally...

[41south]

Keep the eyes open Wellington.

Those following MRC blog may have noticed this, mentioning wellywood

https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/kc-390-tour-kicks-off-with-swedish-evaluation-438231/

And for US, Nasa SOFIA due 23rd.

They will update facebook when their ETA is known

Flying overhead as we speak

[Oblivian]

Keep the eyes open Wellington.

Those following MRC blog may have noticed this, mentioning wellywood

https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/kc-390-tour-kicks-off-with-swedish-evaluation-438231/

And for US, Nasa SOFIA due 23rd.

They will update facebook when their ETA is known

[nzfatmatt]

Causing a bit of a callsign headache. They knew to translate nz8 and nz5 to short NZ/nzm if not 'unknown' but now theres a mixture with this new rlk (regional link?) addition

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A bit haphazard matching things up. Sometimes it does, sometimes not!

[nzfatmatt]

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It would appear that we have another ADSB Q300 operational since 8 June ZK-NEZ
Edit: May have been 30 May not Jun 8

27 May if you have a look further back, when it came out of a week of maintenance. It's been nice to see 2 in the air at one time over the past couple of weeks. Waiting for the next one now!

[Oblivian]

Causing a bit of a callsign headache. They knew to translate nz8 and nz5 to short NZ/nzm if not 'unknown' but now theres a mixture with this new rlk (regional link?) addition

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[Westone]

ZK-NEZ.GIF
It would appear that we have another ADSB Q300 operational since 8 June ZK-NEZ
Edit: May have been 30 May not Jun 8

[nzfatmatt]

Oblivian, NFA is scheduled WN-TU at 1015. NZ8193 so RLK193. You should see it in a bit.

[fungus]

The wife and I recently had the privilege of sitting adjacent the Interisland Ferry Terminal in Wellington Harbour and watching all the aircraft shoot the ILS into WLG Rwy16 in drizzly, overcast but fortunately enough acceptable conditions for photography. Even managed a RZNAF C130H Herc as well as all the usual culprits.

You guys have an absolutely beautiful country with plenty of aviation to keep an aussie intrigued for hours and hours. Thanks to you local uploaders who were able to give me the id's of all the flights that day.

just one example ZK-OXK- ANZ445 A320 AKL-WLG complete with landing and anti-collision lights and 'gear down';

ANZ A320.jpg

Sadly I didn't have my 70D with the 150-500mm lens since it's a tad too heavy to lug around but nonetheless got some good shots.

Regards,
Gregg