New Zealand Radar

[Petenz]

Yep. Mlat and mil so may the nomal sites don't identify it other than hex.

Yes I could follow the IL76 on my PiAware screen , just! But absolutely NO identification other than 'Chinese' and in PP ICAO number and 'IL76'

[Oblivian]

I have just seen a video of a Chinese Military IL76 to be deployed to NZ as part of a NZAF relief exercise "Skytrain Exercise" no date, but I assume this is it?

Yep. Mlat and mil so may the nomal sites don't identify it other than hex.

Mrc has some pics and details on his blog

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[Petenz]

Did I see an Ilyushin 76 just fly in to Christchurch

I have just seen a video of a Chinese Military IL76 to be deployed to NZ as part of a NZAF relief exercise "Skytrain Exercise" no date, but I assume this is it?

[Oblivian]

Did I see an Ilyushin 76 just fly in to Christchurch

Yes, Yes you did

We knew yesterday but today is a bit of a surprise

[Petenz]

Did I see an Ilyushin 76 just fly in to Christchurch

[Oblivian]

NASA Sofia / 747sp due down here this weekend for winter ops.

Sometime around lunch sat if the first ETA via cial announcement still stands.

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[delcomp]

Correct Craig,.. Its a pity we dont know what the Ground purposes are

[Oblivian]

Just noticed a bunch of ground contacts in akl TExxx. Looks like even the tugs are being tagged up now?

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[Oblivian]

Funny little place that. Last pic I saw them on their own stretch of taxi-way and one had a missing engine

[airnrail]

Ex ANZ B767 on the way to USA

Kiwi spotters might be interested to know that ex ANZ B767 ZK-NCJ MSN 26915 is right now on its way to Honolulu from storage at Alice Springs. Call sign is N930WE. Love those old B767s and I hope this one is going for another lease on life - not the graveyard.

[Stealth]

Might explain the 787 national flights now

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/n...ectid=12034082

Read elsewere the same stuff, but it included a quote something like the following from a FAA person, that "no US B787 are operating with the problem engines". Anyway, it won't be the FAA ordering changes to ETOPS, it will be from the authorities in the country of registration. I see today that the AUK-PER flight is a B787 and not the leased A340.

[Oblivian]

Might explain the 787 national flights now

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/n...ectid=12034082

[kiwikieran]

Does any one know how to make contact with T-NZMB7/Matt_R please.

[Oblivian]

Hibal has returned.

https://www.flightradar24.com/HBAL157/11098181

[captain salty]

just wondering what our longest domestic average flight time would be? Noticed Tauranga to ChCh was 1:44 in a Dash 8