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Sunday, October 19, 2008

Welcome, Royal New Zealand Air Force

The Royal New Zealand Air Force [RNZAF] B757's have been in the USA getting cargo doors and avionic modifications. This is the first time I have seen NZ7571 since its return [RNZAF media release here]. You can see the effect of the large cargo door installation with the front 10 passenger windows removed on the left hand side.

The B757 is the largest aircraft to regularly use Wellington and is an impressive sight whether parked on the Air Movements Base apron or climbing out at significantly steeper attitude to the usual range of civilian aircraft. Enjoy the pictures!

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2 comments:

  1. Charles21 October 2008 at 03:51

    I did not know they had cargo 757 in the RNZAF ..cool

    Who's Jetstream in the last photo?

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  2. Rodney21 October 2008 at 21:19

    Hi Charles,

    The second link in the original post takes you to the RNZAF press release if you're interested, but yeah, there's been a big project to get the cargo doors in, avionics mods and other bits and pieces.

    As for the J32, that belongs to Air National, a charter operator [www.airnational.co.nz].

    Cheers!

    Rodney

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