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Sunday, April 19, 2009

Piper and the Duke

After my trip to Takaka earlier today, I arrived back to see a couple of visitors on the ground at Wellington. The first was a Piper PA28-151, ZK-DSK, operated by Massey Aviation in Palmerston North.

The second [and far more interesting] aircraft is a Beechcraft B-60 Duke, N60TE, registered to Nolan Aviation in Colorado. What is interesting is that according to the FAA website, this aircraft is operated under a classification of Special Flight Permit, category Operate Excess of Maximum Weight. I'm not sure what [beyond the obvious!] this means in practical terms, or why it would need to. Anyone have any ideas?

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5 comments:

  1. PD20 April 2009 at 08:42

    Hey

    Inregards to the FAA permit, my guess is it was for its delivery flight to New Zealand. My not sure 100% sure on this though.

    PD

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  2. Jase20 April 2009 at 09:28

    The Duke is based in Dunedin, has been for quite a few months now. Not sure why it hasn't been added to the NZ register though.

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  4. Rodney25 April 2009 at 16:00

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    Regards,

    Rodney

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  5. Anonymous16 May 2009 at 21:28

    excess max weight to carry all that fuel for direct flights back to Colorado :)

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