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Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Auckland Quick Visit Sep 2010 #8: Boeing 727

An aircraft that is becoming even more rare in New Zealand skies [especially since I understand that the Australians are becoming particularly tight on operations by noisier aircraft] is the Boeing B727.

The one pictured here is a DHL-operated freighter [I haven't seen an airline-operated passenger model since I flew on one from Hamilton to Brisbane with Kiwi International Airlines many years ago!] and is parked up. Shame about the big pole cutting off some of the tail...

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4 comments:

  1. zkarj7 September 2010 at 21:37

    It's no longer flying the regular Oz-NZ route. I think I read that on MRC blog. There's a 757 taking its place.

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  2. Rodney7 September 2010 at 21:49

    Yep - there was a B757 parked at DHL, but I was not able to get a photo of it.

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  3. Anonymous9 September 2010 at 18:06

    Whats going to happen to VH-DHE?

    Is it to be scrapped or sold?

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  4. Rodney9 September 2010 at 19:02

    Hi Anon,

    Not sure what is going to happen to it... I guess it could go to somewhere in the world that is not so bothered by noise :-) A real shame. I'd like to see one of them take off full noise just once before then!

    Cheers,

    Rodney

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