I was just leaving for lunch today when I saw this Bombardier BD700-1A10 Global Express, N18WZ, preparing to leave for Auckland! We don't get many of these aircraft here, so it's a bit of an attraction when they do turn up [and a good reason to delay getting lunch...! :-)].
Anyway, information from another photographer [who had a scanner handy] indicates the aircraft went to Auckland at a planned altitude of FL410 - significantly higher than the other traffic between Wellington and Auckland.
Anyway, here are some of the pictures I took.
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| Bombardier BD700-1A10 Global Express, N18WZ |
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| Bombardier BD700-1A10 Global Express, N18WZ |
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| Bombardier BD700-1A10 Global Express, N18WZ |
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| Bombardier BD700-1A10 Global Express, N18WZ |
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| Bombardier BD700-1A10 Global Express, N18WZ |
5 comments:
Right time, right place, good looking machine. Great catch.
Thanks! Today certainly worked out well with some more posts to come this evening and the next few days :-)
Nice looking looking plane!
Nicely caught, and did you spot the Kiwi flag on the tail. This aircraft is owned by NZ's wealthiest man, Graham Hart. Its based at Auckland and he also has a Challenger 300 based in the USA. He started out using a Learjet 60 based out of Australia pending his first Global arrival N18WZ (ex N18WF). He then went upmarket and took on a BBJ registered N66ZB (ex N4AS) but this was fairly short lived and he then leased another Global N57LE before taking delivery of the current N18WZ. It seems his company had ordered and took delivery of a Gulfstream VI (G650) but it never made it beyond the stages of faffing around in the USA before an ownership change so sadly NZ didn't get its third of such type.
Great to see N18WZ doing some local stuff - normally its jaunting off the the USA direct from Auckland and these days it seldom even crosses the Tasman.
Great shots and thanks for sharing.
Hi Anon... yep, I did see the kiwi flag on the tail. It was a surprise though when I first saw it. Thanks a lot for the historical info also :-)
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