Sunday, March 06, 2016

Aussie C17 visited Wellington this evening

The big news this evening was the very brief [about 1.5 hours only] visit of a Royal Australian Air Force-operated Boeing C17A Globemaster III, registered A41-211.

This is one big, very impressive, looking aircraft! I'll let the pictures do the talking, although they hardly do justice to it! First up are some photos of the arrival.

Boeing C17A Globemaster III, A41-211, operated by the RAAF

Boeing C17A Globemaster III, A41-211, operated by the RAAF

Boeing C17A Globemaster III, A41-211, operated by the RAAF

Boeing C17A Globemaster III, A41-211, operated by the RAAF

Boeing C17A Globemaster III, A41-211, operated by the RAAF

Boeing C17A Globemaster III, A41-211, operated by the RAAF

Boeing C17A Globemaster III, A41-211, operated by the RAAF

Boeing C17A Globemaster III, A41-211, operated by the RAAF

Next up is the departure. This was equally impressive with the very little amount of runway required to get airborne again!

Boeing C17A Globemaster III, A41-211, operated by the RAAF

Boeing C17A Globemaster III, A41-211, operated by the RAAF

Boeing C17A Globemaster III, A41-211, operated by the RAAF

In short, very very impressive. Thanks to those who provided a heads up of the pending arrival!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

You're welcome Rodney, pleased you could be on location to get it! Any idea of its consignment?? M.

minicooper said...

I heard that it had landed but it didnt stay long enough for me to get to see it! Thanks for sharing Rodney

Rodney said...

Hi "Anon". Sorry, no idea of consignment. There was about an hour where I wasn't really watching, so they could have off- or on-loaded anything in that time.

Glad you liked it minicooper!

Andrew M said...

Nice pics, thanks. The C17 is an attractive aircraft, despite its size.

Rodney said...

Thanks Andrew. I have to say, the pictures don't do it justice... very very impressive! Also, not as noisy as I was expecting.