Gulfstream Aerospace G650ER

This Gulfstream Aerospace G650ER, A7-CGD, was parked up at Wellington on Saturday, having arrived a day or so earlier. This aircraft is operated by Qatar Amiri Flight [according to their website] is a "private VVIP airline [which] operates exclusively for the Royal Family and high ranked government staff of the State of Qatar".

No idea what it is doing here considering the current Covid19 restrictions, but a guess would be to repatriate some Qatari citizens - that is of course only a guess.

Gulfstream Aerospace G650ER, A7-CGD, operated by Qatar Amiri Flight

Also looks like it has been a bit windy here recently... 😂

Gulfstream G550

Saturday's interesting visitor to Wellington was this Gulfstream Aerospace G550, N917GA. It's unclear to me who it is operated by or for, but it was only here for a short time before heading off again.

Photos are from the landing on a gloomy Wellington day [note the thrust reversers in the first photo].

Gulfstream Aerospace G550, N917GA

Gulfstream Aerospace G550, N917GA

Gulfstream Aerospace G550, N917GA

In other unrelated news, I'm hoping for a good day at the RNZAF 80th anniversary air tattoo next Saturday. All going well there will be a lot of photos available in the following week :-)

Jetstar, Nanchang, PC12 and Cougar

In this post I have three interesting aircraft. The first is an Airbus A320-232, VH-VFY, operated by Jetstar Airways. This is the first "sharklet"-equipped Jetstar aircraft I have seen and is fairly new, having been registered in Australia [brand new from the factory] in November 2014.

Airbus A320-232, VH-VFY, operated by Jetstar Airways. Photo supplied.

Next up is the Nanchang CJ6, ZK-MAO, operated by Wellington Aero Club. It is actually owned by a syndicate and is online at the Club. The syndicate is being reformed, and I understand there are a couple of shares available if anyone is interested. Anyway, it was up for a few circuits today which is when I got this photo.

Nanchang CJ6, ZK-MAO, operated by Wellington Aero Club

A real surprise for me was this Pilatus PC12/47E, ZK-TFL. This is registered to Instra Aviation Ltd of a Wellsford address. This is a slightly newer model of the type that Sounds Air have recently purchased and will be using on their Wellington to Westport flights.

Pilatus PC12/47E, ZK-TFL, operated by Instra Aviation

Pilatus PC12/47E, ZK-TFL, operated by Instra Aviation

Last up is a picture of a Gulfstream American GA-7 Cougar, ZK-CGR. This is registered to Capital Aviation of a Wellington address and was parked outside the Aero Club for a few hours.

Gulfstream American GA-7 Cougar, ZK-CGR, operated by Capital Aviation

Fairly quiet today

It was a typically quiet Sunday at Wellington airport today. I managed to photograph just a couple of less-usual aircraft as follows. Top to bottom are:

Gulfstream-American GA-7 Cougar, ZK-CGR, of a Wellington address
Beech C90A, ZK-SKL, registered to Skyline Aviation of a Napier address

Gulfstream American GA7

Here are two more photos of the Gulfstream American GA7, ZK-CGR, which is registered to a Wellington address.

Two "new" aircraft

Two more aircraft to photograph today. The first is a Gulfstream American GA-7 Cougar, ZK-CGR, which is newly resident in Wellington [previously the North Shore Aero Club]. I have photographed this aircraft a couple of times, but now I hope to get some decent photos when it is flying out and about.

The second is the newest addition to the Sounds Air fleet, a Cessna C208B Grand Caravan, ZK-SAY. This aircraft was previously registered ZK-MJL with Salt Air but was sold to Sounds Air earlier this year.

Danish Bombardier and more

Today's photos include a very unusual aircraft nationality, a Danish registered Bombardier BD700-1A10 Global Express, OY-MSI, which I understand is registered to Execujet Scandinavia. This has been parked outside the aero club for a couple of days, and heads of early next week.

Some really nice photos of its arrival yesterday are on the MRC Aviation blog.

Other aircraft included this Gulfstream American [prev Grumman American?] GA-7 Cougar, ZK-CGR, which arrived from North Shore aerodrome [NZNE], and a Cessna 172S, ZK-NAB, from Nelson Aviation College.