NZFF

by **twinstarda42** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 11:57 am

anyone get any photo's?

Tuesday 1 july 2008
Royal Australian Air Force Lockheed C130J Hercules A97-441, as mentioned in a previous blog entry, was noted at a number of North Island spots today with its navigational exercise starting from Woodbourne, then moving to Ohakea, Taupo, New Plymouth, Hamilton, Rotorua, Auckland, Whangarei and finishing at Whenuapai.
http://mrcaviation.blogspot.com/

by **A185F** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 3:02 pm

twinstarda42 wrote:
QUOTE (twinstarda42 @ Jul 2 2008, 11:57 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
anyone get any photo's?

haha yip but a pretty crappy one at that

If you look hard enough and a bit of imagination, that is infact a herc

Was on monday evening somewhere just south of nelson, we were heading south and they were heading north 1000 ft above us on a different (but very close) track. they were off to woodburn via nelson, callsign aussie something something...

by **Anthony** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 3:32 pm

Saw it at school, we wondered what it was. Someone suggested it was an Orion, I thought it wasn't an Orion though it did look different from the RNZAF Hercs.
Well that explains that.
I considered taking a picture with my phone, but some teacher would have confiscated it.

by **hamstickZKFLT** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 3:59 pm

Oh haha I saw that and just like you said Anthony I thought it was an Orion on first glance but then realized it wasn't.

by **Anthony** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 4:17 pm

Same school too

by **creator2003** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 4:47 pm

Last time they where in Hamz i got these shot of them

had to go back 17 odd pages to find them

Fsliners.net My pics · by **Q300** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 4:51 pm

Carnt say i saw it at NP

by **Daniel** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 5:31 pm

Thats what it was. Thanks for capturing it creator2003.
I saw that and wondered what an earth that was.
Thos 6 bladed props look much nicer than the NZs arrangment

by **Ian Warren** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 9:03 pm

Daniel wrote:
QUOTE (Daniel @ Jul 2 2008, 05:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Thos 6 bladed props look much nicer than the NZs arrangment

Mmmmm yeah

, them there 6 blades make a C130 sound like a p****y (2 atrs tapped together) after many years watching the older 'F' USNAVY types taxi out .. and some of the later you may change your mind , and to see them return from the ice 3 stacked , dark/light grey and dayglo red with a set of skis ... a very impressive aircraft

by **Daniel** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 5:50 pm

I saw a hercules just after take off at Rotorua today.
Not sure if it was an aussi one or not. Didn't run out of a hanger quick enough

by **A185F** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 6:05 pm

The ozzy one was Holding overhead nelson at about 13k last night for some strange reason so prob the same one

by **Anthony** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 6:09 pm

Saw a Herc out and about today while I was in town today (Rotorua). I think it was a New Zealand one.
Seeing as its Tuesday, its probably just an ordinary navigation/training thing.
Happens quite a bit on Tuesdays sometimes.

by **Ian Warren** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:07 pm

Like this lowVis grey .. just like the airliners going the Vogue 'spatta' whites

NZFF

Missed it

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