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Great find Aharon

I will do some research but I suspect my father travelled on that flight just to do the loadsheet for the return journey. He did a number of those trips. That would date it prior to the end of 1978.

The whole island turned out the first time a B747-200 operated in daylight as well.

Somewhere I have photos of the first time 2 DC10's were on the ground at the same time.

The Lockwood homes right behind the tail were the Air NZ expat staff compound. We lived in the bottom right one just forward of the number 2 engine from 1979 to 1984.....great times.

Thanks for the memories

DC10 is an awesome aircraft, I was surprised when I first saw one.

Splitpin wrote:Great find Aharon

Thanks, Splitpin!!

SA227 wrote:I suspect my father travelled on that flight just to do the loadsheet for the return journey. He did a number of those trips. That would date it prior to the end of 1978.

That is awesome fact!

SA227 wrote:Somewhere I have photos of the first time 2 DC10's were on the ground at the same time.

Would appreciate seeing that, please

SA227 wrote:The Lockwood homes right behind the tail were the Air NZ expat staff compound. We lived in the bottom right one just forward of the number 2 engine from 1979 to 1984.....great times.

That is amazing fact!! Since you said the operative word we, I take it you were also Air New Zealand crew member????

I wonder if FSX default or payware/freeware add on scenery has those same houses?

Regards,

Aharon

That is amazing fact!! Since you said the operative word we, I take it you were also Air New Zealand crew member????

Sort of. By we I meant the family.

My father started in NAC in 1958, moved to Air NZ mark 1 in 1970. He ended up doing 42 years with the company in various roles including being a manager in Pago Pago and Rarotonga. At the time the photo would have been taken he was a load control supervisor at Auckland International.

I did 10 years with the company on the ground, so did my sister and my mother was a flight attendant with NAC on DC3's, F27's and Viscounts. It's in the blood

cool find, jeeze I bet that big ole bird landing in Raro made a pretty impressive sight for the locals

One of my ealiest airliner (apart from some Friendship flights) memories was flying to Fiji in a DC-8 (including time in the cockpit) and return in the big 10