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PostPosted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 11:53 am
by Florian_S
The time has come where I can finally post some screenies of NZ in here! biggrin.gif

Nothing too spectacular to start off, however the moment is quite special. My first touchdown on NZ soil! laugh.gif

My aircraft of choice for the special occasion was a Royal Australian Air Force 707-320C (HJG model) and the flight took me from Richmond air base to Ohakea. Hope you enjoy the shots:


Arriving over the NZ coast


Beginning our descent into NZOH


Ajusting course to land as we come up to Palmerston North


The old girl makes for an impressive sight on final


Touching down on Kiwi soil New_Zealand_etc.gif


Two VIP's making a nice pair.....I may head across to Wellington next rolleyes.gif

Hope you liked it

Cheers
Florian - YSSY

PostPosted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 12:47 pm
by creator2003
Awesome shots and im glad you made it finally winkyy.gif youve got lots more to explore cant wait to see the next lot of nz soil shots thumbup1.gif

PostPosted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 1:01 pm
by Charl
Good show!
Hope you avoided all those pesky F16's at NZOH
Can't remember a 707 with such long engine pods - what are they?

PostPosted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 1:18 pm
by Florian_S
Thanks guys biggrin.gif

Not sure about the engines Charl, The model is the standard 707-320C from HJG (Freeware) and yes I got a clear run in to land at NZOH....I did see one of the F-16's streak off the other runway but he was gone well before I got there laugh.gif

PostPosted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 3:42 pm
by Mattnz
Nice shots, welcome to NZ biggrin.gif

PostPosted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 4:49 pm
by ardypilot
Awesome to have the 707 over here- has it ever graced our shores in real life before?

Looking forward to seeing much more of your screenshots from now on Florain, welcome to the country biggrin.gif

PostPosted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 5:00 pm
by Naki
Nice shots Florian - no doubt there will be a RAAF 707 arriving here in October with the F-18s that are coming over for some exercises.

PostPosted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 5:45 pm
by Ian Warren
Good choice in aircraft Florian thumbup1.gif she look'd great parked up in Avalon , and recall a display at 88 Richmond thumbup1.gif think he went out to pic up some VIP's since flypass then out for 3 hours , and that was in the old blue pin stripe paint . plane.gif

PostPosted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 5:52 pm
by Florian_S
Once again thanks for the warm welcome everyone! Glad to be "here" laugh.gif

@ Trolly: Yep, the 707 has graced NZ shores a few times before, here is a pick of it at NZAA:

RAAF 707 A20-261

It's even the same rego as the one I used in the sim cool.gif

PostPosted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 7:21 pm
by Alex
Wow, I didn't know the RAAF still operated the 707, nice pics Florian, looks like you've got things set up nicely. thumbup1.gif

Alex

PostPosted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 9:35 pm
by Naki
They are going to be replaced soon by A330MRT (tankers) - so they won't be around for much longer