My Arrival...

[Florian_S]

The time has come where I can finally post some screenies of NZ in here!

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

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


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

Hope you liked it

Cheers
Florian - YSSY

[creator2003]

Awesome shots and im glad you made it finally youve got lots more to explore cant wait to see the next lot of nz soil shots

[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?

[Florian_S]

Thanks guys

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

[Mattnz]

Nice shots, welcome to NZ

[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

[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.

[Ian Warren]

Good choice in aircraft Florian she look'd great parked up in Avalon , and recall a display at 88 Richmond 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 .

[Florian_S]

Once again thanks for the warm welcome everyone! Glad to be "here"

@ 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

[Alex]

Wow, I didn't know the RAAF still operated the 707, nice pics Florian, looks like you've got things set up nicely.

Alex

[Naki]

They are going to be replaced soon by A330MRT (tankers) - so they won't be around for much longer