NZFF

by **d3fai13r** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 4:21 pm

ZK-NCG arrived todays morning to AKL. Tommorow first commercial flight:
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Air-New-Zea...9-ER/1552568/M/
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Air-New-Zea...9-ER/1552569/M/

by **AlisterC** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 4:54 pm

Very very cool! Thanks for posting this up! It looks great

by **larral1123** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 5:16 pm

Awesome
Looks very snazzy

by **ardypilot** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 5:27 pm

From Stuff.co.nz

An Air New Zealand jet equipped with radical looking wing attachments arrived at Auckland today.

The airline estimates the innovation on a Boeing 767-300 will save more than six million litres of fuel and 16,000 tonnes of carbon emissions annually.

The 3.4 metre high wing tips - named "blended winglets" - make the aircraft's wing more efficient by reducing drag, increasing lift and significantly improving fuel use and reducing emissions.

Air New Zealand's Captain David Morgan said they were part of turning making it the world's most environmentally sustainable airline.

"Air New Zealand has been at the forefront of finding ways to minimise our environmental impact, examining every aspect of our flight operations to reduce carbon emissions by saving fuel. "

The airline is also installing dryers on the planes which reduce moisture trapped in the insulation between the aircraft's outer-skin and the cabin lining.

They will remove around 200kg of water from each aircraft, reducing weight, fuel consumption and most importantly reducing carbon emissions.

Each passenger exhales around 100 grams of water an hour and the cold outside temperatures at altitude generate significant condensation which is retained in the aircraft insulation.

The dryers will save an additional 320,000 litres of fuel and 800 tonnes of carbon emissions annually across the fleet of five 767 aircraft," says Morgan.

And also, Colin Hunter from Wings Over Cambridge snapped the first shot of one of these on NZ soil this morning:
http://rnzaf.proboards.com/index.cgi?board...381&page=13

by **Daniel** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 6:34 pm

I kinda like them however I think it would look better without the koru on them

There was some good footage of it this morning on Breakfast with it flying around Auckland.

by **benwynn** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 6:37 pm

Yeah, it would look better without the Koru.

Tis really cool! Thanks for posting. It will be good when Level D update the model with winglets.

by **d3fai13r** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 7:18 pm

Koru probably will be soon removed from internal side

by **larral1123** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 7:24 pm

It looks Like it has 2 smaller tails on the wing with the koru painted on

by **privatehell** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:29 pm

i actually like the idea of hte koru on the winglets. so much better than just having them plain

by **NZ255** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 11:14 pm

privatehell wrote:
QUOTE (privatehell @ Jul 13 2009, 10:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
i actually like the idea of hte koru on the winglets. so much better than just having them plain

Leave the colour gradiant just take off the Koru

by **Ian Warren** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 2:09 am

I ve been very surprised it wasnt done after the success of 74-400s , be interesting to compare one landing on a northwest day in CHCH

by **Chairman** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 12:37 pm

Regarding the korus on the inside of the winglets - I haven't been paying a lot of attention but it seems that as I've been browsing around airliners and jetphotos and similar sites that it's normally the airline logos on the OUTSIDE of the winglets that get removed.

Logos on the internal sides of the winglets probably get photographed almost every day by keen passengers doing wing shots who then post the pictures on flickr, it's too good a free advertising channel for most airlines to get rid of.

Logos on the outside of the winglets only get photographed by keen plane spotters, very few people see / notice them, and they just duplicate something that's already there in much larger size. Unlike the inside logos there's no justifiable reason to have them there, it's purely an aesthetic thing.

Gary

by **jastheace** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 2:59 pm

looks cool, might have to build a model of that, i have got some decals on their way to me so i can build the 767-300 in anz colors,

by **ardypilot** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 5:14 pm

QUOTE

Regarding the korus on the inside of the winglets - I haven't been paying a lot of attention but it seems that as I've been browsing around airliners and jetphotos and similar sites that it's normally the airline logos on the OUTSIDE of the winglets that get removed.[/quote]
Well in this case, ANZ will be removing the graphic from the inside of the winglets due to reported vertigo symptoms caused when passengers observe the pattern from inside the aircraft traveling at high speed.

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ZK-NCG first ANZ 767 with winglets

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