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Re: NASA 747 To CHCH

Postby Ian Warren » Sun Jun 14, 2015 9:46 am

It would be nice if it made its entrance over the city of Christchurch ... now that would be Cool! B-) ... keep us posted ... even hit that taptalk to let us know ! ;)
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Re: NASA 747 To CHCH

Postby emfrat » Sun Jun 14, 2015 10:24 am

Ian Warren wrote:It would be nice if it made its entrance over the city of Christchurch ... now that would be Cool! B-) ... keep us posted ... even hit that taptalk to let us know ! ;)

According to their FB page, they were halfway to Kiribati (from Honolulu) 4 hrs ago. I think they are using FlightRadar images - I can't see them on PlaneFinder.
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Re: NASA 747 To CHCH

Postby Ian Warren » Sun Jun 14, 2015 10:32 am

Mike here we are currently 7 days from the shortest day and its almost like a cool summer morning ... maybe NASA should be checking this out ... think its this "global warming thingy" B-) .... now were is that damn plane !
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Re: NASA 747 To CHCH

Postby emfrat » Sun Jun 14, 2015 11:00 am

Here she is :)

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Re: NASA 747 To CHCH

Postby Ian Warren » Sun Jun 14, 2015 11:32 am

Keep tracking Mike and keep me informed .. TS on .. I spend next hour so for my monthly screenie B-)
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Re: NASA 747 To CHCH

Postby Ian Warren » Sun Jun 14, 2015 12:21 pm

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Re: NASA 747 To CHCH

Postby Ian Warren » Sun Jun 14, 2015 12:21 pm

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Re: NASA 747 To CHCH

Postby Ian Warren » Sun Jun 14, 2015 2:04 pm

And you have seen it, hot off the press .. Exclusive to NZFF ... this is Ian Warren on his ass today! :D
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Re: NASA 747 To CHCH

Postby emfrat » Sun Jun 14, 2015 2:20 pm

:thumbup: :clap: :cheers:
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Re: NASA 747 To CHCH

Postby Ian Warren » Sun Jun 14, 2015 2:29 pm

That was one thing that happened back in 1972 , the QANTAS 747B flew around and across Christchurch for a good 30 minutes , much lower , I was sorta hoping for a similar display .. but oh well :)
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Re: NASA 747 To CHCH

Postby Splitpin » Sun Jun 14, 2015 7:36 pm

Great stuff Ian ..... my boys added to your shots , only because they were there . Its a shame i missed the MC -130 , but i did have a man on the ground B-)
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Re: NASA 747 To CHCH

Postby Ian Warren » Sun Jun 14, 2015 7:42 pm

I phoned you just in the case your, the lads and yourself were not sure ... phone was dead so I pretty much guessed I knew exactly were you were :)
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Re: NASA 747 To CHCH

Postby ardypilot » Sun Jul 05, 2015 3:28 pm

It's been a while since I've posted on NZFF but thought I'd come back to share a few photos that I know a few of you following this thread will be interested to see.

On behalf of the NZ Av News, who I do a bit of writing for on the side, I was privileged enough to be invited aboard SOFIA for a 10 hour mission down to the Antarctic Circle on Friday night. Riding jumpseat in the SP was an awesome experience in itself, but seeing the Southern Lights first hand was a massive highlight.

Taking photographs of auroa was pretty challanging- and some much better versions by other crewman can be found on the SOFIA facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/SOFIA-St ... -Astronomy. Below are my efforts, which will be accompanied by a lengthy write up in August's issue:

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Re: NASA 747 To CHCH

Postby HamiltonWest » Sun Jul 05, 2015 3:32 pm

:thumbup: Awesome thanks for the Post Andrew all B-) :rockon:
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Re: NASA 747 To CHCH

Postby Splitpin » Sun Jul 05, 2015 3:42 pm

:hesaid: :bow:
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Re: NASA 747 To CHCH

Postby Ian Warren » Sun Jul 05, 2015 3:58 pm

And :hesaid: and again :hesaid: Absolutely Brilliant B-)
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Re: NASA 747 To CHCH

Postby emfrat » Sun Jul 05, 2015 4:45 pm

Ian Warren wrote:And :hesaid: and again :hesaid: Absolutely Brilliant B-)


:ye: :clap:
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Re: NASA 747 To CHCH

Postby johnkiwi » Sun Jul 05, 2015 4:59 pm

All of the above from me too, outstanding shots, thanks for posting.
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Re: NASA 747 To CHCH

Postby mfraser » Sun Jul 05, 2015 7:35 pm

Cool pics Andrew! I've been controlling some of the Sofia flights in the Auckland Oceanic FIR as they crisscross the southern latitudes. Its a novel experience to actually get to SEE the aircraft I'm controlling for a change, so thanks for taking the time to post here! :thumbup:
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Re: NASA 747 To CHCH

Postby towerguy » Mon Jul 06, 2015 9:56 am

"Its a novel experience to actually get to SEE the aircraft I'm controlling for a change..."

then come upstairs on a break ... coffees always on
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