Aharon wrote:I have been searching for any 707 action to New Zealand and found a strange one as seen on this newspaper report
Photo is a likely clipping from the New Zealand Wings, a local NZ Aviation scene happenings magazine, that had this article from around 1989 - 1990 times. After a privately owned New Zealand Alpaca and Llama Research Company Ltd or NZAL Ltd was granted an import licence to import 300 Live Alpacas from Chile. The animals were quarantined in Chile for ninety days and then flown to New Zealand via Tahiti on a Private Chartered 707 Delivery Flight. Upon arrival into NZ the animals were then flown still within their cargo crates via a Helicopters NZ Bell 212 using a Heavy Lifting Sling underneath the Bell 212. As they were required by NZ Government Law to be quarantined on Matiu/Somes Island in the middle of Wellington Harbour for ninety days before being release to their new owners. Three blood samples are taken from each animal and the combined quarantine period is 10 times the incubation period of foot and mouth disease.
Aharon wrote:Also somebody sent me photo showing New Zealand action by Florida West 707!!!!
Regards,
Aharon
Photo likely from 1992 of the Florida West Boeing 707 with the AlpacaCorp shipment. This was the last of the major Chartered flight Live Animal freight shipments into New Zealand and controversial due to a false foot and mouth scare. The import permit for AlpacaCorp took four and a half years to be approved. With the import of 288 Alpacas and 40 Llamas at a cost of NZ$10 million, came from the Altiplano region of Northern Chile. The animals were flown to Christchurch on a chartered 707 from Florida Air West on the 13th January 1992 and then onto Wellington for a two month quarantine period at Matiu/Somes Island.
A 2015 posting on the RNZAF Forum Boards link here
Florida West Boeing 707 (N710FW) WellingtonLinking the appearances of these two 707 Chartered flights of Live Animal cargo freight delivery flights, of Chilean Alpacas and Llamas,
Aharon wrote:By the way, Florida West did flew 707 within New Zealand from Christchurch to Wellington!!!
Regards,
Aharon
Postings from 2015 thread shows:
" On 13th January, 1992, quoting AHSNZ Aerolog, N710FW Boeing 707-321C of Florida West. From Pascua with a load of Alpacas, to Wellington after picking up pilot. Returned to Pascua on 14th (probably the longest direct flight from Wellington yet?). "
One of the Pilots of the above Florida West Boeing 707 Photo then made a comment saying that;
"We had a double crew for that flight and his crew flew from Arica Chile to Pascua. The second crew flew from Pascua to Christchurch then on to Wellington because Wellington was a special qualification airport and we had to pick up a pilot who would qualify us to fly into Wellington.
We rested, then my crew operated the flight from Wellington to Pascua (Easter Island) the next day. When I filed the flight plan I was told it was the longest flight from Wellington."
Of course it was a brilliant Wellington day with a light southerly