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A Royal New Zealand Air Force 757 has landed at Queenstown Airport for the first time today. The proving flight was designed to validate the aircraft could operate into the New Zealand South Island resort town’s terrain constrained 1,777m main runway.
Jeff Atkinson
says:This aircraft with its great kiwi pilots would have done the job standing on their heads.Plane was empty and those pilots would have put many an aircraft into areas of newzealands southern alps and high tops . Would love to have been on the ride.
Raymond
says:Really?! The RNZAF received their 757’s in 2003 and they’ve only just landed at Queenstown for the first time?!
Paul Douglas
says:Yes us Kiwis do things a bit back to front sometimes. We thought we’d try landing the 757 at Pegasus Airfield in Antarctica before trying out the Queenstown one…
See:
http://www.airforce.mil.nz/gallery/photo-gallery/overseas-operations/antarctica/default.htm@pageno=2.htm
Jeff Atkinson
says:Sometimes we go a bit further in NZ. Dropping into Queenstown is a bit run of the mill really.Come into wellington on a big windy day and see who flies like an eagle. Plenty of OZ jets doing a go around on You tube.The beauty of NZ,Is the local airports the pilots get into in some of NZs worst weather conditions makes for a great base to learn from , Yes ?