Training day Air New Zealand’s first 787 makes its first visit to Sydney on a crew training flight. The 787‑9 then operated its first revenue service, NZ103 Auckland to Sydney, on August 9.

Locked On

Training day
Air New
Zealand’s first
787 makes its
first visit to
Sydney on a crew
training flight.
The 787‑9 then
operated its first
revenue service,
NZ103 Auckland
to Sydney, on
August 9.
Pitch Black
Two Royal Thai Air Force Saab Gripen fighters taxi in at RAAF Darwin ahead of their participation in Exercise Pitch Black. Pitch Black 14 will be profiled in the October issue of AA.
Birds of a feather
Qantas’s two Indigenous artwork-painted 737‑800s, VH-VXB Yantanyi Dreaming and VH-XZJ Mendoowoorrji cross paths in Sydney. VXB is expected to be repainted in standard Qantas colours soon.

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