Wellington Airport 1987 - Air New Zealand Boeing 747

Air New Zealand Boeing 747-219 ZK-NZZ Wellington Airport Landing and Take off Trials 10th November 1987.
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[@mgaphotography7736]

I remember there was a United 747 that diverted to Wellington - from searching that looked to have been in 1991

[@chrisheffernan3998]

I remember that one. Meant to fly to Auckland but fog closed AKL and the 747 had insufficient fuel to divert to CHCH so it had to land in WLG.

[@MGAviationNZAircraftVideos]

Wow that would be an amazing experience for people during that day

[@melonbobful6940]

In the background you can hear the beautiful scream of the Air NZ F27s and their RR Darts! I wonder if Air NZ would have kept the F27s longer had it not been sold? Eight of the 10 F27-500s weren't even that old.

[@bigthinker281]

Interesting to hear how the nz accent has changed over 35 years!

[@melonbobful6940]

Too much yank tv.

[@melonbobful6940]

With no payload and nominal fuel then 2km is heaps of runway for any jet airliner.

[@ZKaviation]

Thanks Matt, I didn't see that one that day, but I did see ZK-NZX when it did flypast of Athletic Park, and landed at Wellington 26th June 1999, it was a pretty awesome sight.
I only have 35mm camera shots of it there.
I can just remember the 747SPs at Wellington, I have never seen any film of them in action in Wellington, only photos.

[@chrisheffernan3998]

qantas ran 747SPs between wellington and australia between 1981 and 1985 so it wasnt exactly the first 747 to land in wellington.

[@ZKaviation]

Thanks for your comment, this was the first time for a Boeing 747 that
was not a 747SP, and first time for Air New Zealand's 747-200s. I
remember the SP days very well, they were such beautiful beast. Cheers
Chris

[@mgaphotography7736]

Yes the SPs were impressive

[@benpatana7664]

Yes! I was at St Pats college in the early 1980s and used to be mesmerised during maths class when the Qantas 747SP approached Wellington airport in the early afternoon - got a birdseye view from the classroom. Used to just hang there! Then the teacher threw a blackboard duster at me! Throwing things at students was permissable in those days, but would make the headline news these days!

[@chrisheffernan3998]

@@benpatana7664 reminds me of a worksite I worked at some years ago when one of the site managers threw a hammer at a staff member but it hit another worker in error. They first staff members infraction? Arriving at work 4 minutes before the official start time. According to the site manager if you where 5 minutes early you where late and of course you where not paid for that five extra minutes a day. The target lost his job five minutes later site manager kept his and refused to apologize to the innocent worker hit but the innocent worker didn't have grounds for a PG as he was Labour Hire and quit the site later that day