FRIDAY, 11TH JULY 2014, 4:22PM
This date and time marks a very special spot in Aviation History, with the first to be delivered in the world, B787-9 Dreamliner to launch customer Air New Zealand, touching down on Runway 05R in Auckland.
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ZK-NZE departed Seattle early this morning NZ time on its 13.5 hr delivery flight from Boeing's Paine Field, with invited guests, media, and some Boeing staff on board, which would truly have been a memorable experience.
This is one state of the art aircraft and is going to be a game changer for Air New Zealand, which was ordered back in August 2004 by then CEO Ralph Norris. With a total of 10, B787-9's on order with delivery to be completed by 2017, I'm looking forward already to the arrival of the next one in the new livery.
So to the photos, well the weather wasn't the best, and it was rather dark, please excuse the rain and quality of these, my first photos ever of a B787-9. I'm glad the honor goes to ZK-NZE.
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Air New Zealand's 1st B787-9
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1 comment:
Nice snaps- you must have gone back the day after to get the blue sky background!
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