Wednesday, 29 January 2025

C-130H Hercules Farewell Flight Over the North Today 29-1-2025

After nearly 60 years of service the RNZAF is retiring its C-130H Hercules fleet, and today they flew a farewell flight over the North, heading up the East Coast as far North as Kaitaia and returning down the West Coast.  Warkworth was on their route so I waited outside at 1.38 pm:

I was surprised when 2 Hercules appeared as there was only NZ7001 showing on FR24.  I assume one of them was NZ7001 but I do not know what the other one was.



And they flew over very low, at under 500 feet.

Farewell to a faithful aerial servant.

2 comments:

  1. According to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iq7MPKXRA8 they were NZ7001 and NZ7005

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  2. It was NZ7001 and NZ7005. I watched them both depart from Whenuapai maybe ten minutes before this.

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