Tony McFarlin captured these two jets arriving into Christchurch on Saturday.
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Bombardier Global Express (BD-700-1A10) N7CG c/n 9075 of Coulson Aviation (USA) Inc cruising in.
A 1980 2000 example built as C-GHEI by Bombardier Aerospace at Downsview, Ontario, Canada.
It soon became N316GS followed by N1812C, N182U, N595E and then N7CG in December of 2024.
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More familiar was the Boeing 737-86N (BCF) ZK-TXF c/n 36804 of Texel Air Ltd.
For more on this aircraft see here
Its first revenue service in NZ was on 19-04-2025.
Correction regarding N7CG, it is a Global Express, not a 6000 and date of manufacture is 2000.
ReplyDeleteThanks MBTronic.
ReplyDeleteWhere on earth did I got 1980 from ?
2000 is much better.
And yes the various Bombardier models do confuse me somewhat.
And yes we really do need another blog site (like the old MRC blog site) to handle these international visitors and the non ZK aircraft that visit NZ.
Not just a 'spotters blog' but one that delves more into the aircrafts histories.
After all this blog was originally created as a "New Zealand Civil Aircraft" site and I have been posting International visitors to fill this gap.
Interested !
Cheers
Dave.
No worries Dave. I miss the MRC blog! My main area of interest in aviation is bizjets so I tend to be a nerd when it comes to them.
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