Hello Guys and welcome as I set to attempt Air New Zealand’s future longest flight from Auckland-Newark in a b787-9 I did and event and a couple of people came I want to thank @Evanpilot16 @FrankieFremont @Speedyyy @AvGeekJames @Liam13 @Armani_B and @Jordan_Rankin for coming it was an amazing time flying with them
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Flight time : 14 hours 45 minutes
Airport: NZAA-KEWR
HOPE U LIKE THE PICS
This is me taking off first NEW YORK HEAR WE COME
After flying 10 hours over water I finally came close to land 🤗
Ended up buttering the landing 🥰🥳🤗
And then the group (we lost two in the process 😢😆👍👊🏽)
Well I hope y’all enjoy see u around 👊🏽👍
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Were you callsign AIR New Zealand flight 1/2?
I heard that was gonna be the new callsign in replacement for air New Zealand’s longest stopover flight (LHR-LAX-AKL)
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Yea so from NZAA-KEWR the call sign is Air New Zealand 2 but coming back it’s Air New Zealand 1
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Awesome pics! Thanks for having me :))
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Yep man anytime and thanks for coming 👊🏽👍
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Interesting idea for a flight. How crazy were the winds on your way there?
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100+ knot tailwinds most of the way
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Got lucky, then. Nice pics!
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Oh it was crazy 120KT-130KT yea the tail winds where insanely high
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What kinda of flight plan and what was your aircraft load like, fuel, pass, cargo etc…?
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I will fly this route but from Melbourne with Qantas ;)
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yea my plane waa bobbin the whole way haha
Great photo! How was the very very long flight!:)
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Lawin_S
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LOL I found you guys on live flight
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NZAA LENGU MAGLO BROOK FIRTH 3627S/17728E 3605S/17848E 33W72 30W65 26W57 24W54 18W46 10W38 513S/13340W 01W30 330N/12553W 10N20 15N15 20N10 2020N/10938W MZT 2337N/10528W DGO MIVIS SUSOV ELOLU TRC MURDU MOV ITPUM USBAR NLD WEGUS LRD KH81C ROKIT INCIN LAREY BESOM NIOLA JAARE OJESS ALEAN YICUT FEEDS MAULS MOL GVE OTT PALEO 3904N/7620W PEEDS FUBRR DQO STEFE SOMTO ARD DYLIN MERSR METRO MARRT PHLBO UJODY KEWR
Flight plan
Fuel 18 hours
Pax 215
Cargo like 6 KG idk I forgot
Speed M.85
FL330 then FL350 FL390 and yea the winds will take u fast
It wasn’t that long. Thanks. And the flight was very bumpy