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Old Mar 22, 2017, 1:48 am
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Can anyone explain this unusual and low flight pattern?
I live in Hobsonville Point and I rarely hear the planes at Whenuapai but ....

it did a very loud and low flypass above my house..

Any ideas what its doing?
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Old Mar 22, 2017, 2:04 am
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A reasonably poor figure 8. 😜
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Old Mar 22, 2017, 2:06 am
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Old Mar 22, 2017, 7:21 am
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Originally Posted by Craig Whitmore
I live in Hobsonville Point and I rarely hear the planes at Whenuapai but ....

it did a very loud and low flypass above my house..

Any ideas what its doing?
Probably a pilot conversion course or check flight to type following sim training (overseas).

Looks like airborne rwy 21, visual positioning or radar vectors for an approach on rwy26 (possibly crosswind training), then circuit back to land on rwy21 - perhaps by ILS21

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