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NASA’s DC-8 flying laboratory arrives in New Zealand

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NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center’s McDonnell Douglas DC-8 flying laboratory has arrived in New Zealand as part of its Atmospheric Tomography (ATom) airborne science mission. The aircraft, a modified DC-8-72 equipped with scientific instruments, landed in Christchurch on Tuesday afternoon from Pago Pago. It was expected to depart for Punta Arenas on August 13. ATom aims to study pollution in the lower atmosphere and its effects in the creation of greenhouse gases, NASA said on July 22 I… (australianaviation.com.au) Altro...

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sueridge307
WOW FLIGHTAWARE members I am so over the moon to see the DC8 flying to our homeland NZ the last I saw one was in 1982 ZK-NZD air new zealand cargo DC8-52 ready for the grave yards. what do you all think of this one. Just like there ex PAA 747SP sofia jet that was here in NZCH not so long ago

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