This Air Wanganui C90 King Air is just getting airborne at Wellington. Quite an ugly aircraft - short and stubby, especially up front :-) Still, it is the first time that I've got a reasonable photo of it.
It's wonderful to climb the liquid mountains of the sky, Behind me and before me is God and I have no fears.
— Helen Keller, at age 74, on flight around the world, news reports of 5 February 1955
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Saturday, December 30, 2006
Thursday, December 28, 2006
Square Trust Rescue Helicopter
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Visit from the "Armee de L'Air"
Here's a picture of a French Airforce "Armee de L'Air" Transall C-160 departing from Wellington recently. Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transall_C-160] has a reasonable description of the aircraft. These are not great photos [evening/fading light], but they do show the aircraft off "reasonably well".
Monday, December 25, 2006
Air National BAE Jetstream 32
Sunday, December 24, 2006
Cessna Citation Jet
Sunday, December 17, 2006
IAI 1124A Westwind
These are pictures of an IAI 1124A Westwind [registration ZK-RML] on the western apron at Wellington earlier today. Designed and built in Israel, these aircraft apparently have good performance, as well as looking great!
Perhaps one of the most noticeable features is how low to the ground the fuselage appears to be [probably partly a consequence of the mid-mounted wings].
Perhaps one of the most noticeable features is how low to the ground the fuselage appears to be [probably partly a consequence of the mid-mounted wings].
Sunday, December 10, 2006
Air2There Cessna Caravan
This is a picture of a Cessna 208B [Caravan] from local airline Air2There. This was taken as it lifted off from Wellington.
Air2There is based at Paraparaumu Airport [about 15 minutes flight north of Wellington Airport] and does a circuit that includes Blenheim and Nelson [the top of the South Island], Wellington and Paraparaumu.
Air2There is based at Paraparaumu Airport [about 15 minutes flight north of Wellington Airport] and does a circuit that includes Blenheim and Nelson [the top of the South Island], Wellington and Paraparaumu.
Saturday, December 09, 2006
Piper Seneca II
Sunday, December 03, 2006
Another picture of the B737-219C
Saturday, December 02, 2006
Airwork Boeing
Here's a picture of the Airwork B737-219C taking off at Wellington. This appears to be one of [if not the] last of type on the NZ register, and is an ex-Air New Zealand model [from some years back]. Note the hush-kit on the engines which were introduced many years ago to reduce the noise foot-print.
Monday, November 27, 2006
A rare visitor to Wellington - 2nd attempt!!!
This is a C17 Globemaster that I spotted, parked on the RNZAF Air Movements Base apron at Wellington recently. Even from this distance, its size is impressive!
Unfortunately, I missed the landing and will likely miss the takeoff... bummer!
[Many thanks to a visitor, 'Matt', who corrected the last version of this post when I said it was a C5 Galaxy... I was wondering just the other day when I would make such an obvious mistake!!]
Unfortunately, I missed the landing and will likely miss the takeoff... bummer!
[Many thanks to a visitor, 'Matt', who corrected the last version of this post when I said it was a C5 Galaxy... I was wondering just the other day when I would make such an obvious mistake!!]
Friday, November 24, 2006
Another cool blog
Check out this blog I found - another Kiwi who flys. This chap is based at Waikato Aero Club an seems to have some good stuff to say:
http://flyinkiwi.blogspot.com/
http://flyinkiwi.blogspot.com/
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Redbull. Perth. 2006. Need I say more???!
WOW!!!!! That might be appropriate :-)
Unfortunately I was not there to see this spectacular event first hand, but through a friend ["hello Mother Goose"!], someone who was there has allowed me to post these pictures from the event ["thanks, Cosmo"!]. There are a lot of them, but well worth it!
The first three are of aircraft on the ground and of the temporary airfield at Langley Park [Perth, Australia]. The rest are the aerial shots. These pilots are amazing! Fantastic!
Unfortunately I was not there to see this spectacular event first hand, but through a friend ["hello Mother Goose"!], someone who was there has allowed me to post these pictures from the event ["thanks, Cosmo"!]. There are a lot of them, but well worth it!
The first three are of aircraft on the ground and of the temporary airfield at Langley Park [Perth, Australia]. The rest are the aerial shots. These pilots are amazing! Fantastic!
Monday, November 20, 2006
Hmmmm, not quite the welcome we were wanting...
Ooops! These pictures are of a B737 idle on the taxiway at Wellington. Appears that as it left the runway, it left it's nosewheel hydraulic fluid behind... which resulted in quite a little welcoming committee.
Again the photos had to be shot into sun and through a grubby window, so the are not great. The final shot is one of the aircraft about to be towed off to the terminal.
Again the photos had to be shot into sun and through a grubby window, so the are not great. The final shot is one of the aircraft about to be towed off to the terminal.
Huey in Wellington
Friday, October 20, 2006
Post # 100! All the way from Christchurch
Yes, this is post #100... OK, I'm over it!
I flew to Christchurch this afternoon for a quick visit [I was rushed for time, so only spent about 45 minutes there - all at the Canterbury Aero Club]. The flight itself was a load of fun [2.1 hours each way], although I was by myself so no pictures from the flight itself. That's a real shame, because the scenary is AMAZING!!
I managed to get to Christchurch Airport and land without too many issues. After a quick look around, a refuel [guess who left his fuel card behind in Wellington!] and a few photos I came home.
Flight back was uneventful, just some moderate turbulance coming back into Wellington, and a mad rush to get in before the B737 a few seconds after me... Anyway, here are some photos from Christchurch Airport. I'll have to go for a few days next time...
Top to bottom are:
A small number of the Canterbury Aero Club fleet looking towards the main terminals
A Jetstar A320 [Qantas budget airline offshoot] taxying for takeoff
Two C130's from the US Antarctic Programme
I flew to Christchurch this afternoon for a quick visit [I was rushed for time, so only spent about 45 minutes there - all at the Canterbury Aero Club]. The flight itself was a load of fun [2.1 hours each way], although I was by myself so no pictures from the flight itself. That's a real shame, because the scenary is AMAZING!!
I managed to get to Christchurch Airport and land without too many issues. After a quick look around, a refuel [guess who left his fuel card behind in Wellington!] and a few photos I came home.
Flight back was uneventful, just some moderate turbulance coming back into Wellington, and a mad rush to get in before the B737 a few seconds after me... Anyway, here are some photos from Christchurch Airport. I'll have to go for a few days next time...
Top to bottom are:
A small number of the Canterbury Aero Club fleet looking towards the main terminals
A Jetstar A320 [Qantas budget airline offshoot] taxying for takeoff
Two C130's from the US Antarctic Programme
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Good bye South Africa
Ahhhh..... the joys of a week off work!
Here three pictures of an RNZAF B757 visiting Wellington. The first two are just after it had landed [note the sunshine]. The last is just after takeoff [note the lack of sunshine] a couple of hours later.
Another to note [especially for those who know Wellington airport well], this B757 must have used next to NO runway for the takeoff roll!!!! I saw other types [such as Saab 340A's] take a lot more runway during takeoff... must have been very lightly loaded! Awesome!
Another to note [especially for those who know Wellington airport well], this B757 must have used next to NO runway for the takeoff roll!!!! I saw other types [such as Saab 340A's] take a lot more runway during takeoff... must have been very lightly loaded! Awesome!
Star Alliance Paint Job
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Awesome ATR video
Here is an awesome video of a Mount Cook Airlines ATR landing at Christchurch. It's not my own video (check out the details on YouTube for "timkiwi's" other videos). Contrary to how it looks, the ATR was not deadsticking it onto the runway...
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Two videos
Here are two basic videos of aircraft short finals for Wellington International, runway 16. Apologies for the quality, Youtube does not really like me uploading .MOV files - conversion does something terrible to the quality :-(
Short finals for 16
Monday, October 16, 2006
Short finals...
Here are a couple of shots of GA (general aviation) light commercial aircraft on short finals for Wellington. In this case, they are approaching the airfield from the south. As is usual it's windy in Wellington, but still a very nice day.
The first is a Gippsland Aviation GA8 in Sounds Air colours, and the second a Cessna/Reims F406 operated by Vincent Aviation.
The first is a Gippsland Aviation GA8 in Sounds Air colours, and the second a Cessna/Reims F406 operated by Vincent Aviation.
Sunday, October 08, 2006
Cessna 180
Saturday, September 30, 2006
Odds and sods from Wellington
Here are a few odds and sods from Wellington International.
The first two are of a General Dynamics Allison Convair 440/580 of Pionair ZK-PAL after landing at Wellington. Following that are two ex-Origin Pacific Airlines Jetstream J41's, then a closeup of a beautiful Grumman American AA-5 ZK-DLH. Lastly, a picture of an Air National Jetstream J31/32.
The first two are of a General Dynamics Allison Convair 440/580 of Pionair ZK-PAL after landing at Wellington. Following that are two ex-Origin Pacific Airlines Jetstream J41's, then a closeup of a beautiful Grumman American AA-5 ZK-DLH. Lastly, a picture of an Air National Jetstream J31/32.