The first shot is not a great picture, but does show the amount of dust kicked up by the blast from those three engines as they spooled up! The next one is just after takeoff, and then climbing out [with the undercarraige still retracting]. Enjoy!
Friday, March 23, 2007
Bye bye Tupolev
The Polish Tupolev TU154M left Wellington earlier today. As with its arrival, there was a lot of noise [awesome!] and a fair bit of excitement on the ground also. Quite a few people turned out and lined the fence to get a look at the departure.
The first shot is not a great picture, but does show the amount of dust kicked up by the blast from those three engines as they spooled up! The next one is just after takeoff, and then climbing out [with the undercarraige still retracting]. Enjoy!
The first shot is not a great picture, but does show the amount of dust kicked up by the blast from those three engines as they spooled up! The next one is just after takeoff, and then climbing out [with the undercarraige still retracting]. Enjoy!
Thursday, March 22, 2007
More Dornier DO228 pictures...
After my initial post of a couple of days ago, here are some more pictures of the Air West Coast Dornier DO228. As in my last post, this is the only DO228 in the country at this time, although apparently there were some around a few years ago.
This aircraft is very very nice inside. There are only 14 passenger seats installed [down from a maximum of 19 that could be put on], so there is heaps of leg room. The seats are comfortable also. I'm not sure what the noise levels would be like with a couple of Garrett turbo-props just outside the windows [and it is extremely noisy outside when it starts up!], but I'm told it's not too bad.
Outside, it has a huge nose [baggage compartment] and is quite square, but still a really nice looking aircraft.
Enjoy the pics!
This aircraft is very very nice inside. There are only 14 passenger seats installed [down from a maximum of 19 that could be put on], so there is heaps of leg room. The seats are comfortable also. I'm not sure what the noise levels would be like with a couple of Garrett turbo-props just outside the windows [and it is extremely noisy outside when it starts up!], but I'm told it's not too bad.
Outside, it has a huge nose [baggage compartment] and is quite square, but still a really nice looking aircraft.
Enjoy the pics!
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Neico Aviation Lancair 320
Here are some pictures of a Neico Aviation Lancair 320 at Wellington. This is a stunning example, with a fantastic finish and a good VFR setup inside. The Lancair website has plenty of good info on this, and other Lancair products - http://www.lancair.com/Main/. Nice!
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Tupolev TU154 of the Republic of Poland visits Wellington!
Wow! This is a bit different to the usual run of Boeing and Airbus [and a range of smaller type] airliners to visit Wellington.
Earlier today a Russian built Tupolev TU154 of the Polish Airforce landed at Wellington. I only went to the airfield in the morning to go for a short flight to Martinborough airstrip [a privately owned strip in the Wairarapa - the owner is very friendly, just give him a call before hand if you want to visit!], but I'm glad I stayed until a bit after 3pm.
It's noisy, reasonably ugly and spews forth vast quantities of contaminants into the air - those attributes in and of themselves qualify this as a Russian designed and built plane :-) As usual, for details of this aircraft, check out Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-154.
Anyway, here are some pictures of this event. The first one is just there to show the smoke trail being left behind on final approach. The rest of them give a better view of the aircraft itself. Note the Polish titles on the left side fuselage, and the English on the right. Enjoy!
Earlier today a Russian built Tupolev TU154 of the Polish Airforce landed at Wellington. I only went to the airfield in the morning to go for a short flight to Martinborough airstrip [a privately owned strip in the Wairarapa - the owner is very friendly, just give him a call before hand if you want to visit!], but I'm glad I stayed until a bit after 3pm.
It's noisy, reasonably ugly and spews forth vast quantities of contaminants into the air - those attributes in and of themselves qualify this as a Russian designed and built plane :-) As usual, for details of this aircraft, check out Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-154.
Anyway, here are some pictures of this event. The first one is just there to show the smoke trail being left behind on final approach. The rest of them give a better view of the aircraft itself. Note the Polish titles on the left side fuselage, and the English on the right. Enjoy!
Monday, March 19, 2007
Dornier DO228
This Dornier DO 228 [registered as ZK-VIR] is a one-of-type on the New Zealand register. In fact, according to the operator's website, it only came "on line" today.
Details are available on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dornier_Do_228
Details are available on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dornier_Do_228
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Light stuff at Wellington
My digital camera is back from the repair shop. Strangely, although they say that it was tested and they found nothing wrong with it, it is now working better than ever. Awesome....?!!
Anyway, here are four pictures of some lighter types at Wellington. Top to bottom are:
ZK-HKP - Robinson R44 Raven on a private trip back to Taupo
ZK-TSD - Piper Seneca II on an air ambulance flight
ZK-EIF - Piper Arrow III just back from a private flight
ZK-JNE - Piper Tomahawk - one of the Wellington Aero Club basic trainer fleet
Enjoy!
Anyway, here are four pictures of some lighter types at Wellington. Top to bottom are:
ZK-HKP - Robinson R44 Raven on a private trip back to Taupo
ZK-TSD - Piper Seneca II on an air ambulance flight
ZK-EIF - Piper Arrow III just back from a private flight
ZK-JNE - Piper Tomahawk - one of the Wellington Aero Club basic trainer fleet
Enjoy!
Sunday, March 04, 2007
Vought Corsair F4U
I'm waiting for my digitial camera to be repaired [under warranty] at the moment, so I have not got any images from my recent flying. I did however pick out these beauties from my Wings Over Wairarapa trip.
The Vought Corsair is [in my arrogant opinion!] one of the most impressive looking aircraft ever built! Not the prettiest, just impressive.
Top to botton are the aircraft taxying, just after takeoff [notice the gear is still retracting], an in flight turn, and lastly, one of the better shots I took on the day, during a high speed pass.
Enjoy!
The Vought Corsair is [in my arrogant opinion!] one of the most impressive looking aircraft ever built! Not the prettiest, just impressive.
Top to botton are the aircraft taxying, just after takeoff [notice the gear is still retracting], an in flight turn, and lastly, one of the better shots I took on the day, during a high speed pass.
Enjoy!
