Sunday, July 08, 2007

Pictures from around the circuit

Here are some more pictures from my flight in the back of the C172. This time I have some pictures from around the circuit. The first one is on final approach.

After the 3rd landing we had to stop, vacate left and taxi back to holding point 1 due the combination of wake separation from the previously departed aircraft and the need for other aircraft to land [hence we could not hold on the runway]. An Air New Zealand B737 came down the taxi way after us as we were waiting.

The next shot shows us mid left hand downwind. For those of you at other aerodromes, this might look a bit high and a bit far away from the runway. At Wellington our circuit is a little further away from the runway, and up to 1500' [instead of the normal 1000' AGL].

The last two pictures are a shot of Wellington Prison [north end of the Miramar Peninsular], and [I could not resist it], a shot of a motionless windsock at Wellington... some would say this is almost unheard of!

Final approachB737 on the taxiwayWe got to go before the B737Mid downwindWellington PrisonWindsock standing still!

2 comments:

Martin Scharnke said...

Perfectly calm in Wellington - it happens several times a week - you just have to be there at the right time (for about 2 or 3 minutes) in the switch of wind direction between the prevailing norwesterly and the wintry southerly.

Rodney said...

Yeah nice Martin. You really need to come back for a while and see what it is really like. You may be getting forgetful in your old age :-)