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Saturday, November 29, 2008

Wellington Visitors

It's been another hot day in Wellington, with the temperatures around 25 deg celsius [yes, that is quite warm for Wellington!], clear skies and a gentle breeze. I snapped photos of the following visitors today.

The first is a Cessna F152, ZK-NPI, from New Plymouth Aero Club. I'm not sure how long it is staying, but it's been here at least one night. The second is another new Piper PA28-181 from Canterbury Aero Club. ZK-LJE is one of the new "glass cockpit" PA28's that Canterbury seems to be importing these days. The last is a Massey Aviation PA28-151, ZK-EBH, after a touch and go.

New Plymouth Aero Club, Cessna F152, ZK-NPICanterbury Aero Club, Piper PA28-181, ZK-LJE
Massey Aviation, PA28-151, ZK-EBH
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4 comments:

  1. Chris Nielsen29 November 2008 at 20:49

    People reckon I'm full of it when I say the new Archers have smaller windows than the old ones. The pic you've posted looks to me like the windows are indeed smaller

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  2. Rodney30 November 2008 at 08:34

    Hi Chris,

    You are correct when you say that the windows of the new archers are smaller than the original models. In fact, a certain blogger [me...] once commented on this very topic, including a comparative photos:

    http://flyinggeek.blogspot.com/2007/09/piper-archer-iii.html

    So too all of those who say that Chris is "full of it" when when he says the windows are smaller... he's not! :-)

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  3. Chris Nielsen30 November 2008 at 13:16

    Thanks Rodney!

    When anyone accuses me of that I'll direct them here :)

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  4. ZK-JPY1 December 2008 at 10:49

    I wander if the difference is due to the glass cockpit? Perhaps it has meant a slightly 'taller' panel which has meant the windscreen has been shortened...

    you can see on that side-on shot of LJE how the bottom corner of the windscreen is flattened...

    as opposed to say LMA (Archer II) as you can see here:

    http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6161187

    I am guessing that to keep the window line constant, they have shortened the other windows as well...

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