Wellington Aero Club Open Day 2010 #15: Sounds Air Cessna 208 Caravan

Sounds Air very kindly sent ZK-TZR, one of their Cessna 208 Caravan's along for the day. It was a good chance for visitors to get up in to the cockpit of a small airliner, to see all the "bits and pieces" and to ask questions. "Captain R-Dog" [a Club pilot] and several others spent a lot of time supervising people to make sure that nothing bad happened [like the engine starting :-)].

It was actually good fun taking my turn to sit in the cockpit and answer questions from the [mainly] kids who wanted a look.

The best question I got was Does this aircraft have guns?. Ha ha ha. The answer [of course] was No, but the pilot would like some. :-)

Sounds Air operate a regular schedule across Cook Strait between Wellington, Picton, Nelson and Blenheim. Having flown with them on a couple of occasions, I can definitely recommend Sounds Air as a great[usually very scenic] way to get about.