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Sunday, February 24, 2013

Today's visitors

After yesterday's unexpected flying, I remained firmly attached to terra firma today. A pity really as the Club had a trip away to Martinborough today, but then, I don't want to upset the bank manager too much :-). I imagine there will be numerous photos on the Club's Facebook page very shortly.

Visitors today included this General Dynamics Allison Convair 440/580, registered to Air Chathams. Note that one of the props is fully feathered... maintenance perhaps?

Next is this Piper PA28-180, ZK-CUC, registered to a Warkworth address. This aircraft diverted to Wellington with a 'door latch' issue - one which has resulted in an unexpected stay in Wellington for at least one night. here's hoping they don't get rorted by the airport company and its extremely high parking fees...

Last visitor is this Royal New Zealand Air Force [RNZAF] Beechcraft B200 Kingair, NZ7121. This is one of the new models that have just come on strength with the RNZAF.

Enjoy the photos!




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5 comments:

  1. Allister24 February 2013 at 22:23

    FYI, I spotted NZ7121 airborne on FlightRadar24 today and followed it from about Taihape to Wellington. It seems to have gone NZOH - NZWN via a spot just southwest of Rotorua, so presumably a navigation exercise.

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  2. pilot okulu25 February 2013 at 01:42

    Thanks for photos. Waiting for further aviation photos. Especially i like the piper planes. They are so intresting.

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  3. Anonymous27 February 2013 at 17:01

    Feathered Convair prop was due to an engine failure earlier last week. Departed NZWN and returned 20mins or so later with the engine shut down. Other arrivals and depatures ground to a halt whilst the thing landed.

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  4. Rodney27 February 2013 at 18:10

    Thanks everyone for the info. Engine failure in a Convair would be interesting...

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  5. Anonymous21 April 2013 at 22:18

    Yeah interesting is right. I think Tom Fitz (ex soundsair) was the f/o, it was traumatic enough for him to go and fly for mt cook instead.....

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