Cirrus SR22 ZK-LDY

I'm catching up on a few photos, and this Cirrus SR22, ZK-LDY is one of them. This aircraft is registered to an Auckland address and visited Wellington on 9 June.

Cirrus SR22, ZK-LDY

Singapore Airlines' Boeing 777 departing

Here is a picture from 10 June of Singapore Airlines' scheduled departure from Wellington. The Boeing 777-212/ER, 9V-SQJ is the largest aircraft to regularly operate into and out of Wellington, although rumour has it these aircraft are to be replaced by another Boeing, the B787 Dreamliner in the future.

Boeing 777-212/ER, 9V-SQJ, operated by Singapore Airlines

Piper Navajo

Saturday's interesting visitor was a Piper PA-31 Navajo, ZK-LWN. This aircraft is registered to Ridge Air of a Blenheim address. It appears that the aircraft has only been registered to Ridge Air since late 2017.

Piper PA-31 Navajo, ZK-LWN, registered to Ridge Air

Wellington Aero Club's "new" Tomahawk, with teeth!

Some of you will have seen this, but Wellington Aero Club has recently applied a new livery to one of our Piper PA38-112 Tomahawks, ZK-WAC.

After several years with an all-white livery, the aircraft now has quite distinct teeth and advertising on the tail and under the wings. I wasn't prepared to lie on my back for the under-wing photos, but I do have the others! There are bound to be some aerial photos at some stage in the next couple of months.

This is the only Wellington Aero Club aircraft with this livery so far, but we'll see what happens over the next year or so.

Piper PA38-112, ZK-WAC, operated by Wellington Aero Club

Piper PA38-112, ZK-WAC, operated by Wellington Aero Club

Piper PA38-112, ZK-WAC, operated by Wellington Aero Club

A kat in the back

Just a quick couple of photos of a hanger visitor, a Piper PA28-161, ZK-KAT. Apparently, this will be in the Wellington Aero Club hanger for a few days.

I was allowed a sneak peek inside and it's got a lovely panel. All of the insides look nice - it's probably one of the nicest looking PA28's of its era that I have seen.

Piper PA28-161, ZK-KAT

Piper PA28-161, ZK-KAT

A brief video from Vancouver

This is a brief video of my visit to Coal Harbour in Vancouver and the water aerodrome. The video consists of a brief view of the aerodrome, followed by a DHC2 Beaver and a DHC3 Turbine Otter.

Alberta Aviation Museum in Edmonton

While briefly visiting friends in Edmonton, we headed out to the Alberta Aviation Museum.

This was significantly smaller than the Canada Aviation and Space Museum [CASM] from my previous posts, but still quite interesting. Most of the displays were inside but as you'll see below, there were a small number of outside displays.

Unfortunately, the restoration facility was closed on the day we visited, but the rest was still interesting to see.

Anyway, here are some photos. As with the CASM photos, I'm not going to explain them all, but if there's anything interesting you'd like to know about, let me know and I'll see what I can find out!

Grrrr! A waste of a Piper Super Cub! :-)

I'll have a look, but this is likely to be the last of the posts from my visit to Canada, although I might be able to find a couple of small videos that might be of interest.

I hope you've enjoyed this short series of posts. Back now to the regular local posts [and I have some interesting topics coming up over the next 4-6 weeks!]!

Canada Aviation and Space Museum - the reserve hanger

While at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, there was the opportunity to visit the reserve hanger for a guided tour. It was only a few extra dollars and I'm certainly glad I did! As you'll see from the pictures, the contents of this hanger would not be out of place as the main exhibit in many other museums.

First up is a panorama of the reserve hanger. To the right is an MD80 [or 88??] and to the far left, there is a glimpse of a Lockheed C130H tucked in the corner. It's a big building!

Canada Aviation And Space Museum - the main building

Part of my visit to Ottawa [a really nice place to visit] was a trip to the Canada Aviation and Space Museum. If you're in Canada and interested in aviation, this is definitely a good place to visit!

Anyway, here are a few photos from the main building, which contains a range of aircraft, with a particular emphasis on aircraft that have had an impact on Canadian aviation, such as the DHC2 Beaver, the Noorduyn Norseman IV, through to the Lancaster and the Bombardier Challenger 604.

I'm not going to provide info on most of the aircraft, but if you have an interest in particular one, please let me know the image number and I'll see what I can do.

A panorama of the main hanger

An inverted ex-Snowbird aircraft in the entrance area

A MiG 21 [?] cockpit. It was too small for me!

A link trainer!

The mighty Lancaster

The Edmonton Long Haul Visit # 4 - Various

In this final post from Edmonton Airport, I have a number of smaller Canadian-registered airlines, none of which I had heard of previously.

The first two aircraft are from Flair Airlines. Flair Airlines positions itself as a low-cost carrier [LCC]. They don't seem to spend money on a consistent fleet look either, not that that matters at all.

Boeing 737-490, C-FLHE, operated by Flair Airlines

Boeing 737-408, C-FLDX, operated by Flair Airlines

Cargojet is a pretty self-descriptive name. They transport cargo, in jets :-)

Boeing 757-28A(PCF), C-GIAJ, operated by Cargojet Airways

Canadian North is an airline which serves the northern parts of Canada and connecting them with some of the more southern cities. They also fly some older Boeings, such as the following B737-36Q.

Boeing 737-36Q, C-GCNZ, operated by Canadian North

That's it for Edmonton. In the next week or so, I'll start on the posts from the Canada Aviation and Space Museum [in Ottawa and well worth a visit!!] and the Alberta Aviation Musem [in Edmonton and also worth a visit].

The Edmonton Long Haul Visit # 3 - US visitors

There are just two pictures in this post, both of US-registered airlines and both of Embraer ERJ-175's. Embraers seem to be quite popular choices for the cross-border [Canada / <-->USA] flights.

Embraer ERJ-175LR, N612CZ, operated by Compass Airlines [on behalf of Delta]

Embraer ERJ-175LR, N620QX, operated by Horizon Air [on behalf of Alaska Airlines]