Blustery conditions last Sunday

These are a couple of photos from last Sunday. The weather was a bit gusty, with crosswinds at times. It would have been nice to get some video as some of the jets were having a bit of fun...

Anyway, first up is a Bombardier DHC-8-311, ZK-NEA, which is operated by Air Nelson/ Air NZ.

Bombardier DHC-8-311, ZK-NEA, operated by Air Nelson/ Air NZ

Second up is one of Singapore Airlines' Boeing 777-212/ER, 9V-SRO.

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

Last Saturday's wet Singapore departure

Last Saturday was rather wet which made for some interesting arrivals and departures. Here's one of the better pictures I got.

It's a Singapore Airlines-operated Boeing 777-212/ER, 9V-SRO, departing on its flight to Melbourne, Australia.

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

Singapore Airline's new departure

Singapore Airlines has recently changed the destination of their trans-Tasman flight out of Wellington, from Canberra to Melbourne. The departure time has also changed to an early/ mid-afternoon departure [around 13:45 - the inbound flight arrives from Melbourne just after midday.]. They still get the ratepayer subsidy for the flight which is likely to annoy Air New Zealand and Qantas as they also fly this route, without and ratepayer subsidy...

Here are some photos of today's departure. First up, taking off on runway 34, the nose is off the ground before 1/2 way...

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

... and airborne before taxiway M4, off into what appear to be dark clouds. It's not really as bad as it looks today...

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

... and off they go. Looks like the local bird population was woken up though.

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