Flying today!

Today dawned windy and gloomy, but forecast to improve throughout the day, which it did :-) I got to take up the club's Cessna 172 ZK-FLT for a quick flight out of the control zone, off towards Paremata and Mana Island for some rate 1 turns, back to the Hutt Valley and some slow flight, then back for a couple of circuits.

Awesome fun... although no time for photos. The images from today are:

General Dynamics Allison 440/ 580 Convair, ZK-CIB, registered to Air Chathams

Cessna 510 Citation Mustang, ZK-MUS, registered to Acernus Aero [with the awesome Royal Air Force C130J, ZH872, in the background]

Piper PA38-112 Tomahawk, ZK-JFE, registered to Wellington Aero Club

Various pictures from today...

There are two posts from today's spotting. This first one contains some general pictures. The next one will contain something rather unusual for Wellington.

Top to bottom are:

2x Fairchild SA227-AC, ZK-NSS and ZK-LFT, registered to Airwork Flight Operations [operated for Lifeflight Trust]

Boeing B737-33R, ZK-SJB, registered to Air New Zealand

Cessna 510 Citation Mustang, ZK-MUS, registered to Acernus Aero Ltd

Piper PA32R-301 Saratoga, ZK-ZIG, registered to Golden Bay Air

Two departures

Here are photos of two aircraft departing Wellington today. The first is the Cessna 510 Citation Mustang, ZK-MUS, registered to Acermus Aero Ltd of a Wellington address.

The second is British Aerospace Jetstream 31, ZK-JSH, registered to Vincent Aviation Ltd. This aircraft conducted several flights today on navaid calibration tests for the Airways Corporation.

Today's other visitors

Another half-day of being at the aero club meant a few more aircraft and people to photograph. Top to bottom are:

Cessna 150H, ZK-DTQ, registered to a Wellington address

Cessna 510 Mustang, ZK-MUS, registered to Acernus Aero also of a Wellington address

Cessna 680 Sovereign, ZK-JTH, registered to Pacific Jets of Christchurch

and lastly, a picture of the aero club hanger being packed up for the night.