GA aircraft at Wellington last Saturday

Here are some GA aircraft seen at Wellington last Saturday.

First up is a Cessna 172S, ZK-NAB, which is operated by Nelson Aviation College.

Cessna 172S, ZK-NAB, operated by Nelson Aviation College

Next up is a Beech B200 Super King Air, ZK-MDC, operated by Air Wanganui, in an air ambulance configuration.

Beech B200 Super King Air, ZK-MDC, operated by Air Wanganui

Last up is a helicopter, in particular a Bell 206L, ZK-HMA. This aircraft is registered to a Manukau [Auckland] address.

Bell 206L, ZK-HMA

Air Wanganui's air ambulance

This is Air Wanganui's Beech C90A, ZK-MKG. This is operated as an air ambulance, although Sunday's winds, I'm not sure I would want to have been ill and onboard [and to be fair, I don't know if it was a drop-off or pickup].

Beech C09A, ZK-MKG, operated by Air Wanganui

Gulfstream and a King Air

It has been a wee bit gloomy today, although still very warm and still air, so a bit muggy also.

There is however a very nice Gulfstream G550, N133CS, parked up outside the aero club. Very, very nice :-)

The other aircraft from my brief visit to the airport was this Beech C90A King Air, ZK-MKG, registered to Air Wanganui.

Enjoy!

A nice day in Wellington... long may it last :-)

Finally! I day with loads of sunshine and little wind! Just what was needed :-)

Unfortunately I can't go flying right now [something to do with saving for a bit trip later this year...], but I did get out to see what was happening.  The aero club was busy [good to see!] and it was a good day for photos of the coming s and goings. Here are a few samples. Top to bottom are:

Raythean/ Beech 1900D, ZK-EAJ, registered to Eagle Airways
Bombardier DHC-8-311, ZK-NEE, registered to Air Nelson
Boeing 737-3U3, ZK-NGE, registered to Air New Zealand
Piper PA31P-350, ZK-WTH, registered to Air Wanganui [today operated as an air ambulance]

Two more low flying flights today

It has been another really good day for flying today. I managed to get another two low flying flights in today. I think I'm slowly getting up to competition standard. We shall see in a few weeks!

In between flights, I got a few photographs. Top to bottom are:

Piper PA38-112, ZK-ESG, registered to the Wellington Aero Club, and about to get an engine check done
Piper PA28-181, ZK-EBX, registered to Marlborough Aero Club
Piper PA31P-350, ZK-WTH, registered to Air Wanganui
Airbus A320-232, ZK-OAB, registered to Air New Zealand

Beech C90A

Much like yesterday, today's weather consisted of low cloud and high humidity - not much fun for anything really. There were a lot of aircraft parked up Wellington as they could get in, but met minima was below what they could use for takeoff. Needless to say, there was no Club flying today.

One visitor was this Air Wanganui Beech C90A King Air, ZK-MKG. This aircraft was on an air ambulance run, and in between times, I was taken out for a better look at it [thanks to him who claims to have no internet presence!]. The aircraft has been repainted recently [click on the registration label below to see the previous paint scheme], and looks really flash.

Enjoy the pictures!

B1900C and C90

It's the first day of my holiday and so I spent most of the day at the Aero Club. Two photos from today were this Vincent Aviation Beech 1900C, ZK-VAE, and an Air Wanganui Beech King Air C90, ZK-MKG. I'm not sure what the 1900C was doing, but the C90 was here on an aero-medical flight.

I also got a photo of the moon this afternoon - click on it for a much bigger version.

Beech C90

This Air Wanganui C90 King Air is just getting airborne at Wellington. Quite an ugly aircraft - short and stubby, especially up front :-) Still, it is the first time that I've got a reasonable photo of it.