Pacific Jet's Dassault Falcon 2000EX at Wellington

There was a very interesting visitor to Wellington on Saturday - a Dassault Falcon 2000EX, ZK-OCB, which is operated by Pacific Jets of an Auckland address. I'm not certain, but this would be one of the largest business jets on the New Zealand register [please correct me if I'm wrong!].

Dassault Falcon 2000EX, ZK-OCB, operated by Pacific Jets

Dassault Falcon 2000EX, ZK-OCB, operated by Pacific Jets

Club trip to Masterton - from microlights to turbofans

Masterton aerodrome is one of those places that is really nice to fly from. On any given day there can be microlights, helicopters, agricultural aircraft, turbines, parachutists, reproduction WW1, and genuine WW11 fighters. Brand new trainees, right through to experienced airline pilots. Quite a mix.

Today was fairly quiet, but there was still some variety. As examples, take a look at the following from a couple of hours in Masterton earlier today:

Tecnam P2002 Sierra, ZK-MVT, registered to Wairarapa & Ruahine Aero Club
de Havilland DH82a Tiger Moth, ZK-BLV, registered to a Wellington address
Piper PA18 Pacer, ZK-BKV, registered to Ace Aviation
British Aerospace Jetstream 31, ZK-JSH, registered to Vincent Aviation
Cessna 510 Mustang, ZK-PGA, registered to Pacific Jets

New year visitors

Finally the weather settled down today, long enough for a few flights at the aero club today [although, unfortunately not for me].

Just a couple of visitors noted, the first being a Cessna 510 Citation Mustang, ZK-PGA, registered to Pacific Jets of Christchurch. The second was a Piper PA38-112 Tomahawk, ZK-EVC, registered to Marlborough Aero Club.

BFR. Done.

Yippee! Completed by BFR this evening. The upper air work was done the other week, but we ran out of time for circuits, so I was able to do a a variety of circuits this evening.

As I was concentrating on the flight, I didn't take out my camera... a pity really since a really nice Cessna 680 Sovereign, ZK-JTH, was parked up outside the club. The only photo I got was on my [awful] phone camera. Apologies for the image quality! This aircraft is registered to Pacific Jets of Christchurch.

Today's aircraft

There was no flying for me today, but I did see some interesting aircraft come through. The first of these brought people to Wellington for today's All Blacks vs Canada Rugby World Cup game. These aircraft are Cessna C510 Citation Mustang, ZK-PGA, registered to Pacific Jets Ltd of Christchurch, followed by Piper PA34-200T Seneca, ZK-SFC, registered to Air Gisborne Ltd. Lastly we have Cessna 402C, ZK-VAD, registered to Ridge Air of Richmond.

Also happening today was a display by the RNZAF Red Checkers display team, supporting the Navy's 70th anniversary celebrations in Wellington. One of the Checkers team landed in Wellington so here are some photos of Pacific Aerospace Corp CT4/E Airtrainer, NZ1991.

Enjoy!

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.

More Cessnas and a Beechcraft

There was no flying for me today [I still need to pay for the last lot!], but there were a number of visitors to be seen as I was hanging around the club.

The first is a Cessna 182S, ZK-LKM, registered to a Wanganui address. I understand that this aircraft has been doing a bit of touring around. The second and third aircraft are Cessna 172's, ZK-RWC [a C172B registered to a Mahia address] and ZK-EFF [a C172N registered to Motueka Aero Club].

The final Cessna is a C510 Mustang, ZK-PGA. This is registered to NZ Jet Charters Ltd/ Pacific Jets at a North Shore City address.

The last aircraft in today's line-up is Beechcraft BE76 Duchess, ZK-JED, registered to Ardmore Flying School.

Today's random visitors

I went for a quick flight today to the southern Wairarapa area [Palliser Bay] in Cessna 172N, ZK-FLT; no photos - I was too busy flying and having fun :-)

I did get some photos of various other aircraft, including a UK-registered Dassault Falcon 2000EX, G-ITIG, registered to TAG Aviation. It's not often that we get visitors from the northern hemisphere here at Wellington.

Other aircraft were Cessna 525B Citation CJ3, ZK-TBM from Pacific Jets Ltd in Christchurch, Aerospatiale-Alenia ATR72-212, ZK-MCO, registered to Mount Cook Airline Ltd. Lastly, we have Aerospatiale AS350BA, ZK-HEX and registered to Reid Heslop Helicopters.

Piper, Convair and Cessna

I'm having a Christmas/ New Year break at the moment and so I spent most of the day down at the aero club :-). I know, hard to believe...!

I wasn't planning on flying but then found out that I had a small surplus in my flying account; the temptation got the better of me!

I took a Piper Tomahawk PA38-112 up for 30 minutes of circuits. Some people think that Wellington has lots of delays for us lighties, and certainly it pays to avoid the "rush" periods, but that 30 minutes [on the hobbs] included 2 touch and goes, an approach and overshoot and the final landing. I also had a couple of orbits thrown in for separation reasons, so in reality it can be pretty good.

Aircraft spotted today include the following three:

Piper PA28-181 Archer, ZK-FJT, from Canterbury Aero Club
General Dynamics Allison Convair 440/580, ZK-CIB, from Air Chathams
Cessna 525B [aka a CJ3], ZK-TBM, from Pacific Jets

Cessna 525B Citation Jet CJ3

Here are a couple of pictures of a Cessna CJ3 spotted at Wellington today. ZK-TBM is registered to Pacific Jets Ltd of a Christchurch address. Nice!

A tale of two Cessnas :-)

Here are a couple of pictures of recent arrivals at Wellington. The first is a Cessna 150 that has parked outside of the Aero Club. ZK-DOB is registered to a Hamilton address, and has an interesting paint scheme.

The second is a Citation Jet CJ-3 just landing at Wellington and about to taxi to the eastern [main] apron. This CJ-3 [ZK-TBM] is registered to Pacific Jets in Christchurch.