A wee bit wet today

I was due to go for a flight today, but with low cloud and drizzle appearing and remaining, there is no way that was going to work. In fact, it's just after 16:00 NZST and the cloud is only just lifting from my house which is a few hundred feet above sea level.

Oh well. Maybe tomorrow, although I suspect the weather will still be rubbish.

At least on days like today, there are usually still a few good photos to be had. Today was no exception.

Perhaps the most interesting landing of the day would go to the Jetstar crew who managed to land an Airbus A320 on Wellington's runway 16 and pull off at taxiway A6 - around 1100 meters from the threshold. It must have been very very light to do that as they usually exit much later, especially in damp conditions and reasonably light winds.

Anyway, here are the photos. Top to bottom are;

Airbus A320-232, VH-VQC, of Jetstar
British Aerospace Jetstream J32, ZK-LFW, of Vincent Aviation [the local air ambulance]
Bombardier DHC-8-311, ZK-NEK, of Air Nelson [Air NZ]
2 x Boeing 737-8FE, ZK-PBD, of Virgin Australia Airlines [NZ] Ltd

An awesome day... so I'm flying tomorrow :-)

Despite the weather being the best in a long time, I didn't go flying today, but I am getting up and about tomorrow; at least the weather looks nice enough and if it's as good as it has been today, it'll be fantastic :-)

Not exactly sure where I'll go, but I might pop up for a look at Kapiti Island or back across to the Marlborough Sounds for a look at some of the areas I missed last weekend... we'll see. Hopefully I'll have someone along for the ride, but we'll see.

Anyway, here are today's photos. First up are a Piper PA31, ZK-MJF, registered to the Taranaki Air Ambulance Trust and a Diamond DA42, ZK-CTH, registered to CTC Aviation Training of Hamilton.

Next up are the airliners. Top to bottom we have:

Airbus A320-232, ZK-OJC of Air New Zealand
Boeing 737-8FE, ZK-PBJ, of Virgin Australia Airlines (NZ)
Airbus A320-232, VH-VQC, of Jetstar Airways

A quick visit to Auckland today - post 3 - Various aircraft in Auckland

The final 3 three posts in this series are of some of the aircraft I saw at Auckland. The photographs were taken at two spots - the top level of a car park and from the viewing spot in the international terminal. I'm pleasantly surprised at how easy it is to get "good" photos from behind the glass in the international terminal.

In this post are the following:

Airbus A340-211, LV-ZPO, registered to Aerolineas Argentinas
Airbus A320-232, VH-VQC, registered to Jetstar
Boeing 767-319, ZK-NCK, registered to Air New Zealand
Airbus A330-203, VH-EBI, registered to Qantas Airways