A quick video out of Kerikeri

Following on from my previous posts, here is a quick video, taken as we climbed out of Kerikeri... it was started of course after takeoff when we were allowed to use mobile devices.

Apologies for the sound quality - it's a combination of my phone and the positioning on the window...

Kerikeri to Auckland and Taupo to Wellington

Kerikeri to Auckland was on Monday evening. As with the arrival, this was on an Air Nelson-operated Bombardier DHC-8-311, ZK-NEC. Here are two photos of the aircraft arriving at Kerikeri.

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

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

Earlier this evening [Thursday], after a few days of driving down to visit various work locations, I had a flight from Taupo [NZAP] to Wellington. Air NZ has withdrawn from this route as it retires their Raytheon B1900D's from service.

Sounds Air has recently taken up the route after acquiring some Pilatus PC12/45 aircraft, including ZK-PLZ. This would be my first flight in a PC12 and I've been looking forward to it.

The flight is only about 45 minutes long and as you'll see form the photos, it was an awesome day to be flying. There were only a few clouds and mild turbulence as we arrived into Wellington. The only issue was the position of the sun... if it had been morning, I'm sure the airborne photos would have been fantastic... oh well! I've decided that the PC12 is a nice aircraft for these reasonably short routes. The seats were comfortable [although mine was a little short on leg room], we came back at FL200, so above any weather [had there been any], it was reasonably quiet inside, the crew were polite and professional and we were on time. All good!

Anyway, here are the photos of the PC12 and the trip home. Enjoy!

Pilatus PC12/45, ZK-PLZ, operated by Sounds Air

Mounts Ngaruahoe [left] and Tongariro [right]

Mounts Ruapehu [foreground] and Taranaki [background]

Mount Taranaki

Descending into Wellington as the sun went down. What a lovely day!

Airliners at Wellington

It has been another fine day at Wellington with lots of aero club flying  happenning [including another successful PPL flight test]. The weather today has been pretty much perfect with little wind - just a bit of a chill in the breeze which is expected for mid winter :-)

Here are a couple of pictures of various airliners. Top to bottom are:

Bombardier DHC-8-311, ZK-NEC, registered to Air Nelson
Airbus A320-232, VH-VQT, registered to Jetstar Airways
Aerospatiale ATR72, ZK-MCC, registered to Mount Cook Airline

Enjoy!

Yak, Dash, Airbus

There was no flying for me today, but I did pop out to the club for a few hours and captured a few pictures.

The first was a visiting Yakovlev Yak 18T, ZK-SSR. This aircraft is registered to a Nelson address.

Also registered to a Nelson address :-) is this Air Nelson Bombardier DHC-8, ZK-NEC, part of the Air New Zealand group.

Lastly is this Air New Zealand Airbus A320, ZK-OJH in the Star Alliance livery. Nice :-)