Playing with the new camera

Another day of playing with the new camera today.

It is a fairly gloomy day. Hopefully I'll get to play more on a bright and sunny day soon.

First up is a Air NZ-operated de Havilland Canada DHC-8-311, ZK-NES.

de Havilland Canada DHC-8-311, ZK-NES, operated by Air New Zealand

Next up is an Airbus A320-232, ZK-OJQ, landing at Wellington.

Airbus A320-232, ZK-OJQ, operated by Air New Zealand

Last up is another Airbus A320, this time ZK-OJS.

Airbus A320-232, ZK-OJS, operated by Air New Zealand

More from last Sunday evening

While at the airport last Sunday evening, I took the opportunity to try and photograph a few of the locals going about their business. Obviously, the arrival of the C17A overshadowed everything else :-) but I've eventually caught up with the remaining photos. It's a bit hard in the fading light, but here are a few of what I got.

First up, Sounds Air. Sounds Air just seems to keep getting bigger and better, with the company adding more C208's to the fleets over the past couple of years, plus the addition of the awesome PC12 for their Westport to Wellington, Taupo to Wellington and Napier to Blenheim sectors. They have recently had a nice little write-up in Stuff.co.nz. Click here for the writeup.

Anyway, on to the aircraft. First up is one of their Pilatus PC12/45's, ZK-PLT.

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

 ... followed by a Cessna 208 Caravan, ZK-SAN.

Cessna C208 Caravan, ZK-SAN, also operated by Sounds Air

Next up are a couple of Airbus A320's. Firstly, an Air New Zealand-operated Airbus A320-232, ZK-OJQ, coming to a halt after landing.

Airbus A320-232, ZK-OJQ, operated by Air New Zealand

Now the competition, a Jetstar-operated A320-232, VH-VGT, taking off.

Airbus A320-232, VH-VGT, operated by Jetstar Airways

Next is an Air Nelson-operated Bombardier DHC-8-311.

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

While there I thought this cloud looked a bit different and interesting. Ok, maybe I don't look up enough and it's common :-)

The weather

An Airbus and a King Air

Today's pictures are brought to you by a windy Wellington - not cold, not raining, just windy :-)

First up are two photos of a Royal New Zealand Air Force [RNZAF] Beech B200 King Air, NZ7123. Following that are two photos of one of Air NZ's Airbus A320-232 aircraft, ZK-OJQ.

The weather is still looking OK for tomorrow, so hopefully I get a second flight this weekend :-)

The weather is back to usual...

Last weekend's perfect flying weather couldn't last. In the later part of the week we had a bit of rain, now we have strong winds, light rain and it's grey and gloomy. As I write this, the winds are gusting up to 55 knots [about 100 km/hr].

Needless to say, there's a distinct lack of light aircraft flying around Wellington today and having watched a few arrivals and departures this morning, I'm very happy to be on the ground! Photos are of an Air NZ Airbus A320-232, ZK-OJQ and an Air Nelson Bombardier DHC-8-311, ZK-NEP.

Here's hoping for better weather next week