My August Planespotting Photos

[ardypilot]

I found a new spot at Auckland International that was perfect for taking photos today (In real life, not sim screenshots) and after taking over 200 pics thanks to the fine spring weather, I now have 17 of my best to show you:

***WARNING 56k'ers, 17 images totalling 1.90MB to follow***

1. ZK-KFB, Air National's Gulfstream G-IV


2. The Lifeflight NZ Air Ambulance


3. Thai airways Airbus A340 aka "the flying pencil"


4. Another A340, owned by LAN Chile, touches down on runway 23L


5. Great Barrier Airline's BN-2A Tri-Islander


6. Mountain Air's (who are GBA's only rival) "Great Barrier Xpress" BN-2 Islander


7. An Emirates 777


8. Another EK 777


9. An Air New Zealand B1900d taxis while an Air National Jetstream takes off behind


10. ZK-NEB, recently repainted for fs2004


11. Yet another A340 from South America


12. A beaut Qantas 767


13. ZK-JNC, a smaller Qantas jet on domestic duty


14. VH-OJM touching down from Sydney


15. Little 'n large members of the ANZ fleet


16. ZK-SJB in the Freedom Air/ Air New Zealand 'hybrid' scheme. If you look at the Koru on the tail, you can see the old sunshine logo hiding behind the paint.


17. Another private jet- not too sure who owns this


...thats all, hope you enjoyed, comments are welcome!

[brownbox]

i like the thai a340
im not sure I get the point of having a Air NZ Freedom Air Hybrid

[Alex]

The flying pencil.... wasn't that the Metroliner that Nelson Air (?) used to operate for ANZ as a link?

Great pics Trolly, thanks for sharing .

Alex

[FlyingKiwi]

Nice pics! That last Gulfstream, I've seen a few times here before. It seems to have a NZ flag on the tail too, so presumably it's based here but still registered in the US.

[ardypilot]

Thanks for the kind words you three!

That last Gulfstream, I've seen a few times here before. It seems to have a NZ flag on the tail too, so presumably it's based here but still registered in the US.

After some research on the FAA website, I found out that it is actually a "Bombardier BD-700-1A10" registered to "WELLS FARGO BANK NORTHWEST NA TRUSTEE" in Salt Lake City.

Well there must be more than one rich American residing in Auckland. I saw this Cessna Citation jet parked up at Ardmore the other week:

Sorry the reg is hidden behind that pole, but you can see it starts with 'N' on the tail

[AlisterC]

Trolly you say there is a Dash 8 - 300 repainted recently for FS2004?
Where might I find that?

AWESOME pictures. Love that LAN livery (besides being a great shot) and love that shot of the Dash!

[ardypilot]

Trolly you say there is a Dash 8 - 300 repainted recently for FS2004?
Where might I find that?

http://z11.invisionfree.com/nzff/index. ... wtopic=239

[Zöltuger]

im not sure I get the point of having a Air NZ Freedom Air Hybrid 

its just the 737 which freedom used to use, but air nz now use. hybrid in the sense that it still has the freedom coloured engines- i don't think freedom still run 737's across the tasman.

http://www.airfleets.net/ficheapp/plane-b737-28868.htm


nice photos too Trolly

[Nunner]

Thanks for the kind words you three!

That last Gulfstream, I've seen a few times here before. It seems to have a NZ flag on the tail too, so presumably it's based here but still registered in the US.

After some research on the FAA website, I found out that it is actually a "Bombardier BD-700-1A10" registered to "WELLS FARGO BANK NORTHWEST NA TRUSTEE" in Salt Lake City.

Well there must be more than one rich American residing in Auckland. I saw this Cessna Citation jet parked up at Ardmore the other week:

Sorry the reg is hidden behind that pole, but you can see it starts with 'N' on the tail

Did you mean to have the Bombardier taking off in the background or not ?
It looks very much like the a/c on the ground
Nunner

[ardypilot]

Did you mean to have the Bombardier taking off in the background or not ?
It looks very much like the a/c on the ground

It is two different photos of the same aircraft which I merged together

[Nunner]

Did you mean to have the Bombardier taking off in the background or not ?
It looks very much like the a/c on the ground

It is two different photos of the same aircraft which I merged together

Sneaky !

[rAj]

Great Shots There Trolly..
Like the shot of the 2 Private Jets..
Great Stuff There..