Auckland Airport Spotting

[737NG]

Went out to NZAA last week on the 11th for a quick look

Whilst there I took a few shots. Runway 05R was in use with reduced length (WIP EAST), so only got takeoffs my way.

Enjoy

[Ian Warren]

737NG .. One World = Star Alliance , just pleased to see our ANZ 747 again

[HamiltonWest]

Awesome Pics 737NG Thanks for Shareing them - All Great cheers.

[737NG]

Hey I thought I would re-enter this year old post.

I went out to Auckland Airport today with my scanner, binoculars and my camera considering it actually was a fairly decent day.

There was a bit of excitement to start with...

As soon as I got there, an Air New Zealand 767 was doing a visual approach for runway 23L. He banked quite steep and he overshot the extended runway line a fair bit, soon enough the gear went up and he climbed back up. As I listened to my scanner (on the tower frequency) the controller sent him going along straight for awhile before she asked the pilots "do you need any assistance?" the pilots said they had a problem with the flaps and they were going to have to use the alternate flap settings and they had to run through some extra checklists. Before the 767 came back a Qantas A330 was departing when a Beech 1900D had to go around as the Qantas was still rolling. About 5-10 minutes later the 767 was back downwind and again visually turned onto base then final and this time he landed.

Anyway here are the photos of the 767 that had issues...

Coming back around for a retry at landing (sorry for the bad quality)


Beginning the bank














Good to see the flaps down!


Back on the ground safely


After the landing of the 767 the traffic was relatively steady and I have a few shots from that...









Different 767 this time (with working flaps!)- no pacific wave.














Good to see the Air New Zealand tails.

















Quite a few photos today - hopefully I don't bore you.

Comments and suggestions welcome.

[Ian Warren]

You get the ARBUST but you get the 330 , now they look the part

[737NG]

Went out again today and took some more shots as runway 23L was in use.

I just love the 777

[deeknow]

Thanks for sharing 737NG (whatever your name is )
Jeeze those heavies look impressive with their gear down, even the A340 looks pretty brutish there, in some great company

[Ian Warren]

Great Pics NG

[deaneb]

QUOTE (737NG @ Jan 13 2012,3:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Unusual painting of the pacific wave. Where it breaks at the text there is no fading, just an abrupt edge. Looks ugly!

[HamiltonWest]

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Jan 13 2012,7:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Great Pics NG

I agree Great pics NG Thanks for Shareing V

[deeknow]

Thanks guys.

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Unusual painting of the pacific wave. Where it breaks at the text there is no fading, just an abrupt edge. Looks ugly![/quote]

Good point. I didn't notice that - now it sticks out

[deeknow]

That is odd, good spotting Deane

[737NG]

I went out to Auckland Airport today and took a few shots.

There was a 777-200ER followed right after by a 777-300ER, I also caught a glimpse of the Black Beech.


Anyway first up was an A330 all the way from Guangzhou - in the Sky team livery.















The Black Beech! I am quite a fan




What's different about this plane?



A closer look?




Now onto the 777

777-200ER. The pacific wave is still a favourite of mine! I cannot wait until PMDG make this!



777-300ER. I just love those GE90-115B engines. So powerful.




A comparison of the 777:





Is it me, or is the 777-300ER a little strange. I find the -200ER much better proportioned?

That's all for today. Enjoy.

[Dash8captain]

You do know that Ice causes the scratched fuselage on turboprops dont you?

[Ian Warren]

There you go , it just show s the Airbus Ind.s can build at least a pleasing model - the 330 and 340 , nice photos NG

[Ian Warren]

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You do know that Ice causes the scratched fuselage on turboprops dont you?[/quote]

Actually I didn't know- I hadn't seen that before on the turboprops. Thanks for the info - you learn something everyday

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There you go , it just show s the Airbus Ind.s can build at least a pleasing model - the 330 and 340 , nice photos NG[/quote]

Thanks Ian. They sure can, I am also quite the fan of the 330 and 340.

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[Ian Warren]

NG , your right - the two that look the part other two the 300 310 series would equals , they seemed to much up the 320 - 380 class

[Link148]

Dash 8 Captain. Well done mate! The prop ice protector on the fuse is painted regularly so they look white like the rest of the Aircraft. They are made of fibreglass and are rebuilt as part of a C Check. otherwise the guys patch them up during nightly checks. Did you know that there is more icing in Summer than in Winter. I did not know that until a pilot told me at work the other day. We get a few comments from passengers as they board about the paint missing off the aircraft and we explain that is a protective layer and designed to chip as it does.

Cheers,
Nick.

[scon]

More ice in summer than winter depends on the way you look at it. The freezing level (the altitude at which the ambiant air temperature reaches zero) will be lower during the winter, so if you enter visible moisture (cloud essentially) at or above this level ice is likely. As the weather gets warmer, generally the freezing level rises. For us lowly souls who are confined below the flight levels due to a lack of pressurization / oxygen, this causes issues. If you need to go somewhere at 7000ft because the route MSA is 6000ft and the freezing level is 6000ft and you will be in cloud its going to be a fun ride. But for those that do have pressurization (everything in the air nz fleet) can climb quickly above it where it will hopefully be either clear skies or too cold for ice to form. However as Link148 has stated ice can be greater (more sever in certain places is probably more accurate) in summer in some cases. Summer brings with it more regular and larger buildups of cumulonimbus (CB cloud) essentially a thunderstorm, amongst other things these can bring with them sever icing and as they can stretch well into the flight levels it can be hard even for regional turboprops to get above (especially the Q which is limited to FL200 in most cases). For from Air NZ's point of view they would encounter more ice during summer, those that are limited to slogging it out in IMC right on the freezing level, winter brings its challenges.

The 1900 is particularly bad for the ice making a hell of a noise as it comes off the prop and hits the size of the fuselage when encountering the above conditions, although it is also quite noticeable on the Q300.