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NZ4202 On the 2nd of two touch & go's - it landed and parked on the apron for approx 10mins before doing the touch & go's - I didn't manage get out their fast enough to get any photo's of it on the apron as it started Taxiing out to take off just as reached the airport car park.

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great shots again Ham....thanks for posting

Thanks Marty - Apparently it also visited Tauranga today as well:

Got a stiff arm just as 02 lifted off the runway

During a display at Wigram , a P3 took off in lest than 500m they do have a sprite,ly performance when displaying and lightly loaded .

HamiltonWest wrote:

QUOTE (HamiltonWest @ Aug 9 2011,10:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Thanks Marty - Apparently it also visited Tauranga today as well:

Yes it did ..only if I had a camera on me ..would of got a beauty shot of it passing the 3/4 moon last night.

Naki wrote:

QUOTE (Naki @ Aug 10 2011,11:04 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Yes it did ..only if I had a camera on me ..would of got a beauty shot of it passing the 3/4 moon last night.

Did it come back today as it Climbed out to the east after doing overshoots and touch & go's again for an hour here:

Nice pic. I stood there watching it for a while, as it delayed my course-mate from his first solo

Unfortunately I left the camera at home

huff3r wrote:

QUOTE (huff3r @ Aug 10 2011,2:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Nice pic. I stood there watching it for a while, as it delayed my course-mate from his first solo

Huff3r & congrats on the 1st solo last sat .

Ian Warren wrote:

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Aug 10 2011,10:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

During a display at Wigram , a P3 took off in lest than 500m they do have a sprite,ly performance when displaying and lightly loaded .

Thats it.....Im moving north....P-3's, Herc's, Hueys...and great photo ops...the only time we see them here is when the bloody place is shaking itself to bits

Splitpin wrote:

QUOTE (Splitpin @ Aug 11 2011,10:27 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Thats it.....Im moving north....P-3's, Herc's, Hueys...and great photo ops...the only time we see them here is when the bloody place is shaking itself to bits

They are using Hamilton and other airports more presently to train at due to the runway work being done at whenuapai presently.

11-8-11 3 visits today by two Orions NZ4202 & 03







and some from yesterday:
10-8-11

I see Mike has moved his cows , actually be interesting to see what sort off numbers flying the freeware KBT Orion after looking at these inspirational photos

HamiltonWest wrote:

QUOTE (HamiltonWest @ Aug 11 2011,6:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

They are using Hamilton and other airports more presently to train at due to the runway work being done at whenuapai presently.

Makes sense. It would only be about 15 mins down the road....as the Orion flys!

Great pics too. What I like about them all is all the detail that you don't normally see watching an aircraft fly over, even at close range. But the camera grabs it all, from some really great angles. I worked on Orions for 5 years, so know the aircraft really well, but I always see something different from a new angle or perspective.

Nice one HW as usual, great closeup action there too huh.
My wife and mother saw these guys flying over our place in Hamilton, they thought it was a DC10 bless them

deaneb wrote:

QUOTE (deaneb @ Aug 11 2011,7:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Makes sense. It would only be about 15 mins down the road....as the Orion flys!

Great pics too. What I like about them all is all the detail that you don't normally see watching an aircraft fly over, even at close range. But the camera grabs it all, from some really great angles. I worked on Orions for 5 years, so know the aircraft really well, but I always see something different from a new angle or perspective.

deeknow wrote:

QUOTE (deeknow @ Aug 11 2011,10:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Nice one HW as usual, great closeup action there too huh.
My wife and mother saw these guys flying over our place in Hamilton, they thought it was a DC10 bless them

one of them did a low level orbit over the western side - edge of the city looked may of been when your wife & mum saw it? cheers.

Love the Orion, thanks for posting these up. Man that's a shiny plane!!

AlisterC wrote:

QUOTE (AlisterC @ Aug 13 2011,9:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Love the Orion, thanks for posting these up. Man that's a shiny plane!!

02 Thurs 11 2011

Ian Warren wrote:

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Aug 11 2011,6:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I see Mike has moved his cows , actually be interesting to see what sort off numbers flying the freeware KBT Orion after looking at these inspirational photos

NZ4202 Early Evening Fri 19-8-11 this one did some turns on the way into the airport over the city.










Two Stop & go's backtrack etc.

Now i wonder how to get a job flying a P3 , well versed on the PC and hell no Hamilton like the back of my hand .