NZFF

Ahh, finally home again for 24 hours before I depart yet again for Auckland this weekend, then Rotorua, Tauranga, Whakatane and Gisborne next week. Hopefully I'll get some more aircraft pics, especially Gisborne where hopefully the DC3 is still on static display outside.

Interesting flight home, pretty mundane until approach, it appears ATC forgot to descend us, so we made a very steep approach, but ended up having to go around after we were still 1000 feet at the threshold. Nice views down on the airport as we went around, I was too busy hanging on to take snaps

Anyway, pickings were slim aircraft wise in the Hawkes Bay, but have a few to share..



Just after I shot this, this baby flew over on approach to Napier...




Nice view from up here...




Nice sunsets in Napier it seems. At Hastings Aerodrome I found this oldie. Poor thing needs some real TLC.




And this..



Back at Napier this afternoon..






Last night from the accommodation, gotta test all the features of the camera..



And the final few shot from while I was waiting to leave Wgtn Tuesday...

JonARNZ wrote: Nice views down on the airport as we went around, I was too busy hanging on to take snaps 

sounds like some go-around

nice pics of the belly of the dash-8 is it?

Yes it's a dash-8 because it has wheels on its engines when ATR's have them on the body. And ATR are alot bigger

Hey Jon, were there any Hawkes Bay Helicopters machines at Bridge Pa?

The Biz jet VH-CRQ is a Falcon 200EX con #058 for those that are interested.
Nunner

Cool pics Jon, I especially like the ole' Air Chatams plane there.

As for ZK-DCM, I never knew we had any Seneca's living in NZ, someone please please hit up the Just Flight model with that scheme (Its both FSX and FS9 compatable ya know...)

it appears ATC forgot to descend us - really!? weren't they reminded by the two passengers sitting up the front enjoying the view? funny how every time a pilot cocks up the approach, ATC was actually doing the flying at the time.

I never knew we had any Seneca's living in NZ,

Hehe, I get a choice of three of em here at Massey Trolly. ZK-MBA, MBB and MBI are all Seneca V's... Very nice aircraft!

but ended up having to go around after we were still 1000 feet at the threshold

really? Is that a general exsateration or did the pilot/atc stuff up that much what did the pilots do during finals in any attempt to get down faster? the Q300 has spoilers ae..

towerguy wrote: it appears ATC forgot to descend us - really!? weren't they reminded by the two passengers sitting up the front enjoying the view? funny how every time a pilot cocks up the approach, ATC was actually doing the flying at the time.

Just quoting the bois up front, 'he stuffed up the approach' was my reaction but I was just a simple passenger.

Jimmy wrote:

but ended up having to go around after we were still 1000 feet at the threshold

really? Is that a general exsateration or did the pilot/atc stuff up that much what did the pilots do during finals in any attempt to get down faster? the Q300 has spoilers ae..

No exaggeration, the approach was steep as, engines reversing (sounded like it) cant see the top of the wings but i imagine spoilers, don't know. It was clear we weren't going to make it when we were looking down on the hills 500 feet from the threshold, I think he cut across trying to beat a 733 and therefore missed about 3 mins worth of descent time. It was fun, but he could have gone around allot earlier, there was no way he could make it from where we were.

As we turned on finals I could see the runway way below us, and close. Thought then things weren't right.

Trolly wrote: I never knew we had any Seneca's living in NZ

There's one down here in Dunedin.

Great pics Jon.......love the Q300 Dash 8

I never knew we had any Seneca's living in NZ

And ZK-JDH from Nelson Aviation college (hangs around NZNS all the time)..anyway I think you get the picture, there are plenty of Senecas around

I'm pretty sure ZK-DCM is the ex Civil Aviation Flight one. They used to operate this and a Friendship - based at Paraparaumu.