Air New Zealand Engineering Open day

[AlisterC]

I was lucky enough today to be invited to go to the Air NZ engineering open day at number 1 hanger here in Christchurch. And, lucky enough to get to explore through the B777-200ER, ZK-OKG, and a USAF C17 Globemaster. I took about 150 photos, and have uploaded nearly 100 of them to my picasa album. Photos include cockpit shots, cabin and cargo hold shots, and outside shots from various locations. Also shots inside a B733 of Air NZ undergoing heavy maintenance.
Enjoy!

http://picasaweb.google.com/virtualpilot/AirNZOpenDay2008

[chickenman]

QUOTE (Albatross @ Feb 10 2008, 06:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I was lucky enough today to be invited to go to the Air NZ engineering open day at number 1 hanger here in Christchurch. And, lucky enough to get to explore through the B777-200ER, ZK-OKG, and a USAF C17 Globemaster. I took about 150 photos, and have uploaded nearly 100 of them to my picasa album. Photos include cockpit shots, cabin and cargo hold shots, and outside shots from various locations. Also shots inside a B733 of Air NZ undergoing heavy maintenance.
Enjoy!

http://picasaweb.google.com/virtualpilot/AirNZOpenDay2008

That doesn't look like much fun ........ on no wait that's my unbelievable jealousy streaking out. awesome, my kids loved the photo of "kids eating ice cream engine eating kids"

Next time there's an event like that in cromwell i'll take my kids

[Alex]

Awesome stuff Alister, thanks for chucking up the photos.

Alex

[pois0n]

That's the same Globemaster I went in a few weeks ago

The stairs are friggin steep eh? See the magazines under the loadmasters seat?

http://nzff.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=...p;#entry8203286

[Ian Warren]

Brilliant Alister The C17 , they really do some impressive approach.s near display material on return,s from the Ice back into Christchurch , photos like those make us all wait in anticipation for the Alphasim model and try our skills . ......

[Q300]

Lucky bugger! The work there doing on the 737 is very intensive
Wonder how long it will be before the -300's are replaced?

[ardypilot]

Great pics, wish I had been there! Nice to see Chirs D made it up too.

[AlisterC]

Air New Zealand has some of the newest 733's in the world. This is ZKNGH, born in 1999. Air NZ also owns NGJ, the last 733 built. From the outside it actually looks quite new, it's just in bits it looks a bit rough lol. I imagine it will be around a while longer yet. The stairs are pretty steep! And the roof above them very low. Must be a boring trip to the ice for the passengers too, no windows!

[Globemaster]

Sweet pics!

Re pax travelling onboard, the pax are generally very good and usually try to sleep or find other means of entertaining themselves which is hard to do when your exicited and just want the wheels to touch the Ice. The C-17 flight time is around 5 hours which isnt that long compared with the LC-130 Ski Birds

Cheers