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spongebob206 wrote:

QUOTE (spongebob206 @ Jun 11 2008, 03:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Thanks Snapster,

Gotta be Auckland.

Cheers

sorry meant to mean specifically at AKL, you may be surprised

Who do you work for? Air NZ or something?
Looks like you were airside, but where
More great photos. Keep them coming.

Cheers
Daniel

Looks a bit high-up to be airside. Maybe on the viewing platform at the domestic terminal?

Except the last one ... of course ...

Alex

There's a couple of people at NZFF that can get airside... jealous much?
I'd like to get some of the chances that Gavin and others get like Air 2 Airs and Airside pics.
by the way, and so were the others in the Ardmore thread.

Daniel wrote:

QUOTE (Daniel @ Jun 11 2008, 07:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Who do you work for? Air NZ or something?
Looks like you were airside, but where

yep
and yep.

to be precise ON TOP of gate 32 airbridge, its great vantage point with elevation and clear views east and west.
well unless there is an aircraft on the gate that is .

( I added the arrow in photobucket, cant be half arsed uploading again)



and, I am an air nz groundie mainly link, but can cover all domestic area's



and by the way that isnt me marshling (thats henry) but it gives you an idea of my day to day job

Arh Lucky thing. What were you doing up there?
Is it the ground marshalling staff room?
That is a pretty cool place to get pictures from.
Is that the Thomson Fly 737 in the backround? Is that still in NZ?
I thought it had gone back a few weeks ago.

Cheers
Daniel

The Thomsonfly 737 returned back a while ago, it was an older photo of the ramp in general.
And actually the bottom layer of the buliding in the photo is the staff room, and what was I doing up there? going the extra mile for my photographs .
just had to make sure nobody tries to move the bridge while i'm up there

A few more photos from times past (aka not bloody rain, or not as much)









dash cockpit



atr cockpit



beech cockpit



If only i had a wide angle lens.
maybe mr mastercard can help me there.

Cheers
Alex

good to compare the cockpits of those 3 types , the layout , be nice to here from a pilot who has flown all and persons thoughts and fav .

Realy cool photos, great to have an AKL employe here!
Freaking love the beech!!!!!!!!! Its the one thing that makes me wish I keep working towards being a pilot

Edit; Just noticed the cellphone on the beech panel

Man you are lucky. As said earlier it's nice to see all the three regional airliner cockpits.
The thrust reversers are open early on the LAN Chile A340. Thanks for another great set. Keep them coming.

More nice shots mate. The Q300 with the rainbow is pretty cool, as are the cockpit shots.
Thanks for sharing.

Daniel wrote:

QUOTE (Daniel @ Jun 25 2008, 07:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

The thrust reversers are open early on the LAN Chile A340

No they're all right, you can open them as soon as the wheels touch the ground I think? Cowpatz???

Depends on company SOPs, and aircraft- But in reality it doesnt make a really big difference, different pilots different things Id say.

Sweet shots mate, love those cockpit comparison shots!

NZ255 wrote:

QUOTE (NZ255 @ Jun 25 2008, 03:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

No they're all right, you can open them as soon as the wheels touch the ground I think? Cowpatz???

Yeah but look at the inboard ones and consider how long it takes them to open, and you can see that the plane is literally touching down as the pic is taken. They must have been opened just before touchdown.

Sweet shots! Interesting that the Q300 cockpit is still exactly the same as VAC's cockpit!

If you look at the LH bogie you can see it is firmly on the ground. Most modern airliners have an interlock that prevents thrust reverser deployment until the main gear squat switches are activated. Nice shots.

Thanks for posting those Alex- that LAN A340 touchdown shot is super sweet... reminds me of a shot I took a while back, although with a far less superior zoom lens:


I've saved all the cockpit interior shots to my harddrive too, look forward to the next batch

snapster wrote:

QUOTE (snapster @ Jun 24 2008, 07:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I was very interested in this shot as a sequel to Trolly's - reverse thrust deployed the instant main gear settles, the nosewheel way up in the air.
When I land heavy metal in the sim, I do this, and was never sure if it would be standard procedure (rather than wait until all feet were planted)
Seems you can do this, in an A340 anyway...