An Afternoon At Windy Wellington

[huff3r]

So i spent a good hour or so down at Wellington tis afternoon, with my first planespotting trip . Had some great fun taking photos, from a pretty wicked spot! (Complete with park bench for the required height boost to shoot over the fence!)

Hope you like 'em

First up is "The Rock". I never realised how awesome, yet somehow menacing, the terminal is from this end.
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Not sure of the Rego, but it pulled up outside the LifeFlight hangar. Met ny an ambulance but i wasnt paying attention, and never saw a patient
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Lifeflight Air Ambulance taking off..
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Up, up and away!!
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ZK-MCC
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Never realised where the Control Tower was til today, looks quite odd perched up on the hill!
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ZK-FML was doing Touch'n'goes the whole time i was there.
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[huff3r]

ZK-NFB coming in to land (I love Q300s!)
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And back again..
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ZK-NEQ on Takeoff
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[huff3r]

And ZK-NEB on Take-off as well..
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Another Wellington Aero Club trainer coming in
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And finally... the big one... ZK-OJQ up and away
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[Charl]

QUOTE (huff3r @ May 31 2011,8:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

...First up is "The Rock". I never realised how awesome, yet somehow menacing, the terminal is from this end...

Does anyone know if it is finished, and if yes, who might be held responsible?

[markll]

QUOTE (Charl @ May 31 2011,8:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Does anyone know if it is finished, and if yes, who might be held responsible?

Yes it is finished, and it's brought to you by the same morons who think that copying the Hollywood sign is a great way to show off how creative and exciting Wellington is....WTH?

[huff3r]

Don't know sorry, but it looks very out of place with the rest of the terminal looking very normal. All or nothing i say!

[deeknow]

Nice pics huffer, specially like the A320 ones, looked like a great day for it

[Ian Warren]

The Rock Yeah Ummm - looks more like a Crayfish Shell ... Windy Welly thank the jeez , keep the breeze and not the stink . .... see Huff , the response from your first series , ya must be doing something right

[huff3r]

QUOTE (deeknow @ May 31 2011,9:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Nice pics huffer, specially like the A320 ones, looked like a great day for it

Thanks
I'm just learning to drive my DSLR...
Wasn't really a nice day for it haha, bit windy and cold/overcast etc.. but good lighting for photos

[andrewb]

Nice lighting and colours. Love the shots of the Dash8/Q300's - I reckon they have the best "feel" as they throttle up for take-off, really pushes you back in your seat and sounds great.

[victor_alpha_charlie]

Nice pics!

Not really a fan of the International Terminal from the outside, but was in there about 3 months ago and it's pretty cool inside

[HamiltonWest]

Awesome Photo's Huff3r Thanks for shareing them kingair is ZK-FDR Just landed at Ham about an hour ago.

[connor]

QUOTE (HamiltonWest @ Jun 2 2011,5:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Awesome Photo's Huff3r Thanks for shareing them kingair is ZK-FDR Just landed at Ham about an hour ago.

Saw something that looked awfully similar to FDR fly out of NZCH this afternoon.

[huff3r]

I just wish I'd gotten pics of it landing, was the first plane to come in after i got there.

[Splitpin]

QUOTE (markll @ May 31 2011,8:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Yes it is finished, and it's brought to you by the same morons who think that copying the Hollywood sign is a great way to show off how creative and exciting Wellington is....WTH?

WTH indeed Mark........morons is a little polite....what the hell kind of an age are living in, or am i just getting old and grumpy.

Great pics anyway huff, thanks for posting.

[HamiltonWest]

QUOTE (connor @ Jun 2 2011,6:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Saw something that looked awfully similar to FDR fly out of NZCH this afternoon.

Arrived approx ham 4.50pm

QUOTE (huff3r @ Jun 2 2011,7:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I just wish I'd gotten pics of it landing, was the first plane to come in after i got there.

Quite a cool paint job on that Kingair.

[huff3r]

QUOTE (HamiltonWest @ Jun 3 2011,6:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Arrived approx ham 4.50pm


Quite a cool paint job on that Kingair.

Yeah it is something special. I'll have to keep a look out for it in Hamilton then too, I'll be at the airport pretty much everyday up here now .

[HamiltonWest]

QUOTE (huff3r @ Jun 6 2011,11:07 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Yeah it is something special. I'll have to keep a look out for it in Hamilton then too, I'll be at the airport pretty much everyday up here now .

May also be of interest B200 Kingair's ZK-PLK & ZK-MAN seem to visit Ham quite reg also.

[huff3r]

QUOTE (HamiltonWest @ Jun 8 2011,10:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

May also be of interest B200 Kingair's ZK-PLK & ZK-MAN seem to visit Ham quite reg also.

Sweet. Was up in the control tower yesterday when the life flight one came in to land, heard the priority radio call. Was a pretty cool view up there really .

[victor_alpha_charlie]

QUOTE (connor @ Jun 2 2011,6:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Saw something that looked awfully similar to FDR fly out of NZCH this afternoon.

Unsure whether it's the exact one, but Garden City at CHC have a King Air with a very similar paintjob