NZFF

by **HamiltonWest** » Sat Oct 19, 2013 5:45 pm

Ian Warren wrote:
QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Oct 19 2013,6:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
HELLS BELLS .. that come up well .. and ya weapon system even picked up on the Gondula restaurant perched up on the ports hills around gate 20 - 20 plus kilometers away

agree

Like wise with your's Ian

by **dbcunnz** » Sat Oct 19, 2013 5:50 pm

Bloody ell Greg I will have to buy another three monitors to get that all in worked out at five and a half monitors wide

by **Ian Warren** » Sat Oct 19, 2013 5:58 pm

HamiltonWest wrote:
QUOTE (HamiltonWest @ Oct 19 2013,6:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
agree Like wise with your's Ian

Thanks Sean , Superb so for visitors to Christchurch or to show land scape in ex-Wobblyville , other good thing about this vantage point was meeting the CAC NZFF members .

dbcunnz wrote:
QUOTE (dbcunnz @ Oct 19 2013,6:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Bloody ell Greg I will have to buy another three monitors to get that all in worked out at five and a half monitors wide

Ya Bugger , spose ya off to buy two more monitors

by **scaber** » Sat Oct 19, 2013 8:34 pm

dbcunnz wrote:
QUOTE (dbcunnz @ Oct 19 2013,6:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Bloody ell Greg I will have to buy another three monitors to get that all in worked out at five and a half monitors wide

:-) Possibly a bit of overkill just for one photo! If you do that I will have to produce more photos to justify the expense I've put you to.

by **Splitpin** » Sat Oct 19, 2013 8:42 pm

Ive never seen one that big on here before ....as the actress said to the bishop.... amazing

by **HamiltonWest** » Sat Oct 26, 2013 3:54 pm

HamiltonWest wrote:
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Shutdown ends, but some US Antarctic research still frozen
Operation IceBridge , which tracks yearly changes in the polar ice sheets, will likely go ahead, but with fewer flights. This was the first year the research mission planned to fly a P-3B plane out of Antarctica's McMurdo Station instead of taking off from Punta Arenas, Chile.

"At this point everyone is trying to assess the impact on the deployments and determine the best way forward," said IceBridge project scientist Michael Studinger. "We have more questions than answers but we should know more sometime next week, hopefully. Both NASA and NSF are committed to enable a shortened McMurdo deployment if possible."
http://www.nbcnews.com/science/shutdown-en...ozen-8C11415427

NASA's C-130 Hercules
In 2013, NASA's Wallops Flight Facility added a C-130 Hercules to its fleet of aircraft. Formerly a U.S. Air Force aircraft, the C-130 brings the range and cargo capacity needed to serve as a long-range airborne laboratory and to carry cargo in support of science missions around the world.
It's first airborne mission is in support of the September 2013 IceBridge campaign to Greenland. The C-130 will then be deployed to Christchurch, New Zealand, to provide logistical support for IceBridge's 2013 Antarctic campaign based in Antarctica's McMurdo Station.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/icebridg...ml#.Ums8hvmD8Zk

by **Ian Warren** » Sat Oct 26, 2013 4:17 pm

From the look of the aircraft you won't be able to tell the difference , some of these aircraft can look very bland , strange they do fly the civvies without day-glo or hi-res schemes .

by **HamiltonWest** » Sat Oct 26, 2013 4:50 pm

Ian Warren wrote:
QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Oct 26 2013,5:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
From the look of the aircraft you won't be able to tell the difference , some of these aircraft can look very bland , strange they do fly the civvies without day-glo or hi-res schemes .

Looks to have an ugly nose & bad Paint job
http://airbornescience.nasa.gov/gallery/ai.../C-130_Hercules

by **zk2704** » Sat Oct 26, 2013 6:08 pm

Bugger

by **Ian Warren** » Sat Oct 26, 2013 6:52 pm

zk2704 wrote:
QUOTE (zk2704 @ Oct 26 2013,7:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Bugger

Just i caught a C-17 on approach to 29 .. BUGGER !

by **zk2704** » Sat Oct 26, 2013 6:55 pm

Ian Warren wrote:
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Just i caught a C-17 on approach to 29 .. BUGGER !

NO THANKS

by **Ian Warren** » Sun Oct 27, 2013 3:10 pm

zk2704 wrote:
QUOTE (zk2704 @ Oct 26 2013,7:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
NO THANKS

Well ya miss out then - With me ears to the ground I did not hear that but with N/W wind they do bring them in the right hand pattern

Out off the window .. arrrr such the missed opportunity !

by **Splitpin** » Sun Oct 27, 2013 4:57 pm

Great shot .... i saw him as well ..... plenty of power on and just hanging there . Thanks for posting

by **Ian Warren** » Sun Oct 27, 2013 5:22 pm

Splitpin wrote:
QUOTE (Splitpin @ Oct 27 2013,5:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
..and just hanging there .

It dose , Just seems to hang in the Sky .. maybe 50ft shorter than most the big boys but across the city looks Dang great !

by **HamiltonWest** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 5:15 pm

a bit busy
http://www.mrcaviation.blogspot.co.nz/2013...update-two.html

by **Ian Warren** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 5:49 pm

That explains the traffic just recent .. and a study of the photo shows my pic from 'Stewart AFB'

by **HamiltonWest** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 11:22 am

Looks or looked to be doing circuits over your way Ian?
Air New Zealand 6084
Boeing 747-400
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/ANZ6084
http://www.flightradar24.com/ANZ6084

by **Ian Warren** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 11:50 am

HamiltonWest wrote:
QUOTE (HamiltonWest @ Oct 29 2013,12:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Looks or looked to be doing circuits over your way Ian?
Air New Zealand 6084
Boeing 747-400

Think he has headed out or least what flight radar was showing , could be on the ground for lunch .

by **HamiltonWest** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 12:09 pm

Ian Warren wrote:
QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Oct 29 2013,12:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Think he has headed out or least what flight radar was showing , could be on the ground for lunch .

Airborne Again Presently according to fltrad24

by **JoeM** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 4:01 pm

Air New Zealand 747 out doing circuits at CH around lunchtime for the next week, training apparently

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