Auckland & Hamilton Airports - Misc Pics

[Ian Warren]

Guess this time off the year we have the luxury of the USAF, this morning a LC-130 head out over my place, the tours we get out at the airport.

[HamiltonWest]

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Nov 1 2014,9:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Guess this time off the year we have the luxury of the USAF, this morning a LC-130 head out over my place, the tours we get out at the airport.

[Ian Warren]

Nice gear Sean, you collected the jacket for yourself, I want one

[HamiltonWest]

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Nov 1 2014,5:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Nice gear Sean, you collected the jacket for yourself, I want one

ZK-MVE 1-11-14

[Ian Warren]

Had a neighbour down the back looking up and asking me a new airline in the NZ, , ole Dave is a hell of character ... if i'm plane spotting in my front yard so is he, dose not have a nice leather jacket or cap but hell of a sense of humour.

[Splitpin]

Great work again Ham , your the man

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Nov 3 2014,3:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Had a neighbour down the back looking up and asking me a new airline in the NZ, , ole Dave is a hell of character ... if i'm plane spotting in my front yard so is he, dose not have a nice leather jacket or cap but hell of a sense of humour.

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Great work again Ham , your the man thumbup1.gif[/quote]


4-11-14

[zk2704]

Love those shots. Airliners FTW are awesome!

[HamiltonWest]

[Ian Warren]

A ATR going through the sound barrier , reflection off light I guess

[HamiltonWest]

24-9-14

[cowlesco]

Did you manage to get any pics of the Avenger as it departed yesterday? We had just made it to the final approach fix as it did it's beat up

[deeknow]

Mean shot HW !!

[Ian Warren]

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Mean shot HW !!

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Did you manage to get any pics of the Avenger as it departed yesterday? We had just made it to the final approach fix as it did it's beat up [/quote]
Nah - well any truly missed that completely darn it all from me also.

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[Lindstrim]

[quote name='HamiltonWest' post='8364197' date='Nov 8 2014,10:04 PM']


Nah - well any truly missed that completely darn it all from me also.


Fantastic pics, I wonder what paint job they will do if one of the black ones goes

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (Lindstrim @ Nov 8 2014,10:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Fantastic pics, I wonder what paint job they will do if one of the black ones goes

I do wonder why with a little extra effort they don't paint out the rudders ? sorta like a half ass job !

[Ian Warren]

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I do wonder why with a little extra effort they don't paint out the rudders ? sorta like a half ass job ![/quote]

It's a balance issue I believe, as an imbalance could cause the rudder to have flutter and potentially rip itself off

[Ian Warren]

That one out off the books, seems a bit strange, that issue for example is the A-4 Skyhawk, they removed the skin leaving the open ribs of rudder to stop the flutter - Ed Heinemann trick , .... the not painting ? ... they do the same on the 747s, what about clean tailed aircraft, there is a few off them, seems a bit of strange balance issue ?

[HamiltonWest]

Double Daks ZK-AWP March 2014


ZK-DAK 24-9-14

[Ian Warren]

Arr the days we had DC-3s regular in CHCH, It may still be back .. sitting indoors at Ashburton so that's a good start , what happened to your DC-3 only thread