Exciting Charter Trip Offered By Teal Airline

[Aharon]

Shalom and greetings all my pals,

Presenting an exciting charter demonstration flight abroad brand new Teal DC-8-52 from YSNF Norfolk Island International Airport on the west side of Norfolk Island located in South Pacific Ocean between Australia, New Zealand, and New Caledonia to NZAA Auckland Airport located 13 miles south of the city centre of Auckland, New Zealand.

Many thanks to Deeknow for finding for me special free extremely detailed map of North Island of New Zealand

Excited press reporters, aviation experts, businessmen, politicians, and national celebrities boarding this brand new plane for their first thrilling DC-8-52 experience on special public relations promotional charter flight



Being pushed back by airport tug



Starting engines resulting into thick black smoke to much delight of airport lookers and photographers struggling and pushing against each other to get glimpse of brand new plane



Taxiing toward runway 22



Engines roaring producing black smokes during taxi to delight airport spotters



Backtracking on beginning of runway 22



Airborne on climb to Fl310



Still climbing



Making left 180 degree turn toward New Zealand



Still in middle of the left turn



Excited passengers on left window can see Norfolk Island ahead seen in front of nose tip of the plane



Passing the island and its airport of departure which gives passengers great view of the whole island



Now cruising at Fl310 across Pacific Ocean while passengers are experiencing new seat trays and DC-8-52 refreshment services (not sure if there is audio headphone service for that)



Engines roaring during cruise



Cruising past puffs of clouds



Check out brand new plane



Cruising



Approaching northern tip of North Island of New Zealand where you can see Ngataea/Hooper Point on that northern tip and the name of the beach from the tip down to bottom of screenshot is called Te Horo Beach



Cruising across landscape of Tutamoe Range



Cruising past Wairoa River



Now at 10,000 ft flying past waters of Kaipara Harbour or Otamatea Channel



Hard to pinpoint this location but I think it is above Waitemata Harbour where you can see highway route number 16 bridge just below second passenger window



On final runway approach to runway 23left passing Wiri suburb of Auckland city where you can see main highway called route number 20 Southern Motorway



Seconds before touchdown



TOUCHDOWN



Front landing gear gliding down slowly in most graceful manner



Front wheels making runway contact



Exiting from runway 23 left into taxiway A8 toward gate



Taxiing on runway 23R toward gate



Thank you for viewing. Stay tuned for next exciting flight report.

Regards,

Aharon

[deeknow]

Great stuff Aharon. That would have been quite a sight to see the DC8 pull out of little old Norfolks.
Went there as a kid, but flew in a Fokker Friendship from memory (will have to check w my parents). Lovely Island and some really interesting hitory.

[cowpatz]

It probably was an F27 Deeknow. certainly a marginal operation, especially if the weather wasn't too flash. Over wing fueling from drums in Kaitaia was the back up plan!

Aharon is that the HJG DC8 or Just Flight's? Nice post.

[deeknow]

It probably was an F27 Deeknow. certainly a marginal operation, especially if the weather wasn't too flash. Over wing fueling from drums in Kaitaia was the back up plan!

Wo! sounds sketchy, glad I was ignorant of it as a 10-year old .. and a 50-year old for that matter

[Splitpin]

Great post Aharon, I can recall seeing the odd DC-8. The last one I really remember was at NZCH ...there was a big Airshow there to commemorate an air race many years before ...in fact it may have been a race, cant remember.
I do however recall flying up to Norfolk on an RNZAF F-27 ...originated at RNZAF Wigram with a stop at RNZAF Whenuapai, it was covered off as a "Navex"or Navigation exercise. The F-27's were operated as Navigation trainers and sometimes used for "Marops" or coastal patrols in conjunction with the P3's.
That particular "Navex" was nothing more than a Christmas shopping trip, as Norfolk was duty-free destination....and we had ways to avoid NZ Customs on return
Fuel wasn't really a problem as the RNZAF airframes had large underwing fuel tanks.

Ah the good old days ....again, great post

[Radar88]

Nice screenshots Aharon

Great post Aharon, I can recall seeing the odd DC-8. The last one I really remember was at NZCH ...there was a big Airshow there to commemorate an air race many years before ...in fact it may have been a race, cant remember.
I do however recall flying up to Norfolk on an RNZAF F-27 ...originated at RNZAF Wigram with a stop at RNZAF Whenuapai, it was covered off as a "Navex"or Navigation exercise. The F-27's were operated as Navigation trainers and sometimes used for "Marops" or coastal patrols in conjunction with the P3's.
That particular "Navex" was nothing more than a Christmas shopping trip, as Norfolk was duty-free destination....and we had ways to avoid NZ Customs on return
Fuel wasn't really a problem as the RNZAF airframes had large underwing fuel tanks.

Ah the good old days ....again, great post

Ah indeed Marty, yes those were the good old days. It certainly brings back memories, recall doing a flying tiki tour into Rangiora Airfield. Just to attend the Golden Jubilee Airshow Christchurch in March 1987.

You are correct it was for the conclusion of the PDL International Air Race Singapore-Christchurch, such a nostalgic trip back in time here's the AirHistory link photo details for Air New Zealand Cargo DC-8 ZK-NZD

[Aharon]

Thanks to all for very kind words.

Cowpatz, it is freeware HJG model base

Regards,

Aharon

[Splitpin]

Sorry to Hijack your great post-Aharon.

[cowpatz]

Aharon you might find this of interest. I did have the pleasure of working on the DC8 in my previous life as an aircraft engineer.
Some good videos in there too. Enjoy.

Air NZ Flight engineers Blog

[deeknow]

wow CP that's an excellent resource, thanks for sharing!

[Aharon]

Sorry to Hijack your great post-Aharon.

No need to apologize. I encourage anyone to make or create intellectual and educational discussion on commercial aviation of New Zealand in my screenshot posts.

Thanks for letting me know that Teal DC-8 participated in air race from Australia to New Zealand. Who won this race?

Regards,

Aharon

[Aharon]

Aharon you might find this of interest. I did have the pleasure of working on the DC8 in my previous life as an aircraft engineer.Some good videos in there too. Enjoy.Air NZ Flight engineers Blog

Cowpatz,

Thanks for great hyperlink. Much appreciated. Is there any source of information that tells what airports that any Air New Zealand DC-8s had flown to whether they were regular scheduled flights or charter flights or government flights or royal flights.

Regards,

Aharon

[cowpatz]

Cowpatz,

Thanks for great hyperlink. Much appreciated. Is there any source of information that tells what airports that any Air New Zealand DC-8s had flown to whether they were regular scheduled flights or charter flights or government flights or royal flights.

Regards,

Aharon

Not that I can immediately lay my hands on. The following is from Wikipedia: Wikipedia DC8

They did a few charter flights (including royal visits). When Air NZ was decommissioning them one was converted to a freighter (ZK-NZD). It remained the only DC8 in the company fleet for quite sometime.
ZK-NZA was initially not available due being used on another aircraft and of course NZB crashed during a tragic training flight mishap.
I'm not sure how financially successful it was as it was only a 52 series from memory. Carrying race horses around the world (but mainly Australia) became it's main source of cargo.

[Splitpin]

CP, re the link ..... as mentioned before, what a resource . I had no idea until now that we lost a DC-8.
Thanks very much.

[cowpatz]

Yes it is what prompted Air NZ to get into flight simulators. The DC8 one was very primitive. Visuals consisted of a big vertical board with a model landscape constructed on it and a camera that would move over it depending on the aircraft position. In theory you could stick a glob of chewing gum on it and it could show up in the visuals!

[Splitpin]

Great reply ...cheers CP ...I've been trying to keep these conversations away from Aharon's post, but he seems happy.
I almost choked on my Merlot when I read "In theory, you could stick a glob of chewing gum on it and it could show up in the visuals!"

[cowpatz]

Rumour has it that on one simulator sortie a giant spider appeared through the "cockpit windows"!

[Aharon]

Thanks all for kind answers.

Regards,

Aharon