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Post by Kereru on Nov 5, 2008 18:25:45 GMT 12
Yesterday I had a grabaseat flight to New Plymouth and my first ride on a Dash 8. I arrived just after midday and returned to Auckland on the 7:35 pm flight hoping to get some nice sunset photos. However the weather we can not book in advance and rain started late afternoon and continued till I left so I packed the camera away. The walk to the aircraft was a windy wet one and the camera stayed in the bag for the rest of the journey. Too dark and too wet for photos even out the window. Some photos from the day: ZK-NEZ  The gear coming down.    Touchdown.  Cabin view.  A sunny arrival shot.  Terminal from the road.  Excellent Cafe.  Departure lounge.  Couple of residents?  Random shots.     I did enjoy the break away from Auckland and look forward to future bargains on grabaseat. Cheers |
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Post by corsair67 on Nov 5, 2008 18:46:48 GMT 12
Colin, a nice selection there, and I too am looking forward to your next grabaseat bargin as it's good to see some photos from all these places that are off the aviation beaten track, so to speak.  Looks like that Grumman has been parked there for quite some time?  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 5, 2008 19:33:59 GMT 12
Interesting to see, I've never been to the airport there. It's a bigger terminal than I would have thought the region warranted. Do they get a lot of passenger air traffic there?
I take it that is Jim Hickey's cafe that everyone raves about?
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Post by Kereru on Nov 5, 2008 20:02:39 GMT 12
Interesting to see, I've never been to the airport there. It's a bigger terminal than I would have thought the region warranted. Do they get a lot of passenger air traffic there? I take it that is Jim Hickey's cafe that everyone raves about? While I was there they got Dash 8 flights quite frequently I thought from Wellington and Auckland, most were almost full. There were no Beech 1900 flights during my short stay. Aero Club was quite active and all three of the helicopters pictured in one of my photos flew at one or more times while I was there. I was inside when one of them flew over and missed some good shots of that one. Yes Jim Hickey's cafe and a great lunch too! He has memoribilia all over the place and I took quite some time to read the excellent exhibits. I did not photograph them closely as I assume they would be copyright. Jim senior was a second world war pilot and he has a great memorial to him there. It is all very well displayed Dave and well worth a look if your in the area at some time. Many of the historic events are featured around the cafe and it calls itself an aviation art and cafe for spotters. Cheers |
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Post by Kereru on Nov 6, 2008 6:39:14 GMT 12
A couple more shots. Standing near the gate looking towards the cafe and you can see on the left the big windows giving an excellent view of the ramp.  Cafe looking towards the serving and seating areas.  A view of the lounge area from the terminal entrance. Note the very good displays and allow sometime to study / read them all when visiting.  Cheers |
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Post by sqwark2k on Nov 7, 2008 9:54:15 GMT 12
While I was there they got Dash 8 flights quite frequently I thought from Wellington and Auckland, most were almost full. There were no Beech 1900 flights during my short stay.
Air Nelson has sole domain on New Plymouth. No other scheduled operators fly into New Plymouth
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Post by FlyingKiwi on Nov 9, 2008 15:50:09 GMT 12
That Grumman doesn't look terribly airworthy.
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