Christchurch Airport Images

[Kereru]

Sept 26, 2013 19:06:16 GMT 12 beagle said:

i thought there would have been more comments on the new scheme

rnzaf.proboards.com/post/198711

Yes I am surprised there have been few comments on a NZ web site considering it is the final colour scheme chosen for all ANZ aircraft.(Apart from the all black specials) I quickly linked two photos on my thread which brought no comment at all? Well done Beagle at least you got some response. My image which was priority screened on Airliners.net (USA web site) has so far passed 16000 views? Many of them probable Kiwi viewers.

www.airliners.net/photo/Air-New-Zealand/Airbus-A320-232/2321167/L/&sid=97709beab7baecedf7d51aa6d90f33ed

Jetphotos priority screened. www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=7677095&nseq=0

Web sites are really strange what you might think is popular is not and what you might think is mundane ordinary get a huge response. I can never fathom it out.

Good shot too Beagle thanks for sharing.

Cheers,

Colin

[beagle]

they were only quick shots on a dull day so not the best by any means.
If it is in service now domestically then hpefully will catch it again soon

[haughtney1]

Great shots Beagle, particularly like the 777 "ahem" and will now be the only EK 777 visiting NZ shores..apart from a freighter or two from time to time:-)

[nuuumannn]

Yes, very nice images. The new scheme is a tie in with the New Zealand Tourist Board and the airline and I think it's rather fetching. It certainly looks better than the black tail and Air New Zealand script alone, which looks a bit insipid, especially in dull weather.

[baz62]

Sept 24, 2013 19:11:10 GMT 12 beagle said:

out and about at lunchtime, going passed the ANZ hangar and what did I see.......

Bloody hell I missed out on a tour of the Engineering Hangar on the 24th cos I had the flu.(Just got over it now) Couple of chaps from work got the tour and got to see a major check on an B737, this A320 and an Air National Guard C130 having its ramp door fixed due to a crack. So gutted. Oh well next time, and nice photo Beags.

[beagle]

So there is from memory going to be another scheme where the aircraft is black but a white tail

[nuuumannn]

Take a look here; a nice big 7Late7 in the new scheme:

www.pprune.org/australia-new-zealand-pacific/516804-air-nzs-new-look.html

[beagle]

I actually thought the other scheme was having a reverse on the image I took the other dy, maybe not

[beagle]

Saw the tail of a 747 at morning tea, then saw it take off after lunch, but it did a big wingover then a circuit, so put the foot down and rushed over to one spot I often take photos from and got some there but then saw it do another another circuit so sped off again around by the fire section to get some better shots with out fences in the way. Had to slow down for a cop car then a tractor with about 10 empty baggage trollies but got there in time to catch it. Just as well at this was it's last circuit as it levelled out and headed north.

excuse the quality, it was a bit of a rushed job.

[suthg]

Nice shots Beags, some would have tweaked the images but they are fine as is!! UV can add some glare... Nicely in the frame too, how many 747's do we still have flying pax routes? Any doing freight only?

[vs]

Boeing 747 400! Still the greatest airliner out there! Brilliant shots.

Air New Zealand operate 2 Boeing 747 400's on pax only services. Singapore Airlines bring their Boeing 747 400 Freighters into Auckland.

[suthg]

Thanks for that. Singapore Airlines have a B747 running to LAX from Sydney I think, - the service they are about to cancel - do they have other pax 747's running?

[beagle]

Oct 29, 2013 18:38:59 GMT 12 suthg said:

Nice shots Beags, some would have tweaked the images but they are fine as is!! UV can add some glare... Nicely in the frame too, how many 747's do we still have flying pax routes? Any doing freight only?

cheers mate.
the images look better before I put them through photobucket to get on here.
cropping helps to get rid of fences and vehicles etc
yeah, not going to see too many heavy birds around like this much, except the C17s

[11SQNLDR]

Nice photos thanks Beags.

Anyone else see the 4 USAF C-17's on the tarmac on Sunday? Unusual to see that many at once.... Tourists coming into CHC might of thought we had a real Air Force

[flyjoe180]

Nice shots Beags, for a rushed job they sure turned out very well.

[zaphod]

I happened to be in the departure lounge waiting for a 1430 departure to Auckland and saw the 747 go past the window a couple of times. Snapped off a couple of shots through the glass. Plenty of snow on the mountains to be seen on the flight up!





I also though I saw an all white Herc on the ground on Monday, then in the air on Tuesday. Anyone know what that would have been?

[beagle]

owned and operated by Safair
pretty sure used by the Italians to get into Terra bay
someone will correct me if I am not wrong

I heard today that the B747 is being used for another airline for crew training

[haughtney1]

Stunning Pics, for a rushed job, and shooting through glass, they sure did come out ok, I can almost smell the jet fuel and the cut grass :-)

[beagle]

and if you had been further in town you would have smelt the bad odour that quite a few people have been complaining about in town lately. Most sem to describe it as raw sewerage

[Dave Homewood]

Fonterra has a milk dump there maybe Beags?