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Post by Kereru on Feb 24, 2011 20:39:01 GMT 12
Heat haze........ the bain of photographers? KC135 with SIA 773 taxing past.   Cheers |
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Post by Ykato on Feb 24, 2011 21:28:31 GMT 12
I reckon - Really Nice Pics their Mr hunter  |
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Post by Ykato on Feb 24, 2011 21:52:33 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 25, 2011 19:47:35 GMT 12
Great shot there Sean!
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Post by Kereru on Feb 26, 2011 18:45:29 GMT 12
Air New Zealand second domestic configured A320 ZK-OJQ arrived yesterday from Europe and straight into work today with a special Earthquake relief flight to Christchurch. Well done guys.  Seen here taxing for take off on 23L. Colin |
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Post by Ykato on Mar 2, 2011 11:22:48 GMT 12
Dave - Great Bus Pic Mr hunter - cheers
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Post by Ykato on Mar 5, 2011 14:10:14 GMT 12
Sat 5 March 2011  Cessna Citation X OE-HUB  BBJ N164RJ |
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Post by Ykato on Mar 7, 2011 18:42:07 GMT 12
Sat 5 March 2011
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Post by haughtney1 on Mar 7, 2011 21:46:39 GMT 12
Neat Pic of the EK 777 landing (I'm biased of course) Ykato
Drove past on my way to the family meeting place out in Drury 4 or 5 days ago, and noticed the Air National fleet still all parked up.
Does anyone know if the BBJ is still owned by Bausch and Lomb?
Its been a pain operating into AKL recently..no ILS on 05, taxiways dug up etc etc..at least the last few trips in have been in nice weather..lets hope for more next week :-)
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Post by slackie on Mar 8, 2011 6:39:42 GMT 12
Yeah H1... it's been "challenging" controlling as well!!
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Post by haughtney1 on Mar 8, 2011 21:24:06 GMT 12
Sorry Slackie...fortunately for me, the "automagic's" in the 777 get me down to almost CAT 1 minimums on 05..even when the VOR is turned off.
As for the taxiways.....
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Post by slackie on Mar 9, 2011 20:33:31 GMT 12
 Sorry about the quality... only had my cellphone on me... but this showed up just north of the aerodrome today... not your usual sight in the Auckland skies! |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 9, 2011 21:50:44 GMT 12
Awesome! There was a photo of that same twister on the news too. Are you based in Auckland tower permanently now Mike? or just visiting?
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Post by Ykato on Mar 10, 2011 10:18:21 GMT 12
Sorry about the quality... only had my cellphone on me... but this showed up just north of the aerodrome today... not your usual sight in the Auckland skies! Thanks for shareing the Photo - Hopefully you won't see that too often. |
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Post by haughtney1 on Mar 10, 2011 20:21:08 GMT 12
Great Pic Slackie, I remember seeing something similar when flying past morrinsville many years ago.
Out of interest, do you guys have primary radar in the twr? and like the US does it show weather returns?
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Post by slackie on Mar 11, 2011 16:47:41 GMT 12
We have SKYLINE which is an amalgamation of primary and secondary radar, but all weather returns are filtered out... so apart from looking out the window and asking you guys we have no help with weather reporting. Having said that some big cells give primary returns, particularly when they are spitting and sparking. In the Intl Twrs we don't have a MetService display, but instead have wind direction and strength displayed on Vaisala dials. We do have access to cloud height information but that is only valid immediately above the station so only gives an indication as to what the cloud might be.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that if the ATIS/METAR appear to be wildly different from what the actual is then the pilot is in the box seat and should let us know so that we can update our reports (somewhat like how the MetService update their "forecasts" after we submit a METAR!!).
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Post by Kereru on Mar 11, 2011 17:51:23 GMT 12
While spotting the other day I was lucky to catch the Vintage work horse with the current work horse at AKL!  Sorry about the heat haze but the Dc 3 looks good even today where ever I see her. Cheers |
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Post by FlyingKiwi on Mar 11, 2011 19:24:59 GMT 12
I think it was over there again today - took off from Ardmore just after lunch time vacating for Auckland.
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Post by Kereru on Mar 14, 2011 13:54:00 GMT 12
Korean Air laid on a 747 today instead of the 772 that usually does this service.  The special paint scheme lettering is "Passionate Wings to Culture" "A Proud Sponsor of The British Museum" Cheers |
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Post by Kereru on May 6, 2011 14:42:55 GMT 12
Nice to catch a couple of Rugby special paint schemes together?  Cheers |
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