AKL ANZ Tech op's open day

[ARU]

hi everybody, heres a few snaps from the air new Zealand staff open day at Auckland.

the new "environmentally friendly" 747-400






Its sad to see NBS like this... she was the first 747 i have ever traveled on


the airport fire truck's were there throughout the day happy to soak young kiddies playing chicken with the stream of water (low pressure of course)






If you look closely you may see a cri-cri






classic.................-ish cars



mine and hairys are rarer than the lot



good old tiger moth





Boeing 767 ramp-raft




jet engine line up



777-200 and beech 1900d



man ! . those are some big gear doors.


747's

[ARU]

I had a bit of bad family news today, so decided i deserved a trip in the dak





Eden park upgrade




harbor bridge



Auckland city



over ragitoto



And progress of the second (well third) runway

[hairy]

Damn it, I missed your call this morning.

Great photos, looks like I missed a really good day.

classic.................-ish cars



mine and hairys are rarer than the lot

Pah! Mass produced and common, they only built 703 of our cars.

And who's that looking confused in the left seat of the Dak?



pssst.......just quietly it's "Harbour" and "Rangitoto" ;D

[Dave Homewood]

Nice shots Alex.

[nz107]

Nice pics! That explains the C-130 departing AKL today just before 1pm..

[Citabria]

Great shots Alex... next time we meet, can you say I'm Alex as I still can't put a face to your name, even though I'm sure we have met a few times.

That was an interesting flight... you might notice from you last shot that we were on a close base for 05... that's because I had to slip in front of the A380.....

Not everyday you hear ...Emerites.XXX follow a Dakota on finals! Talk about pressure not to screw up the landing and send that thing around!

Cheers

Andrew

[ARU]

Ah always next time.... always happy to be supporting the dc3.
yeah I saw the A380 as I got back onto the ramp, everybody was excitedly talking about it and taking photo's, I thought ah old hat now .
One thing I thought was funny was they had a mock up 737 cockpit and you could get your photo taken in it .... ah no thanks I can and have done it in real thing ;D ;D ;D