Flight Hauraki - ZK-MDZ

These are my first photos of Flight Hauraki's Cessna 207 ZK-MDZ on a short final at AKL.

Flight Hauraki is based out of the North Shore Airfield, just north of Auckland and Waiheke Island Aerodrome in the Hauraki Gulf. Flight Hauraki as listed on their website is the only fixed wing flight seeing specialists operating in Auckland.

Flight Hauraki
ZK-MDZ

ZK-MDZ

ZK-MBZ

For for information on Flight Hauraki visit their website HERE

Gulfstream & Global Express

A few quick arty shots in the last rays of light on the 12th Feb 14 of two business jets parked next to each other whilst overnighting in Auckland. The light was great for these photos.

Two photos of N891E a Gulfstream G550, and Two photos of N717AL a Bombardier Global Express BD7000.

N717AL
Global Express 

N717AL
Global Express

N891E
Gulfstream 550

N891E
Gulfstream 550

Boeing Biz Jet M-YBBJ

This very smart Boeing 737 BBJ was in New Zealand from the 10th March and departed Auckland for Nadi, Fiji on the 8th April. M-YBBJ is operated on behalf of the owner of the super yacht 'A' which has been in Auckland for most of the summer.

M-YBBJ

M-YBBJ

M-YBBJ

Korean Airlines AKL B747-400 Summer Flights End

Korean Airlines operate the B747-400 to Auckland over the peak New Zealand summer season, and during the winter months reverting back to B777-200ER operations.

These are the only shots I managed to get of a Korean B744 this summer and got these shots only a week before their last 747 flight for the summer.

HL7493 seen here taxing out as KE130 AKL-ICN.

HL7493
KE130, AKL-ICN

HL7493

HL7493

HL7493

HL-7493 

HL-7493

HL-7493

Bombardier Global Express - N1955M

This Global Express BD-700 N1955M  I think is owned by the McDonald's Corporation.
Seen here in Auckland on the 27th Feb 2014.

N1955M
Global Express BD-700

Final Shots - Miramar 2012

This will be the last set of photos I post from the Miramar Air Show back in 2012.

These photos are from the Not so good Files, and please excuse the people in the way in some photos, but thought it might give you an idea of what it's like at a major military air show in the States.
You could pretty much touch or get into any aircraft on display. The only aircraft with restricted access was the Raptor.

Hope to make it back for Miramar again, and I highly recommend this Air Show event.

Tornado

Tornado

Boeing B52 Bomber

Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker
64-14835
Based at March Air Force Base, California

Looking at a small portion of the Static Displays

Full Grandstand Seating

Nose Gear
Rockwell B-1 Lancer Bomber

Great Machine

Back end of a C-17

B52 Power Plants

A-10 Thunderbolt

A-10 Thunderbolt

A-10 Thunderbolt

Wall of Fire

MV-22A Osprey
Port Engine

Massive Rotors of the Osprey

People and more People

Excuse the head in the way......

Miramar Tower

Golden Knights - US Army Parachute F-27

Air Chathams DC3 - ZK-AWP

A mad dash out to Ardmore Airfield was made to get these photos of Air Chathams DC3, ZK-AWP.

These are my first shots of this DC3 since returning from Tonga late last year. Hope to get some photos next time of ZK-AWP whilst airborne.

ZK-AWP

ZK-AWP

ZK-AWP

ZK-AWP

ZK-AWP

Super Puma - ZK-HHL

New Zealand's only resident Super Puma AS332 Helicopter just happened to taxi out and takeoff on a recent visit to Ardmore. ZK-HHL was shipped to New Zealand from Japan in 2013 and is registered to Heli Harvest Ltd.

So just in case you need some heavy lifting done, see the Heli Harvest Website HERE

Lifting capability is about 4500kg I believe.

ZK-HHL
Super Puma

ZK-HHL

ZK-HHL

ZK-HHL

ZK-HHL

ZK-HHL