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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

A Tow Plane and Gliders

I made a visit to the Whenuapai Gliding Club recently at the RNZAF Base at Whenuapai, and managed to catch a little bit of Gliding activities for the day and speak to some of the very friendly and informative club members. It was great to learn a bit more about gliding than I all ready knew and get up close while the gliders were being prepared for flight and the co-ordination required with the tow plane, from the hook up on the ground to the takeoff and the release from the tow plane in the air.

The Tow plane for the day was ZK-RDW, FK 9 Mk IV.

For more information about the Whenuapai Gliding Club, see their website HERE

ZK-RDW
And Club Terminal, Communications Centre

ZK-RDW

Take-Off Roll

ZK-GVF
PZL Swidnik "World Class" PW5 Smyk

ZK-GMP
Grob G102 Standard Astir |||

Monday, July 29, 2013

China Airlines Cargo, B-18706

Just as I was about to leave Imperial Hill for the day in Los Angeles, this China Airlines B747-400F,B-18706 landed on 25L. My first shot of a China Airlines B744.

B-18706

Saturday, July 27, 2013

Fedex N607FE

Late afternoon on a somewhat gloomy day in Auckland day, FX75, N607FE from HNL arrives over the fence for 23L.

N607FE

N607FE

Thursday, July 25, 2013

Falcon 7X, N163FJ

Visiting New Zealand on a demonstration tour is the latest Dassault Falcon 7X

N163FJ seen here arriving back into Auckland yesterday from Nelson.

N163FJ
Falcon 7X

Thai Airways, HS-TJV

Thai Airways scheduled AKL-BKK flight, TG492 departs Auckland for the long haul back to Thailand. Seen here HS-TJV is a regular on the Auckland - Bangkok - Auckland run.