CV41 to the Chatham Islands

My ride to the Chathams... Air Chathams' Convair 580 ZK-CIB

CIB was configured for 40 passengers with the high school kids returning home and a tangi on Thursday

Descending through the cloud...

...breaking through over the sea...

as we pass Pitt Island on the right...

Then flying over Chatham past Te Whanga Lagoon

Coming up on Waikato Point (the point on the right) where the flying boat base was... the point on the left is the site of the current airport

On finals

touchdown

Backtracking...

Disembarking passengers and cargo... ZK-CIB at the Chathams on 15 April 2015