Some Air Chathams' spotting at Auckland on 13 February 2021, but it looks as if it was just one of those days...
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| The afternoon flight to Whakatane took off with Fairchild Metro 23 ZK-POF operating the service... |
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| A few minutes later it was back... |
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| And then towed to the hangar |
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| The Whakatane service had departed after the arrival of the late running flight from the Chatham Islands... I wonder if someone was transhipping... CIE's late arrival meant a late departure of 3C 571 to Tauranga and the Chathams operated by Convair 580 ZK-CIE |
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| Meanwhile Fairchild Metroliner III ZK-CIC was brought down to the terminal to operate the service to Whakatane... a case of just one of those days |
Hi Steve, Just wondering, shouldn't that read Whakatane rather than Tauranga for 3C571? I thought their TRG visits were only made by charter flights and the DC-3.
ReplyDeleteHi Peter... The normal AKL-CHT flight is 3C 591... 571 did operate AKL-TRG-CHT... must have been a tour group from TRG - has happened before
ReplyDeleteOn a quick first glance.. Who else thought they saw a Air Nelson/Eagle Air Metro/SAAB 340 of the 90s link era
ReplyDeleteOr even an Irish version of Mount Cook Airlines HS748 in that distinctive climb out profile
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