tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397738201762479975.post1667981502834528957..comments2024-03-27T23:23:10.995+13:00Comments on 3rd Level New Zealand: Who said that Rotorua airport was one of the most boring plane spotters' airport in NZ?Steve Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06894943682751269848noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397738201762479975.post-6214458300855216132014-06-24T17:06:34.644+12:002014-06-24T17:06:34.644+12:00Cheers for that, just read on wiki that painting o...Cheers for that, just read on wiki that painting over something of the plane didn't help? fras444https://www.blogger.com/profile/00859543159403131176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397738201762479975.post-90220862929009681042014-06-23T16:20:15.367+12:002014-06-23T16:20:15.367+12:00Not sure about when NEY got painted, but it was ce...Not sure about when NEY got painted, but it was certainly not the cause of the crash.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397738201762479975.post-80117853265726979992014-06-23T03:27:22.282+12:002014-06-23T03:27:22.282+12:00Qantas/Jetconnect also flew a 737-400 into Rotorua...Qantas/Jetconnect also flew a 737-400 into Rotorua on the final day of domestic ops... ZK-JTQ I think. My first ever flight was also from Rotorua in 1986 on an Eagle Air flight to HLZ. dhcomethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08662361692524295254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397738201762479975.post-25560327289720107892014-06-22T13:48:09.164+12:002014-06-22T13:48:09.164+12:00Hey anyone know when that Dash 8 ZK-NEY got painte...Hey anyone know when that Dash 8 ZK-NEY got painted? From memory I flew on that plane to Nelson in late 94..? Heard somewhere that it was the paint job that may have been a cause to the crashfras444https://www.blogger.com/profile/00859543159403131176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397738201762479975.post-65198786904398129412014-06-22T13:41:50.889+12:002014-06-22T13:41:50.889+12:00Thank you so very much for that haha and very well...Thank you so very much for that haha and very well worded too!! Yip it has been a lot harder now that the old balcony got closed of due to 9/11 and that the old aero club got bulldozed to make way for the new tarmac for the a320's i'll have to send that photo I have of the once busy private aviation scene. But for good photos now you will have to go to the other side airport at hannahs fras444https://www.blogger.com/profile/00859543159403131176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397738201762479975.post-36399056196982497032014-06-22T08:55:46.132+12:002014-06-22T08:55:46.132+12:00Now they are a blast from the past. Awesome photos...Now they are a blast from the past. Awesome photos !! I really do miss Ansett in NZ. Great looking aircraft.plane_mad_nzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00523662237209442330noreply@blogger.com