So what is the most spectacular air route in New Zealand??? I think it would be hard to beat Sunair's Tauranga - Great Barrier and Great Barrier - Whitianga - Tauranga route. Yesterday thanks to Sunair's daily deals I got to experience some of Sunair's spectacular scenery....
SAV 72 - Tauranga - Great Barrier Island
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| The front office of Piper Aztec ZK-PIW |
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| Sunair 10W, Clear to take off Runway 25 |
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| Departure past the Mount and the Port of Tauranga |
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| Matakana Island |
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| Bowentown Heads and the Katikati Entrance |
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| Whangamata |
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| Tairua and Pauanui |
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| Looking ahead to Great Barrier Island |
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| The northern end of the Coromandel Peninsula |
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| The two Barriers... Little Barrier Island in the distance and coming up on Great Barrier Island |
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| Sunair 10W joins left base for Runway 28 |
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| Sunair 10W, finals 28 |
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| The Claris terminal |
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| The three airlines that serve Great Barrier Island, Sunair, Barrier Air and Fly My Sky. |
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| My ride to Great Barrier Island - Sunair's Piper Aztec ZK-PIW at Great Barrier on 8 April 2019 |
SAV 72 - Great Barrier Island - Whitianga
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| Sunair 10W lines up Runway 10 at Great Barrier Island |
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| Great Barrier Island departure |
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| The Coromandel Peninsula in the distance |
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| Matarangi |
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| Sunair 10W, right base for 22 Whitianga |
SAV 83 - Whitianga - Tauranga
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| Sunair 10W lines up Runway 22 |
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| Farewell Whitianga |
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| Tairua and Pauanui again |
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| The Katikati entrance and Matakana Island |
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| Mount Maunganui |
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| Thanks to Dan Power and Sunair for a great day |
