On the 21st of April 2024 I travelled from Christchurch to Hokitika and back on the first scheduled ATR 72 service in and out of Hokitika... This was my photos of the trip... Being late in the afternoon the light wasn't fantastic...
The account of the first flight is here ... https://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.com/2024/04/atrs-commence-hokitika-flights.html
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| ATR 72-600 ZK-MVQ at Christchurch I stood in the doorway of the walkway took my photo and then stepped on to the tarmac but still got told "You're not allowed" to take photos on the tarmac. |
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| Holding for company traffic |
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| Turning west airborne of 02 |
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| The braided Waimakariri River |
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| Looking back to Christchurch airport |
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| Forest Field |
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| Sadly the Eyrewell Forest is all gone now - the changing patterns of the Canterbury Plains |
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| The Waimakariri Gorge near Sheffield |
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| And further up the Gorge - the Tranz Alpine rail route winding around above it |
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| The Craigieburn Basin looking up to Castle Hill Station and Village |
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| The scree slopes of the Southern Alps on the Canterbury side |
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| The West Coast was clouded in... it wasn't in my weather forecast |
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| Starting the RNAV approach for runway 21 at Hokitika |
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| Breaking clear over Kumara |
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| A nice shot of Kumara and the Dillmanstown power station dropping into the Taramakau River |
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| I bit more of the power scheme with the Dillmanstown Reservoir |
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| Mining operations |
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| The beautiful Arahura Valley |
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| Humped land being turned into pasture after mining. |
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| Arrival in Hokitika |
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| A quick glimpse of the town |
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| Arriving on the gate |
Photos of the plane at Hokitika can be seen here... https://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.com/2024/04/atrs-commence-hokitika-flights.html
Ironic that you get told off when Air NZ staff at CHC airport have just had their tarmac photo ban removed so long as the photos they take are not published on social media!
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ReplyDeleteWhat! No photos allowed on the Christchurch tarmac? Ten years ago I flew from Calgary, Canada to Seattle with another Aviation Historical Society member. On arrival, we asked if it was okay if we photographed some of the Q400s on the tarmac while waiting for the luggage to be taken to the terminal for claiming. The response? "No problem, you are in the United States, go where ever you like"! We did and were never challenged even though we were for a minute or so out of sight of any ground staff.
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