GA @ WAG

I had a great day at Whanganui on 26 October 2020 catching some of the GA 

The highlight was Titan T51 Mustang ZK-LSD 

Classic Cessna 150 ZK-CTF

Piper Tomahawk ZK-FRS

Stoddard-Hamilton SH-2 Glasair ZK-JDL

Cessna 172 ZK-JIP

Cessna 182 ZK-OFC

In the hangar... DH Tiger Moth ZK-BEF

Another classic Cessna 150, ZK-CTG

Maule ZK-JQY

Denney Kitfox ZK-KIT

IFR Machines at Whanganui

Enjoying the sun at Whanganui today was Beech King Air 200 ZK-PMJ

Meanwhile Beech Super King was pulled out of the hangar and prepared for a medical mission... it flew WAG-WLG-HLZ-PMR-WAG this afternoon

Arriving into Whanganui was Air Chathams Saab 340 ZK-KRA on flight 3C 712 from Auckland

 

More from Dunedin

There wasn't a lot else happening in Dunedin on 22 October 2020... These are my other photos

Airbus 320 ZK-OJR backing tracking after arriving from Auckland as NZ675

Airbus 320 ZK-OAB airborne for Wellington as NZ684

My ride for the first sector home, Air New Zealand ATR 72-600 arriving from Christchurch as NZ5752

The New Zealand Airline Academy's Tecnam  P2008 ZK-MBN about to head home to Oamaru

And the last flights in Dunedin from my seat on the plane Mainland Air's ZK-JAS back from its training mission

Mainland Flyer

 I had an opportunity to catch up with Phil Kean at Mainland Air at Dunedin's Momona airport on Thursday 22 October 2020. Despite lockdown and restrictions Mainland Air continues to be a hive of activity... long may it continue!

Piper Seneca ZK-JAS was going for some training... Smile Phil, you never know when there is a camera pointed at you

Having a rest day... Piper Chieftain ZK-KVW

Even though Mainland Air have had Cessna 152 ZK-NPE for quite 11 years I have never taken it with their markings.

Meanwhile Cessna 152 ZK-NSM I have regularly photographed

New on the block for Mainland Air is Cessna 172 ZK-RQZ. 

I was disappointed Piper Tomahawk ZK-EQX that is on the line for Mainland Air taxied out just as I arrived at the airport so I didn't get it. There's always next time!

Masterton - New Airline Service Gets Green Light

40 years ago today it was announced that Masterton was to get a new air service to Auckland and Christchurch. Wairarapa Airlines' service didn't work out exactly as planned but it did eventually come to birth... One wonders when the next headline like this will come to pass...

The Dominion, 22 October 1980

My history of Wairarapa Airlines can be found here...

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.com/2010/11/wairarapa-airlines-revisited.html

Christchurch Stopover

I had an hour and a bit between flights at Christchurch last evening, the 21st of October 2020... 

Canterbury Aviation's Cessna 180 ZK-JCW came in and dropped off a passenger at the terminal

Life Flight's BAe Jetstream 32 was on an air ambulance flight

Sounds Air's Pilatus PC12 ZK-PLT arrived in from Blenheim

Air New Zealand's Bombardier Q300 ZK-NEU arriving from Hokitika

No SPANZ DC-3

There was no SPANZ DC-3 at Matamata on Sunday but it was nice to get a couple of other interesting visitors...

Boeing Stearman ZK-XAF at Matamata on 18 October 2020

NZ Aerospace CT/4B Airtrainer ZK-JMV at Matamata on 18 October 2020

Air Chat's ATR Flying Scheduled to Christchurch

 

Air Chathams commenced scheduled ATR 72 operations into Christchurch with ZK-MCO flying the weekly flight from the Chathams to the Garden City, flight 3C 514 and the return flight 3C 541. 

Thanks to the two spotters from Christchurch who kindly sent in their capturing of the first Christchurch flight...

And a note to Air Chats, some decent titles would look good!

Hamilton for Lunch

 

Originair commenced services to Hamilton this morning with BAe Jetstream 32 ZK-JSK under the command of Captain Murray Vincent and First Officer Josh Hutchison flying the first of its weekday services, OGN 419 from Palmerston North to Hamilton and the return service OGN 426. The service is being at the middle of the day with the flight into Hamilton arriving at 11.50am and the southbound flight departing at 1.00pm. The new service allows passengers to fly between Nelson and Hamilton with a stop in Palmerston North. The airline has indicated it may look at a more business friendly timetable in the new year. 

It was a gray and gloomy day outside but all sunny yellow inside as Hamilton airport prepared to welcome its first Originair flight 

Originair's BAe Jetstream 32 on touchdown of Hamilton's Runway 36

Welcome to Hamilton

Palmerston North airport departures...  

Hamilton airport arrivals...

In addition to the new service Originair is now operating more services between Nelson and Palmerston North and Nelso and Wellington. The new schedule requires the use of two Jetstreams and ZK-JSH was operating the Wellington services this morning.  

And finally, a note to Originair... You need to overnight a Jetstream in Hamilton then do a HLZ-PMR-NSN return in the morning and then repeated in the late afternoon/evening. Good for business folk in all three cities and having Hamilton as the starting point would mean the fog would have cleared by the time you get back to back to the Tron in the morning!