NZFF

by **SA227** » Sat May 04, 2019 8:28 pm

Looking very relaxed there Andrew.....it can't have been taken the other night then!

Hey we were relaxed once we worked out what was going on

All credit to Mr Bose whose headset made it all bearable :clap:

by **Aharon** » Sun May 05, 2019 2:35 am

SA227,

What are all your 737 cargo routes? And your 737's usual cruising altitude?

Regards,

Aharon

by **SA227** » Sun May 05, 2019 9:15 pm

What are all your 737 cargo routes? And your 737's usual cruising altitude?

In NZ scheduled routes are

Auckland - Christchurch - Auckland
Auckland - Palmerston North - Auckland
Christchurch - Palmerston North - Christchurch

We also cover DHL on the Auckland - Sydney - Auckland route when they need maintenance

Cruise is normally between FL320 and FL370 dependent on weight.

by **Aharon** » Mon May 06, 2019 1:47 am

SA227,

Thanks for awesome answers.

Regards,

Aharon

by **Aharon** » Sun Jun 02, 2019 2:32 am

Nice new banner!!!!

Reminds me of my teenaged years when I built 500 model planes!!

Regards,

Aharon

by **Splitpin** » Sun Jun 02, 2019 11:52 am

Yep ...great banner . Nice to see the more personal side of our members.
Alister , if you see this ...do you build kits for a fee ? (If I supply the stuff, can you build it)

Looking good dude :thumbup:

by **AlisterC** » Thu Jun 06, 2019 10:30 pm

Sorry SP but I can’t get into commission stuff at this time, maybe when I am retired! As per photo I work at the kitchen table, I have five kids so no spare room to set myself up. It tends to take me a lot of hours to build these, setting up at night then packing up again, I generally only get a couple of hours a night to work. A little time on weekends helps but builds can take me a long time. Take something like the F4 phantom, it’s around 60 hrs work. Even at $10 an hour, it starts to add up lol. Plus, it’s a lot of pressure to turn out something perfect for someone else, not quite sure I’m ready for that yet. Lol.

by **AlisterC** » Thu Jun 06, 2019 10:34 pm

And thanks Aharon! Glad you like them. I wish I had 500! Haha. Maybe day. I manage to build about 10 a year, so in 50 years time maybe?

by **Aharon** » Fri Jun 07, 2019 1:44 am

AlisterC wrote:I wish I had 500! Haha.

Do not worry. You have 5 kids meaning you have greater chance to get their help to build 3,000 models

Unless they tell you they prefer to build on a tree a kiddie tree house equipped with WI FI and cable tv.

Regards,

Aharon

by **Splitpin** » Fri Jun 07, 2019 9:11 pm

100% Understand Alister.... but it was worth a shot

by **Splitpin** » Sat Jun 08, 2019 11:20 am

AlisterC wrote:Sorry SP but I can’t get into commission stuff at this time, maybe when I am retired! As per photo I work at the kitchen table, I have five kids so no spare room to set myself up. It tends to take me a lot of hours to build these, setting up at night then packing up again, I generally only get a couple of hours a night to work. A little time on weekends helps but builds can take me a long time. Take something like the F4 phantom, it’s around 60 hrs work. Even at $10 an hour, it starts to add up lol. Plus, it’s a lot of pressure to turn out something perfect for someone else, not quite sure I’m ready for that yet. Lol.

Alister , I understand .....I should get back into it myself with winter coming on.
Thanks for the reply dude.

by **AlisterC** » Mon Jun 10, 2019 10:31 am

No worries. If you need any tips if you do fire up a build over winter, feel free to get in touch

by **Aharon** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 5:48 am

Just saw new NZFF head banner and never knew that founder of NZFF forums is real life Air New Zealand ATR72-500 pilot!!

That makes TWO real life Air New Zealand ATR72-500 pilots in those NZFF forums unless you tell me there are more!!!

That made me wonder if the founder of NZFF forums flies the SAME ATR72-500 flights with the other ATR 72 pilot and NZFF forum member named Lindstrim????

Regards,

Aharon

by **Lindstrim** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 7:51 am

Aharon wrote:Just saw new NZFF head banner and never knew that founder of NZFF forums is real life Air New Zealand ATR72-500 pilot!!

That makes TWO real life Air New Zealand ATR72-500 pilots in those NZFF forums unless you tell me there are more!!!

That made me wonder if the founder of NZFF forums flies the SAME ATR72-500 flights with the other ATR 72 pilot and NZFF forum member named Lindstrim????

Regards,

Aharon

Hi Aharon, yes both Andy and I do fly the -600 version and are both based in AKL. In fact we are flying together today.

Andrew

by **Aharon** » Wed Jul 03, 2019 1:54 am

Lindstrim wrote:Hi Aharon, yes both Andy and I do fly the -600 version and are both based in AKL. In fact we are flying together today.

Wow that is AMAZING COINCIDENCE that I made the post on same day that both of you would be flying together in the same -600 flight!!

I certainly hope both of you are not gossiping about NZFF forum members during your -600 flight :lol: