Latest and Greatest Planespotting Photos

[ardypilot]

It's that time again. That time when I realise, hey I haven't been down the airport for a while... and so I pack my things and make my way down to NZAA with my scanner and camera ready to get some more photos to share with you guys on the forums

*** 13 pics to follow (1690KB) ***

1. Air Pacific's Flagship touching down on runway 23L


2. ZK-SJC taxing to the runway


3. A close up of the front half of the 737


4. A Qantas 767 taxing towards the active


5. An ANZ Airbus A320 in the hot midday sun


6. 777 #1 belonging to Malaysian Airlines


7. 777 #2 belonging to Korean Air


8. 777 #3 belonging to Air New Zealand


9. Cathay Pacific's A340 advancing down the taxiway


10. Air Chathams beautiful Convair 580


11. The famous Great Barrier Airlines Tri-Islander


12. Garuada Indonesia's A330


13. Singapore Airlines giant 747 turning close in front of me


14. After a quick stop at the terminal, Air Pacific's 747 is back off to Fiji


And to finish off, here are a few thumbnails linked to some more pictures I took today:


I hope you like them, any comments welcome!

[Jimmy]

Great shots!

I like 1 and 3 best , that 733 close up looks realy neat. And the buitful A340, I don't like the cathy paint thow, A340 looks best in singapore or emeraties i reakon.

[bigdogshark62]

Excellent pics! I still have fond memories of flying SJC from Auckland to Christchurch and back when she was still in the colors of Freedom Air (and Freedom still did domestic routes).

When did Air Chathams change their colors? Weren't they green before?

[Charl]

Trolly you have a way with a camera for sure. In that thumbnail, what's the Emirates aircraft? A340-300? Great action shot I thought

[ardypilot]

Thanks Jimmy, bigdogshark62 and Charl.

I also think these pics came out pretty well, but not as good as my last 2 batches, as they where taken in the crisp early morning light and these lot where done in the hot glary midday sun- but I didn't mind trading off picture quality for a wider variety of aircraft and airlines. I still had a lot of fun being up so close to the heavies, I could really smell that strong engine paraffin smell yesterday B)

The thumbnail shows an Emirates A340 landing behind the ANZ 777. I didn't think it came out that good because the bottom half of the aircraft is hidden behind the 777 fuselage- if I had the camera at a higher angle it would have been a different story.

As for Air Chathams, I have seen both their green and red aircraft at NZAA before. I think they have more than one aircraft in different livery's. Search airliners.net and see what you can find!

[Zöltuger]

went out to auckland intl. this morning and took some piccies of incoming aircraft. must be the same time as Trolly went because the aircraft are identical. camera is a nikon d70s but i'm not particularly impressed with the results (no retouches). here is a sample:







(is there a better looking Air NZ aircraft than the 777?)

[ardypilot]

Beautiful snaps Zöltuger!

What spot where you standing in?

Could you possibly upload your shots into a new thread- more people should be able to see them that way

[Zöltuger]

i might upload a few more tonight into a new thread
just standing at the lookout at the eastern end, looking towards 23L. i must try out that area where you took your pics Trolly, they're simply incredible!