NZVO

[Alex]

Hi guys,

This morning I went down to the waterfront and took some photos around NZVO, for Jon, and I thought I might as well upload some and let you guys have a peek.
So, with no further ado, here they are;


ZK-VAS and ZK-EFI at the Volcanic Air Safaris Jetty


The other Cessna, I didn't quite get the rego on this one, as it was waay out in the lake...


And they have Avgas there as well, that was news to me


The departure gate


Boat fuel


Two of the VAS aircraft at the dock


Another pic of the elusive Cessna


A little overview of the VAS place, the pieces of wood with tires on them are for the planes to come up to, and the elevated platform in the foreground on the left side is a 'heli-platform'


Looking left over to Mt. Ngongotaha


Warning sign on the gate


A much friendlier sign, right above it


Looking back across to the various little tourist operator buildings


VAS Windsock


The VAS booking building and terminal


One of the other operator's jetties


An I-Station, for some reason I like these things


Looking down the waterfront promenade


There is no reason for you not to!


I also made a little panorama thing (click here), its not very well done, but gives you an idea of the location. (745k).

Thanks for viewing,

Alex

Edit; The rego of the Cessna way out in the lake is ZK-FEO, for anyone who is interested.

[ZK-Brock]

Cool pics Alex, are any of these aircraft Amphibian?

[Alex]

I've seen the aircraft pressed up against the fence (literally) at the airport on little trailers (I think), but how they get them up there beats me...
But no, as far as I know they aren't amphibian, although I don't really know a lot about them .

Alex

[Chris Donaldson]

Interesting Alex, I could just imagine some drongo walking up to the platform & lighting a cigarette

[JonARNZ]

These are great Alex and have wet my appetite to see the complete set. Seeing these has inspired me to build a few additions to the scenery over and above the default FSX scenery items.

[Charl]

Nice little panorama Alex, almost as good as RealNZ
VAS also have a C172 don't they?

[Alex]

Yep, now that you say that, I remember.
Also an R44 and a Squirrel.

Yaaay Jon!! Awesome.

Alex

[Charl]

Also an R44 and a Squirrel.

Mmm you wouldn't have a nice square side-on shot of that Squirrel now would you perhaps??

[Alex]

No, unfortunately not, its landed at the hotel I work at, but I don't usually bring my camera to work, otherwise I would have got some shots.
I did a quick search on airliners.net and came up with a couple of good results here.

Alex

[Charl]

Thanks for the link Alex, I could've sworn I'd been there and drawn a blank.
That Squirrel is 100x the aircraft that the Jetranger is, even the way it looks is so svelte

[ardypilot]

$60 for a scenic flight! In Ozzie they cost ya $120 for 15 minutes...

Oh, nice shots by the way

[Alex]

Thanks Trolly, so when are you going for one?

Alex

[ZK-Brock]

Heheh, I remember when I was hanging round at Bankstown in NSW they had scenics advertised for $30...turned out not to be true