Rotorua / Tauranga / Whakatane / Gisborne

[JonARNZ]

After picking up my teeth from the floor after we 'flew' over the railway tracks, climb out was smooth..



High cloud was a bit choppy as we climbed to our cruising altitude and then overflew Napier..




Close up of the bits helping us stay in the air..



And the view across the isle to seat 3F and beyond...



Southern approach so good views of the Wairarapa and lake Ferry...




Nice and low over these ranges, they looked amazing, then we hit a heap of updrafts and got banged around for awhile...



Rough southern coastline before we turned right to begin our approach...




Gear down and locked...



Finals and short finals (Note the position of the ATR in both photos, its the same aircraft, I'm pleased he decided to move, I didn't fancy my third go around in a week)




Welcome home!



The last set will be of the 1900D's flight deck during the flight.

[FlyingKiwi]

Great photos, I love how the B1900 doesn't have cockpit doors.

[ardypilot]

Great shots- the Gisbourne area looks loverly from the air.

[JonARNZ]

Great shots- the Gisbourne area looks loverly from the air.

Its a great part of the country, hot and dry most of the time, hence why so many vineyards are around this area.

[Charl]

Some very fine shots Jon - I kept going back to "Gear down and locked..."
Great thought, would make a good video clip, reflected in the spinner, slow zoom as the gear drops.

[Jenks]

Funny Jon... I was sitting at the Southern end of Wgtn Airport testing out my new camera and watched the whole ATR going round in circles episode. He sat there far too long and as a consequence was obviously told to get out of the way

Your Beech and then Soundsair arrived before they let him on to the runway again. I imagine there were some interesting exchanges with the controller on duty

[JonARNZ]

I was on the left and saw someone standing off to the side, was that you? Happen to take a pic of the 1900? I saw the sounds air come in, he rushed us to the gate. tyical sounds air.

[JonARNZ]

Some very fine shots Jon - I kept going back to "Gear down and locked..."
Great thought, would make a good video clip, reflected in the spinner, slow zoom as the gear drops.

Good idea, the challenge is the prop. I had to take about 4 shots to get the blades in the right place, video may be an issue unless you were in 2A fwd of them.