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Postby creator2003 » Mon May 19, 2008 7:40 am

Im away to Oz 4 two weeks ,so will see you all then unless i can get online there ..
have a good one guys :thumbup:
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Postby Daniel » Mon May 19, 2008 3:43 pm

Have a good trip creator2003. Be sure to get lots of pictures of the flights and airports for us.
Don't forget to take you suncream :D Where are you going to? What are you doing?

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Postby spongebob206 » Mon May 19, 2008 6:10 pm

Enjoy Mate

Heaps of photo's of aussie aircraft posted when you get back I hope.

Take Care

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Postby ZK-MAT » Mon May 19, 2008 6:13 pm

Have fun Mike, I think they have Interweb in Aussie now, along with flush loos :thumbup:
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Postby Anthony » Mon May 19, 2008 6:15 pm

Have fun on your trip creator2003!
Take lots of pics and stuff.

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Postby ardypilot » Mon May 19, 2008 6:17 pm

Yeah have a good time man- be sure to post any photos you take here!
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Postby creator2003 » Fri May 23, 2008 11:44 am


Auckland

wicked shot




and my money shot

a320
anyway ive got photos to take for scenery and cr@p and parafield is just down the road so there will more posted when i get back dudes ...
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Postby kiwibarguy » Fri May 23, 2008 12:02 pm

Awesome shots Mike! good on ya for going up to the cockpit!
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Postby Ian Warren » Fri May 23, 2008 12:05 pm

Great pics Mike , don't ya just love airports and air travel :)
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Postby creator2003 » Fri May 23, 2008 12:10 pm

Yeah for sure ill be all over the place on the way back and ofcourse its just a ask for the copit shots ,and they give you access i was sitting in that seat before this shot i was on the way out of the copit 4 the photo...lol
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Postby HardCorePawn » Fri May 23, 2008 1:11 pm

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That photo goes a long way to reinforcing the fact that the pilots on the scarebus dont do anything... There's no control yoke!!!! :ph43r:









yes, I know that there is a stick on the side...
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Postby Ian Warren » Fri May 23, 2008 1:23 pm

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QUOTE (HardCorePawn @ May 23 2008, 01:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
That photo goes a long way to reinforcing the fact that the pilots on the scarebus dont do anything... There's no control yoke!!!! :ph43r:

Jeppers HCP , dont you no anything about aeroplanes , :unsure: , they hand em to the pilots once they are seated , Jezzz :rolleyes: some people have no idea :D
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Postby HardCorePawn » Fri May 23, 2008 3:46 pm

plug and play huh?? ;)

i have to admit it would be nice having the massive foldout tray for the drinks... :cheers:
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Postby ardypilot » Fri May 23, 2008 5:57 pm

Sweet pics dude- Am I right in thinking you flew there in the 767 but got to sit in an A320 cockpit? How does that work?
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Postby benwynn » Fri May 23, 2008 6:06 pm

I think he flew an A320, just took a photo of a 767. Although, the 767 flight leaves at 7am, the A320 flights not til much later.
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Postby creator2003 » Sat May 24, 2008 10:02 am

:hesaid: yeah i was on the 8am out ,that plane was just the first one i seen while in departure ,bit of a bummer i was looking forward to maybe something alittle bigger than the a320 but in the end the a320 was pretty sweet ,the pilot said this one was the oldest in the fleet of airbus that anz has ...
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Postby creator2003 » Mon Jun 02, 2008 10:14 am













heres some more shots just for the hell of it nothing speical but planes all the same :thumbup:

EDIT:this post is just moved on from the old board seeing all that stuff wasnt moved over and i spent all that time uploading the pics on dialup...
these are the quotes of replys after ..
Ian Warren May 29 2008, 12:27 PM
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Arrr the memories ... running across the regional hub apron at Melbourne Intl to catch my REX 340 , thanx to a damm Airbus that broke down ( loosing 3 hours ) in Christchurch .[/quote]

Daniel May 29 2008, 06:40 PM

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Hey cool pics mate :thumbup:
Just watch out for the glare of the window :blink:
Nice to see a Saab, shame they dont fly in NZ now.
Did you get to go on any other aircraft except the tasman crossings?

Cheers
Daniel[/quote]

And to answer that question Dan ,nah just the one flight mate sadly this time around, couple more days and im on me way back

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Postby Anthony » Mon Jun 02, 2008 10:23 am

Nice pics mate. :thumbup:
Thanks for posting.
I especially like the Saab - they were my favourite of the TPs in NZ i think.

I hope you've had a great time in Oz .

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Postby creator2003 » Mon Jun 02, 2008 10:40 am

Yeah cheers mate ,ive seen so many AC since ive been here its not funny just good plane spotting ,im going to head to parafield for some more Ga type AC i even seen a learjet for the first time the other day floating in there ,so cool being here but Home is where the heart is and thats where i want to be :wub:
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Postby creator2003 » Sun Jun 15, 2008 10:01 pm

Heres alittle movie ive put together of takeoff landing and some pics
Enjoy

the end is alot better than the begining i think for video
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