Bay Flight ZK-NAN

[Nzeddy]

Just did my first powered flight in ZK-NAN, Cessna 152 at Bay Flight, Tauranga, NZ.
Was an awesome experience, all thanks to Anna who was my instructer.

I did the taxing, takeoff, level and straight and turning! (Rudder + Alerions).
Flight was abit BUMPY and WINDY!

Didnt take any pics up in the air as I was too busy concentrating flying and looking around Tauranga. lol

[Njbb1995]

Well done I quite like the Bay flight paint Scheme

[Chairman]

I like the paint job too but it looked awfully familiar ... Take a look at this picture of -TAP from Ardmore Flying School. Makes me feel a lot better about cloning colour schemes onto other planes then changing the colours in photoshop

Nice pictures NZeddy, what sort of flying have you done so far if this was your first powered flight ?

Cheers
Gary

[Nzeddy]

Thanks guys.

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what sort of flying have you done so far if this was your first powered flight?[/quote]
Gliding at Tauranga Gliding Club.

Puchacz trainers
GPZ: 149mins
GEO: 90mins

Total Gliding Mins: 239

[Chairman]

Nice !


Gary

[Alfashark]

QUOTE (Nzeddy @ Jun 6 2009, 08:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Thanks guys.


Gliding at Tauranga Gliding Club.

Puchacz trainers
GPZ: 149mins
GEO: 90mins

Total Gliding Mins: 239

A few hours spent in EO myself, first solo was completed in her The same day I got a type rating in the PW-5 GPG, and the ASk-7 GDS (Pinky).
I remember when we uncrated GPZ, that fresh cockpit smell and an empty panel with nothing but a metric PZL altimeter in it...

[Goose]

Im guessing its not you in the first two pictures washing the plane, who was that guy? never seen him before but he was behind the desk when i went in today. What time did you go up? might have seen you there

[FlyingKiwi]

Awesome, sounds like you had fun.

The reason the paintschemes on the Cessnas are fairly similar is because they are basically standardised designs offered by Cessna, although obviously the flying school titles are not standard, but the basic livery is. I'm guessing Bay Flight probably chose their own colours - the ones at Ardmore Flying School are completely stock liveries.

[Chairman]

QUOTE (FlyingKiwi @ Jun 7 2009, 12:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

The reason the paintschemes on the Cessnas are fairly similar is because they are basically standardised designs offered by Cessna

I thought that might be the case.

With the Ardmore Flying School ones, you mean apart from the reg numbers and flying school logos it's all completely factory standard, so there will be plenty of other cessnas flying around with that livery in those colours ?

Cheers
Gary

[FlyingKiwi]

Yes, exactly. For example, there's a 172N based at Pukekohe East airfield which has the same scheme as -TAQ, ZK-JKA (not an AFS aircraft) has the same design as -TAT, -TAV etc. which is also the same as the default FS2004 172 livery and so forth.

Of course, you can get a custom paint scheme, but presumably that costs extra.

Also, to be really exact, technically most of the aircraft are just painted white - the stripes and patterns are decals applied over the top of the paint.