Leong Chuo Sheng 0 Report post Posted September 9, 2009 (edited) Hello everyone, I thought I would share some photos from Christchurch. It is the only(?) New Zealand international airport with an open-air observation deck, but this will soon cease as it will close in December 2009 as part of its terminal redevelopment program. Here are some of the pictures I managed to snap on my day trip (PMR - WLG - CHC - WLG - PMR) on Aug 15. Enjoy! The observation deck with the old control tower in front and the new one at the back...will be sorely missed! Busy domestic apron, with JQ coming in from AKL and ZQN Pacific Blue receiving push-back on its way to AKL The monster! Largest civil aircraft at CHC comes in daily from DXB - BKK - SYD Another view of the beast...note the blue-ish engine nozzle! A Q300 awaits its next flight to another regional destination... As my flight back to WLG approached, the already bad fog got even worse as it settled down further to the ground and it also started to drizzle and also got colder as well...to the extent that all I could catch was mostly like this: EK 77W going back to SYD at 1615 in the thick fog... That's all for now... If you have more pictures to share, please do! (Also, more pictures from other airports in NZ could do as well!) Edited September 9, 2009 by Leong Chuo Sheng Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pieter C. 5 Report post Posted September 9, 2009 Chuo Sheng, Thanks a lot for sharing pictures of the aviation-scene of CHC !!! Hope you'll be able to do so in future too, despite the closure of the obs-desk... Nice selection of the various planes to be seen there... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Leong Chuo Sheng 0 Report post Posted September 9, 2009 Chuo Sheng, Thanks a lot for sharing pictures of the aviation-scene of CHC !!! Hope you'll be able to do so in future too, despite the closure of the obs-desk... Nice selection of the various planes to be seen there... Hi Pieter, Thank you Currently there are no plans for a new obs deck at the new terminal...so I guess that AKL and WLG would be the ones in the future for in-terminal spotting Oh and I just spotted my transposition error in the title..it should be ChristchURch, not Christchruch as above. Can the mods help? Thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pieter C. 5 Report post Posted September 10, 2009 Can the mods help? Thanks Adjusted now... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Leong Chuo Sheng 0 Report post Posted September 10, 2009 (edited) Adjusted now... Thanks Pieter! A few more pictures... CHC with domestic and international further in the distance JQ from OOL racing with a food truck Busy domestic scene with two ATR72s and a 733 from Dunedin Another NZ 733 comes in from AKL ATR 72 off to Dunedin More props..another ATR 72 to WLG and another B1900D to Hokitika Nice clean shot of this ATR 72 going off to another WLG run 733 being towed to the CHC Engine Testing Facility My ATR 72 back to WLG..see the fog coming down again? Edited September 10, 2009 by Leong Chuo Sheng Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tamizi Hj Tamby 1 Report post Posted September 11, 2009 Wow Didn't know that ANZ also operating ATRs;thought that they only operating Dash 8s. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Leong Chuo Sheng 0 Report post Posted September 11, 2009 (edited) Wow Didn't know that ANZ also operating ATRs;thought that they only operating Dash 8s. Hi Tamizi, Air New Zealand's turboprop fleet is as follows: 11 ATR 72-500 23 Dash-8 Q300 18 Beechcraft 1900D Plus 16 Boeing 737-300s for trunk domestic services Hope this helps Edited September 11, 2009 by Leong Chuo Sheng Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tamizi Hj Tamby 1 Report post Posted September 11, 2009 Thanks for the info,Leong Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pieter C. 5 Report post Posted September 11, 2009 Beech 1900's still missing from my flightlog, so.......... Honestly, love the NZ aviation-scene: should go there soon... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
