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Spotting @ AMS/KUL/AKL/CHC/NSN/TUO/ZQN/etc *PHOTO HEAVY*

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In februari / march 2011 i've been on holiday to New Zealand.

Main goal there was to enjoy all the good things of this beautiful country! A mission that was accomplisched very vell! For those of you who are interested in seeing/reading what I've experienced there, you can read a very thorough travel blog with loads of photographs and a few movies on my personal website (currently only in Dutch).

 

Spotting was a secondary mission, that on occasion, I was able to do!

 

Some images are of less quality than others, due to the fact that some had to be made through an aircraft's window or a tick layer of glass (Kuala Lumpur).

 

This post (part 1) includes aviation related images from my flight to New Zealand and shots I've made on the North Island, during the first weeks of my trip there.

Amsterdam - Kuala Lumpur - Auckland - Paihia - Taupo - Tongariro - Wellington.

 

All pics are clickable to 1024x683.

 

Schiphol

 

#1 "My" bird at SPL waiting for departure to KUL

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Before I boarded, i've made some images of some regulars. Wouldn't see them for a couple of weeks anyway.

 

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Kuala Lumpur

 

After landing I was allowed to visit the flightdeck. Very friendly crew. The captain even gave me some spotting tips (behind customs). Unfortunately I did not have the opportuny to go spotting there, but I still like the fact that the captain gave me those tips. I think he liked seeing a Dutch aviation freak. ;)

 

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Next I went to the hotel, slept, showerd and than returned to the airport for some spotting from the observation deck. Unfortunately very thick glass, so images didn't turn out perfectly.

 

#10 - View from the terminal of one of the platforms.

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#11 Qatar A330.

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#12 MAS 737 in old colors.

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#14 MAS 737 in new colors. Hope for a 747 in these colors at SPL soon!

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#15 Zooming on a 737

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#16 MAS A330

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#17 And an other MAS 737, never ending stream of those! All the more interesting stuff was on a remote terminal. Couldn't make nice shots due to the glass and heatwaves.

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#18 "KLIA" tower.

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Auckland

 

#19 Sunrise from a 777 above Australia heading towards New Zealand.

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#20 First look at New-Zealand:

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#21 First exotic stuff! Unfortunately the aircraft window was still in the way.

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#22 777 cockpit at Auckland.

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#23 "My" 777.

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#24 Qantas 737 at the gate.

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#25 Kiwi 767 at the gate.

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#26 Kiwi 777 on the platform.

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#27 Sia 773.

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#28 Helicopter at Auckland's parking lot.

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Paihia (Bay of Islands

#29 A helicopter at Pahia

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#30 No flight with this one, but was allowed to have a look in the cockpit.

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I have more (up to 85...), but I can't seem to post more than 30?

Edited by Derice Bannock

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Nice report, Derice !!!

 

Saw them already at Scramble.nl, and good to see you post them here too... :good:

 

Please, do post them all here in instalments of 30 each; thanks a lot for sharing... :pardon:

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Here are some more pics, from New Zealand.

I'll add the last batch later on. :)

 

I've had a great (but short) time at KUL.

If I'm ever there I hope that I will have the time and opportunity to spot outside the terminal as well.

The glass was acceptable for this time, but most of the exotic planes I wasn't able to photograph.

But still, KLIA is a nice place!

Even met another Dutch spotter there wil I was spotting from the observation area, small world. :D

 

Taupo

#31 Waterplane that made a low pass over Taupo city.

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#32 Waterplanes on Lake Taupo.

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#33 A kiwi build aircraft! :) (At Taupo Airport)

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#34 Cockpit of the kiwi build plane.

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Tongariro National Park

#34 About to take me on a flight of the Tongariro national park.

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#35 View from the aircraft over the Tongariro national park.

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#36 Mountain Air's 2nd aircraft.

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Wellington

 

#37 Wellington Airport seen from Peak Victoria.

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#38 Taken from the ferry between Wellington and the South Island.

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#39 Taken from the ferry between Wellington and the South Island

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Nelson Airport

 

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Very, very nice stuff! I think this is the kind of trip that I would really really enjoy (but not my wife!).

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Fox Glacier

 

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Queenstown

 

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Te Anau

 

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Christchurch

 

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Auckland

 

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Kuala Lumpur

 

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Schiphol

 

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Good shots there Derice.

 

New Zealand certainly has a lot of aircraft here and there. Did you get the chance to visit Ardmore Airport in Auckland?

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Great to learn where the Origin Pacific aircraft (Beech?) went after Origin Pacific's demise.

 

Pic #76 is Mt. Taranaki near New Plymouth isn't it? Did you go to Dunedin? Dunedin's airport is very far away from the town centre!

 

Miss all these familiar sights and traffic! I even know where you took some of the shots :) For eg. Mt Victoria lookout in Wellington. One of the EK 77W looks to be EK406/407 which flies to Dubai via my current hometown Melbourne. The daily A380 will go to DXB via SYD!

 

Thanks for sharing

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Thanks guys! :)

I'm glad you enjoyed these pictures!

 

@Raj: These are all the airports I've visited. I wasn't on a spotting trip, so I just photographed some aviation area's I've passed on my route.

@S V Choong: #76 is Mt. Egmont, but that's probably the English name for Mt. Taranaki? ;) I've visited Dunedin, the city itself, not the airport. Wasn't time for that, I've ejoyed the town and an excursion to a Seal/Pengiun colony. You're correct on the Emirates aircraft. The Origin Pacific aircraft is ZK-JSA (actually this is the last British Aerospace Jetstream 31 ever build, so I've been told).

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Thanks for sharing some really nice pix, Derice. :clapping:

 

The light in NZ is really wonderful and the air is clean too. Some unconventional camera positions and angles too. Very nice!

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