June ended with an airforce theme today.
A97-441 an RAAF C130J Hercules operating as Aussie 735 did a touch and go at Woodbourne during the morning.
Also operating at Woodbourne during the day were RNZAF C130H NZ7005 and Iroquoi NZ3816
Monday, June 30, 2008
Friday, June 27, 2008
Noted
Noted lately.....
Air Force Movements have dominated the sky's lately with King Air NZ1881 shuttling back and forth between Woodbourne and Ohakea. Also noted operating around Woodbourne was UH-1H Iroquoi NZ3811.
Thursday 26-June-08
NZ8228/227 AKL-BHE-AKL was operated by Air National Jetstream 32 ZK-ECP in leiu of the regular Q300 due to crew illness
Friday 27-June-08
NZ8018 BHE-AKL today operated BHE-NPL-AKL departing BHE at 0935 arr NPL 1020 Dept 1035 Arriving AKL 1115. This 15min diversion only adds 20min to the scheduled flight time of 1hr20 (scheduled 0935/1055) The flight was operated by Q300 ZK-NEE
Also at Woodbourne this morning was Hercules NZ7005
A brief visit to Nelson today produced only one movement of note. That being C421 Golden Eagle ZK-TRC of Air Manawatu.
Air Force Movements have dominated the sky's lately with King Air NZ1881 shuttling back and forth between Woodbourne and Ohakea. Also noted operating around Woodbourne was UH-1H Iroquoi NZ3811.
Thursday 26-June-08
NZ8228/227 AKL-BHE-AKL was operated by Air National Jetstream 32 ZK-ECP in leiu of the regular Q300 due to crew illness
Friday 27-June-08
NZ8018 BHE-AKL today operated BHE-NPL-AKL departing BHE at 0935 arr NPL 1020 Dept 1035 Arriving AKL 1115. This 15min diversion only adds 20min to the scheduled flight time of 1hr20 (scheduled 0935/1055) The flight was operated by Q300 ZK-NEE
Also at Woodbourne this morning was Hercules NZ7005
A brief visit to Nelson today produced only one movement of note. That being C421 Golden Eagle ZK-TRC of Air Manawatu.
Saturday, June 21, 2008
CL64
Challenger VH ZZH passed through Woodbourne again this weekend, arriving Friday 20-June-08 from Auckland and Sydney. After overnighting it continued onto Queenstown Saturday 21-June-08
Monday, June 16, 2008
FOG!
!FOG!
Fog effected central NZ this morning with several flights into Blenheim cancelled and delayed due to a heavy layer of fog that sat in the Woodbourne control zone. Flights from WLG and CHC were cancelled. NZ8019 from AKL joined the Woodbourne hold, after circling for a while it diverted to NSN.
There were also delays and cancellations into WLG due to the weather. Noted making diversions were Air West Coast Do228 Westport-Wellington diverting to Paraparaumu. There were several diversions into Palmerston North with 3 737's, 1 ATR, 2 Q300's and 3 1900D's all noted diverting. Some of these were then noted returning to their point of origin. There were also a few noted Q300 diversions into Nelson.
Flights seemed to be departing both BHE and WLG alright but none were able to land. There were also 737 and ATR flights noted returning to their departure airports and a few 737s joining holds around the country.
The flow on effect from these delays and cancellations will last for most of the day with delays right across the NZ network.
Fog effected central NZ this morning with several flights into Blenheim cancelled and delayed due to a heavy layer of fog that sat in the Woodbourne control zone. Flights from WLG and CHC were cancelled. NZ8019 from AKL joined the Woodbourne hold, after circling for a while it diverted to NSN.
There were also delays and cancellations into WLG due to the weather. Noted making diversions were Air West Coast Do228 Westport-Wellington diverting to Paraparaumu. There were several diversions into Palmerston North with 3 737's, 1 ATR, 2 Q300's and 3 1900D's all noted diverting. Some of these were then noted returning to their point of origin. There were also a few noted Q300 diversions into Nelson.
Flights seemed to be departing both BHE and WLG alright but none were able to land. There were also 737 and ATR flights noted returning to their departure airports and a few 737s joining holds around the country.
The flow on effect from these delays and cancellations will last for most of the day with delays right across the NZ network.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
More pics from B-day
Some more photos taken yeasterday as ZK-CPT came back to life for the first time since 1986.
Al explaining why he decided to carry out the restoration
CPT bursts into life for the first time
Over 50 people turned out to watch the big event
CPT Purring smoothly
Resting quietly after her first run
The after effects of a perfect engine run
Al explaining why he decided to carry out the restoration
CPT bursts into life for the first time
Over 50 people turned out to watch the big event
CPT Purring smoothly
Resting quietly after her first run
The after effects of a perfect engine run
Friday, June 13, 2008
Friday the 13th B-Day
Some people are superstitious about friday the 13th but not here - toady Friday 13-June-08 was B-DAY the day that former Safe Air Bristol Freighter ZK-CPT was restored to life.
Credit and huge congratulations must go to Al Marshall who has put many hours into restoring the two bristol hercules engines to a state where they were able to be restarted.
Today only the port engine was bought back to life due to time and light constraints. Over 50 people were present to witness the engine roar back into life, for the first time in over 20 years.
More details on this project can be found here including photos and a detailed blog from Al on what has been and will continue to occur.
Some photos from the big event
Al preping the port engine
Hot oil prime
Hand cranking the prop
Smokey start
In full life
Dana enjoying herself
Credit and huge congratulations must go to Al Marshall who has put many hours into restoring the two bristol hercules engines to a state where they were able to be restarted.
Today only the port engine was bought back to life due to time and light constraints. Over 50 people were present to witness the engine roar back into life, for the first time in over 20 years.
More details on this project can be found here including photos and a detailed blog from Al on what has been and will continue to occur.
Some photos from the big event
Al preping the port engine
Hot oil prime
Hand cranking the prop
Smokey start
In full life
Dana enjoying herself
Q300 ZK-NFA
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Challenger 604 visit
Monday, June 9, 2008
Catch up & a busy day
02/03-June-08
RAAF C130 Hercules A97-001 operted through Woodbourne from/to Christchurch
Saturday 07-June-08
The wild weather caused a few disruptions to air services in the South Island with ATR ZK-MCW operating as NZ5386 ZQN-CHC having to divert to WLG due to snow, on attempting to land at WLG it was badly buffetted by the Southerly and diverted to BHE where it overnighted before repositioning to CHC on 08-June as NZ5951
Monday 09-June-08 A busy day
After a bit of a quiet patch recently today was rather busy at BHE.
During the morning Cessna T182T ZK-MRH completed some training exercises in at Woodbourne.
Arriving at 1215 from Wellington for some training was Air West Coast Dornier Do228 ZK-VIR which departed for Wellington at 1500 on completion of the training exercises.
The air ambulances were busy today with both Life Flight Metroliner ZK-LFT and Nelson based Flight Corportation Piper PA-34-200T ZK-TSD noted operating WLG-BHE-WLG and NSN-BHE-NSN respectively during the day.
A rare occurance for Bleheim took place between 4 and 5pm with at least one example of the entire Air New Zealand Link fleet on the ground at the same time. Scheduled services were 1900D's ZK-EAK (parked up) & ZK-EAM NZ2445/448 WLG-BHE-WLG with Q300 ZK-NFA operating NZ8227/228 AKL-BHE-AKL they were joined by ATR ZK-MCX operating as NZ5901 TRG-BHE.
ZK-MCX had been chartered by Winegrowers of Ara - a local collective of winegrowers to bring in a full load of foreign workers to work in the vines. MCX had positioned to TRG from WLG as NZ5922 and then positioned back to WLG from BHE as NZ5924.
RAAF C130 Hercules A97-001 operted through Woodbourne from/to Christchurch
Saturday 07-June-08
The wild weather caused a few disruptions to air services in the South Island with ATR ZK-MCW operating as NZ5386 ZQN-CHC having to divert to WLG due to snow, on attempting to land at WLG it was badly buffetted by the Southerly and diverted to BHE where it overnighted before repositioning to CHC on 08-June as NZ5951
Monday 09-June-08 A busy day
After a bit of a quiet patch recently today was rather busy at BHE.
During the morning Cessna T182T ZK-MRH completed some training exercises in at Woodbourne.
Arriving at 1215 from Wellington for some training was Air West Coast Dornier Do228 ZK-VIR which departed for Wellington at 1500 on completion of the training exercises.
The air ambulances were busy today with both Life Flight Metroliner ZK-LFT and Nelson based Flight Corportation Piper PA-34-200T ZK-TSD noted operating WLG-BHE-WLG and NSN-BHE-NSN respectively during the day.
A rare occurance for Bleheim took place between 4 and 5pm with at least one example of the entire Air New Zealand Link fleet on the ground at the same time. Scheduled services were 1900D's ZK-EAK (parked up) & ZK-EAM NZ2445/448 WLG-BHE-WLG with Q300 ZK-NFA operating NZ8227/228 AKL-BHE-AKL they were joined by ATR ZK-MCX operating as NZ5901 TRG-BHE.
ZK-MCX had been chartered by Winegrowers of Ara - a local collective of winegrowers to bring in a full load of foreign workers to work in the vines. MCX had positioned to TRG from WLG as NZ5922 and then positioned back to WLG from BHE as NZ5924.
Monday, June 2, 2008
02-June-08
Noted mid morning was Lear 45 VH CXJ of Dramatic Investments Ltd, operated by Execujet Australia, crossing overhead Marlborough heading for Sydney from Wellington.
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