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Everything but the annorak! | Boeing 777 - one of the nicest planes to travel on |
I have been a plane spotter for a long time. I love planes and I've been lucky to have an uncle who works for our national airline, so I've been able to see planes up close when they've been in for maintenance. To me planes aren't mere forms of transport. They represent the ultimate in human achievement - the ability to soar above the clouds and over the earth. They're beautiful things (even the new mostly ugly A380 has some redeeming features). Part of the reason I like airports is because I can sit and watch planes, though I have to add there are some miserable airports on this planet that stick up walls instead of windows or viewing terraces. They may as well be bus stations when they do that - though at least you can see your bus at a bus station! |
|  | An icon of its age. The DC3 (or Dakota) was an icon of its day. It's a great looking plane. I remember it when it was the work horse of NAC in New Zealand. Here is one in military livery. You can take scenic flights in this one if you're in Auckland. See my Auckland page for more information about this scenic way to see the city. |
The utility plane of the 90s? The 767 seems to be one of those planes that many airlines utilised for middle distance and even some long distance flights in the 1990s and on into the 2000s. Observant and switched on VTers will wonder how I took this photo in Melbourne, when according to my map, I've not been to Australia. Well, in a way I have been to Australia 4 times, but I don't feel any of those times counts as a visit to that country! You see I have been in transit in Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne airports (the last one twice). I've had great aerial views of Sydney and Melbourne, but not explored them on the ground! | | |
| | A swish looking plane. This is an A330-200 (I hope I got that right and it's not a -300!) at Fukuoka Airport in Japan. These planes are sort of the airbus answer to the Boeing 777, but I prefer to fly in the B777; they are far more roomy inside. There's also something about the Airbus body I just don't like... though the wings on this thing look great. |
The icon of the skies? The Boeing 747 has to be the icon of the skies. The 400 series is the best looking of the family and these ones, belonging to my country's national carrier are parked at Auckland International Airport on a dreary winter's evening in July 2005. The stubby little twin jet in the foreground, is an Airbus A320. The ownership of these is a bit of a break with tradition for Air New Zealand, which used to only operate Boeing jets, for most of the 80s and 90s. | | | Air New Zealand's home base - AKL |
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| | A tried and true workhorse. The Boeing 737 is possibly one of the world's most common short-haul jets. They're great to fly, as you're virtually guaranteed a window seat! The 737 family has evolved quite a bit. This is a picture of the workhorse of the Air New Zealand fleet taken in 1992 at an airshow at Auckland International airport. It is a 737-200 in Air New Zealand's 1990s colours. |
A marvel of its time. The Harrier jump-jet was a marvel of its time. It can take offf and land vertically. This British designed and built jet is still in use today I believe and as far as I know, there hasn't been any other military craft like it. This one wowed visitors (including a little me) to an airshow at Auckland International Airport in the winter of 1992. | | |
| | The McDonnell-Douglas DC10 The DC10 was the first wide-bodied jet to be purchased by Air New Zealand and for that matter, most other world airlines. It remains a classic of its day. I really like the form of the DC10. Since it and the Lockhead tristar, there hasn't been any need for wide-bodied tri-jets. This very scratchy photo, I dug up, taken from my first camera, is of a UTA DC10 at AKL international in 1984! This airline no longer exists and was, if I recall correctly, an airline designed to serve the far-flung French speaking parts of the world. |
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