Good Friday Flights

What do you do when you have an extra l-o-n-g weekend, sleep in I hear you say.... NOPE, you get up and go out to the airport. I woke around 5.30am to the sound of drizzle and I thought "awesome, this will make for some good photography".  I woke my 12yr old daughter Selina (nicknamed my little co-pilot) and after a quick bite to eat we headed off to the airport. The regular 6.30am Emirates A380 due in from Dubai was 2 hours late today and touched down at 8.27am, just when it should have been departing for Auckland.  It departed at 10.40 am for Auckland. The 9.50am arrival of Etihad was also delayed and was not expected to arrive until 11.30. The misty cool weather made for some excellent contrails on approach as seen below.
Below are some of the photos my little co-pilot and I took today, and the images with the captions marked in yellow were taken by my little co-pilot. Very proud of her efforts.



QANTAS (JET CONNECT) B737-838 ZK-ZQG (CN 34190)

QANTAS SMOKIN' IT UP ON TOUCH DOWN AND WITH A CON TRAIL

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA B737-8FE VH-YFH (CN 40996)

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA B737-8FE VH-VUP (N 36604)

QANTAS B747-4RR VH-OJT (CN 25565) NOTE THE TRAILS
COMING OFF THE WINGS AND ENGINES.

EMIRATES A380-861 A6-EEK (CN 132)

EMIRATES SPORTING THE ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP
WHICH AUSTRALIA WON BEATING NEW ZEALAND

QANTAS AIRBUS A330-202 VH-EBR (CN 1251) WAITING FOR
IT'S LITTLE BROTHER TO LAND

SINGAPORE AIRBUS A 330-343 9V-STG (CN 1012)

CHINA AIRLINES AIRBUS A330-303 B-18359 (CN 1367)

ROYAL FLYING DOCTOR SERVICE BEECHCRAFT B200
VH-FDT (CN BB-1990)

AIR TRACTOR AT-802F VH-FFB (CN 802A-0356)

AIR TRACTOR AT-802F VH-FZX (CN 802A-0491)



NOTICE THE SPRAY JETS UNDERNEATH

ALLIANCE FOKKER F 28 VH-JFB (CN 11521)

JETGO EMBRAER 135LR VH-JTG (CN 145687)

QANTAS LINK BOMBARDIER Q 400 VH-LQQ (CN 4461)

OUR AIRLINE (NOW KNOWN AS AIR NAURU)
BOEING 737-300 VH-NLK (CN 23635)

AIR NIUGINI BOEING 737-NG P2-PXC (CN 30290)

JETSTAR A320-232 VH-VFL (CN 5489) WITH THE LIVERY
HELPING LITTLE ATHS REACH FOR THE STARS

TIGER AIR AIRBUS A320-232 VH-VNC (CN 3275)

CARE FLIGHT LEARJET 45 VH-VVI (CN 262)

JETSTAR AIRBUS A321-231 VH-VWY (CN 1408)

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA BOEING 737-8FE VH-YID (CN 38709)
AIRCRAFT SPORTING THE VIRGIN SOMOA LIVERY
 

QANTAS LINK BOEING 717-200 VH-YQW (CN 55194)

QANTAS LINK SPORTING THE "DISCOVER TASMANIA"LIVERY

AIR NEW ZEALAND BOEING 777-319ER ZK-OKQ (CN 40689)

PAINTED IN THE "ALL BLACKS'' COLOUR SCHEME