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Auckland To Adelaide Part 2 With Pics

Ryan h From Australia, joined Aug 2001, 1221 posts, RR: 0
Posted (3 years 5 months 5 days 21 hours ago) and read 2363 times:

Air New Zealand
AKL-ADL
Friday 16 June 2006
Flight No NZ221
Airbus A320-232
ZK-OJI
Seat 26A

Got to the airport very early. Dad and I were the first passengers to check in for the Adelaide flight.
Check in agent was efficient and friendly. He blocked the three seats for us (26 ABC).

Anyway that was not a problem as the plane was not full. I ended up having Seats 26 ABC to myself and dad had seats 27 ABC to himself.

Taxi was long as the international terminal is at one end of the runway and the wind dictated we used the other. Aircraft seen during taxi included Air Freight NZ Convair CV 580s, including the rare CV-5800 and a Life Flight NZ Metro III.

Airfreight NZ Convair 5800 ZK-KFS

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Photographer © Ryan Hothersall

Airfreight NZ Convair CV-580 ZK-KFL

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Photographer © Ryan Hothersall

Life Flight NZ Metro III ZK-NSS

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Photographer © Ryan Hothersall

Takeoff was smooth and powerful, but there was some turbulence during the climb through the clouds. Once above the clouds it smoothed out.

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Photographer © Ryan Hothersall

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Photographer © Ryan Hothersall

Entertainment was same as before a short feature film and a main movie as well as several audio channels.

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Photographer © Ryan Hothersall

Flight was not full as I had plenty of room to spread out.

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Photographer © Ryan Hothersall

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Photographer © Ryan Hothersall

Breakfast choices were either a continental breakfast or some vegetable wrap thing. I chose the continental breakfast. Things went well until I tried to open the yogurt, which kinda exploded over me.

Rest of the flight was uneventful.

Landing back in Adelaide was good. Good to be home!.

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Photographer © Ryan Hothersall

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Qantas A330-301 VH-QPB the we pulled up alongside.

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Photographer © Ryan Hothersall

However, immigration and customs was a nightmare as there was minimal staff and big queues.

Overall Air New Zealand provides an excellent service and I would fly them again.

So that wraps up my New Zealand Adventure.

South Australian Spotter

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Malb777 From Australia, joined Jul 2004, 462 posts, RR: 1
Reply 1, posted (3 years 5 months 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 2316 times:

Hey Ryan
Good to hear you enjoyed ANZ and New Zealand great place to visit. That QF A330 was the one I got off on return from Singapore via Darwin . you landed as I was leaving the airport.

thank god i was not born a bird. this type of flying is much better