Three aircraft less commonly seen at Wellington – one of those on only a single occasion – feature in 10 new photos on Flickr.

Pacific Blue’s ‘cousin’, Polynesian Blue is a regular visitor to Wellington, but I see it rarely. A shame, as I far prefer the palm tree on the tail than the ugly writing. ZK-PBF climbs out from RWY34 on a stiff and gusty nor-wester.

Another relatively frequent, though unscheduled visitor to Wellington is Air National’s Gulfstream G-IV, ZK-KFB. Gulfstreams are such beautiful aircraft from just about any angle.

Speaking of angles, here’s how you get a G-IV off the ground in a gusty nor-wester. The pilot fair yanked back on the controls as ZK-KFB literally leapt off the runway.

Finally, mid-November saw New Zealand’s national Association Football team – the All Whites – take on that of the nation of Bahrain at Wellington’s Westpac Stadium in a World Cup qualifying match. The latter team arrived on a Gulf Air Airbus 340. Here, A9C-LI frames RNZAF Boeing 757, NZ7572. After sitting on the tarmac at Wellington for a few days, the Airbus whisked away the disappointed Bahrain team. (Yes, we won.)

There are more shots of A9C-LI (and ZK-KFB) on the Photostream.