Yikes! It has been a while since I posted. Below are six of fourteen new photos taken over the last month.

First up, November 1st saw the celebration of 50 years of Wellington Airport. Well, technically so. The day was rather tame in comparison to the opening ceremony in 1959. I showed up just after lunch and appeared to have missed anything going on. Apart from witnessing an RNZAF Iroquois departing, the biggest excitement was finding RNZAF Historic Flight Harvard NZ1015 sitting outside Wellington Aero Club.

This shot nicely encapsulates domestic airline operations at Wellington. The clean lines of the domestic terminal and its “Wild at Heart” slogan form the backdrop for Pacific Blue’s ZK-PBM, as seen through the heat haze from the western apron.

And on the western apron, Life Flight Trust’s (latest) BK117 ZK-HLF touches down directly on the trailer for easy hangaring.

Here’s a shot that could only be at Wellington. Mount Cook Airline’s ATR-72 ZK-MCW, superimposed on Mount Victoria, gets caught by a gust just before touch down on RWY 16 in a stiff southerly. The white aircraft is reflecting the blue-green hues of the sea and hills.

ZK-PBM again, on another day, moments from touch down on RWY 16.

And finally a sight that, although very common today, will become rarer in the next couple of years as Air New Zealand’s Boeing 737-300 fleet is retired in favour of standardising on the Airbus A320 for both domestic and international shorthaul routes.

Check out the Wellington Airport set on Flickr for the other new additions.