20 August 2012

Back in town...



Back in town at present is Chathams Pacific's Fairchild Metroliner ZK-CIC. Normally this ship plies between Tongatapu and Vava'u. Meanwhile, Great Barrier Airlines' BN Islander is in Tonga while Chathams Pacific's Islander A3-LYP undergoes maintenance. For photos of the Chathams Pacific aircraft in Tonga see http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/2011/01/a3-land-10-days-in-tonga.html
 

Chathams PAcific Fairchild Metroliner ZK-CIC at Auckland on 19 August 2012. Photos : W Grant
 

3 comments:

  1. Man i'd hate to travel on an islander all the way to Tonga. Wouldn't that be past the Islanders range??

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  2. My idea of hell!!!!

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  3. CIC flew back to NZ to ferry a new turbine and horizontal Stabilizer for CIB.

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