Electra Service New Zealand Style With Bizarre Landing

[Aharon]

Shalom and greetings all my pals,

Presenting exclusive Electra service New Zealand style from NZAA Auckland Airport located near Mangere 13 miles south of centre of Auckland to NZNS Nelson Airport 8 miles southwest of the city of Nelson

On climb to FL200 after take off making left turn to head to south with background view of waters of Tasman Sea



Still on climb and in middle of left turn with background view of waters of Manukau Harbour seen on upper left corner



Wing view showing combo of waters of Tasman Sea below wing and waters of Manukau Harbour above wing



Climbing climbing with background view of Waikato River below the plane



Passing Waikato River



Now cruising at FL200 along western coast of North Island of New Zealand approaching Raglan Bay seen ahead



Cruising at FL200



Making some direction adjustment



Leaving North Island to do crossing across waters of Cook Strait



View of South Island loomed ahead during crossing of Cook Strait



Approaching South Island and Abel Talsman National Park



Cockpit view showing Abel Talsman National Park on left and Kahurangi National Park on right with space between those 2 parks called Takaka



Official airport charts do not match terrain of FSX default South Island of New Zealand BUT thankful, FSX is pretty accurate in that New Zealand highway route number 60 which I could follow all the way to Nelson!!



Following the highway route number 60



Cockpit view of Kahurangi National Park while keeping eye on the highway route number 60 seen on left



Passing top of Kahurangi National Park





Keeping eye on the highway route number 60 seen above that leads to Nelson



Descending after clearing out high mountains of the national park



On final runway approach to runway 02



Darn the New Zealand winds in winter that cause plane to tilt right!!!!!! Yes it is winter in New Zealand while it is summer in America or Europe



Touchdown but unfortunately on right wheel!!



Winds still keeping my plane on right tilt while right wheel producing cool tire smoke



Fighting hard to lower left wheel battling against winds while right wheel still produces tire smoke



Finally both rear wheels make runway contact still producing awesome tire smoke



Time for me to try to lower front landing gear against winds



Ahhhh MORE tire smoke as result of front landing gear wheels making runway contact





Exiting from runway into taxiway toward gate



Arrived at gate to drop off satisfied passengers



Thank you for viewing. Stay tuned for next exciting flight.

Regards,

Aharon

[AllanL]

Thanks Aharon. A lovely set of shots.

[Aharon]

AllanL,

Thanks for kind words.

Exciting screenshots of Trident are coming soon!!

Regards,

Aharon

[dfarrow]

Aharon , your technique of landing on one mailwheel is correct [ but difficult ] IF that wheel is the into wind one . Generally used used on T-props more than jets ; as normally you need quite an angle of bank on a T-prop to ground propellor or wingtip . Whereas on a 747-400 anything over 5 degrees of bank is Very strongly discouraged . Due to the fact that with oleos compressed [ firm landing ] more than 5 degrees bank will pod strike , with No.1 or 4 engine hitting the ground .
Seen it done in Cubs and occasionally done it in ATPs ; when my eye was in .

rgds dave f.

[Aharon]

Dfarrow,

Thanks for your kind words. That was my lucky deduction, lucky guts, and lucky guessing to execute that landing procedure.

Regards,

Aharon