Last Wednesday 15/2/17 at Lake Rotorua was the first time I had seen Volcanic Air's Otter ZK-VAS (c/n 35) flying, and it was quite active during the afternoon. I guess it is helped by tourists from cruise ships at Tauranga who bus through to Rotorua. When we were in Tauranga there was a different cruise ship berthed every day. It has a quite distinctive engine sound that seems like it is clattering along. Here are some photos from the last flight of the day:
Embarking the 10 passengers...
then a pushback from the jetty by the pilot...
Start up and taxying out...
Beginning its take off run out in the lake...
Slowly getting up on the step...
and airborne.
followed by a gentle turn and slow climb out.
Then half an hour or so later, clattering back over the town for the last landing of the day at 5 39 pm.
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