Just a quick little post with a couple of Qantas subjects.
I had decided to head out to Wellington Airport to catch the QantasLink E190 from Brisbane from a different angle. Every other time I had seen it had been with a southerly wind. This day in June had a northerly, which meant I could get a lot closer for an airborne shot.
In my last Wellington post, I had mentioned I bumped into Tim Gorman, aka ZKAviation. He told me the reason for the Retro-roo aircraft being ETOPS certified was to cover maintenance of the regular fleet. That maintenance is to install split winglets.
Imagine my delight when, while waiting on the E190, I spotted one of these updated aircraft on approach!
The winglets are very obvious in that shot. As it departed, just after the E190 arrived, I got my best shot to show off the new wing tips.
You can check out all 15 photos from this visit on Flickr.
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