July 27th 1974, onboard an Air New Zealand DC8 from Auckland to Nadi (Fiji). This is a scan from a transparency (slide). Shot with an Asahi Pentax Spotmatic II and 50mm f1.4 standard lens (when a camera had a 50 - 55mm lens as standard - no good zooms in those days).
This was also my first international flight. Subsequently I have been back to Fiji about 20 times, Australia at least 4 times, Canada/USA once and one trip to Rarotonga.
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Returning on a ten minute flight from Malolo Lailai (an off shore island) to Nadi aboard Fiji Air Britten-Norman Islander DQ-FCA a BN2A-27. August 1973. Asahi Pentax Spotmatic II and either a Takumar 50mm f/1.4 or the Takumar 24mm.
Note: this is not the wing on the left but part of the landing gear strut.
Slide scanned on an Epson V700.
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October 13th 1974, and I am already aboard a NAC (National Airways Corporation) Boeing 737 for my flight to Christchurch (returning home after eight days in Fiji). This was shot through the plane window.
ZK-NZA is Air New Zealand's first DC-8 (a DC-8-52) and DC-8s were operated from 1965 through to 1981, the later couple of years mainly in freight operation.
In the right background construction is underway on Auckland's new International terminal, and directly behind the ZK-NZA is a nearly brand new DC-10-30 (Air NZ started getting these in 1973).
I twice flew from Christchurch to Nadi, Fiji on DC-8 flights. They operated on Tuesday and Thursday evening and left Christchurch about 6:00pm, with a short stop in Wellington and then direct to Nadi.
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Viaduct Basin from the air (light plane), March 1977, well before any development to what it is today. Takumar 85mm M42 lens on Asahi Pentax Spotmatic II.
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Well before Mike Smith, the activist took a chain saw to the tree!
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