Flying into Wellington!!!

[Chilli]

Ok, so we've all seen the youtube vids, and I expect most of you guys have experienced it. I'm a big girl when it comes to flying, but the windiest airport in the world...Christ!
The Mrs's mum texts earlier to say that on a scale of 1-10 (1 being lovely!) she's just had a 15!
Now she flies very frequently, so knows wat to expect....but a 15???

I'm thinking a drive from Auckland to Wellington now!

Anyone any experiences?

Cheers.

[Omerta]

If she flew into Welly in the last 24 hours then I can imagine she might have had a pretty interesting landing. Even by our standards it's been wild - hardly got much sleep last night with the whole house shaking with each northerly gust!

Don't worry, they usually manage to get them down before running out of runway. Which is good because at the end you've got a 20m drop to the road and high voltage trolley bus wires, then the sea

[Coq au Vin]

^^ Wot he said. You get the occasional white knuckle moment, but the last day and a half have been worse than usual.

[Omerta]

PS... if you haven't bought yet, don't rush - we haven't seen the bottom of this market yet.

[Esprit]

Omerta said:

PS... if you haven't bought yet, don't rush - we haven't seen the bottom of this market yet.

Not even the beginning *rubs hands with glee*

• I'm a non home-owner delighted at the fact that in a couple of years the housing market might have come back to a semi-sensible level where I can actually afford to own a home.

[Kiwi Carguy]

Who said it was windy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnexEhP1ps0&fea...

[Kiwi Carguy]

O.K so this ones a bit hairy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whk6FB0_bY0&fea...

In all seriousness I've been in and out numerous times and have lived to tell about it

[Kiwi XTR2]

I must have flown into Wellington ±30 times. Probably half were a bit windy. If you hadn't noticed the weather forecast the hint is when they collected all the coffee cups early and get really nazi about all carry-on luggage being properly secured.

As long as the pilot flys decisively ON TO the deck (which is most of them) I find the landings fine, even if it's a bit of a thump. The bounce landings are much worse.

My worst incident was spilling coffee on myself getting bumped at the baggage claim. Mad panic, taxi to a menswear, new shirt, change in the shop, MISS ONE OF THE PINS !!!, taxi to parliament for a select committee, arrive to discover the hearing was delayed 2 hours.

[Kylie]

^^ What a piglet

[Kiwi XTR2]

Kylie said:

^^ What a piglet

I (now) insist that our staff NEVER align the opening of the lid with the seam in the cup (180° apart is best) and ALWAYS replace the lid if it ever starts to split on the seam.




Now I need another cup

[Bull1t]

Ive flown into wellington Ive forgotten how many times and Ive only had one bumpy landing and it was still nothing like any you see on youtube or the news. The worst landing Ive had was into Nelson which was far worse.

Nothing to worry about.

[GravelBen]

Queenstown landings can be interesting too actually

[Omerta]

Previous post
Probably not in good taste...

Edited by Omerta on Friday 26th September 02:35

[Chilli]

Omerta said:

Previous post
Probably not in good taste...

Edited by Omerta on Friday 26th September 02:35

Eh? What was wrong with it?

[Omerta]

Not the previous, the one I edited... don't worry about it.

So this thread probably isn't too helpful to a nervous flyer, but don't miss the experience of flying in. Truly hairy flights don't heppen all that often.

[Chilli]

Omerta said:

Not the previous, the one I edited... don't worry about it.

So this thread probably isn't too helpful to a nervous flyer, but don't miss the experience of flying in. Truly hairy flights don't heppen all that often.

Ok!
I'm currently trying to covince the OH that'll we'll hire a ice car, and drive down...she's proving a tad difficult to break down, but I'm still on it!

Cheers.