Careers, Architect

Kupe And The Octopus.

Christchurch Airport trip.

For our Milos we wanted to learn about planes and Christchurch Airport. But we also wanted to go to the airport. So me and Matt work all of term 1 and part of term 2 e-mailing the airport and Air New Zealand trying to plan the trip.

On Tuesday the 14th of may me Matt and some other people went on a trip to the Airport. When we got out of the van at the hangar it felt so weird thinking that I will be going in there. We went inside and Gary Mills (the man who we e-mailed) was waiting for us. He told us about what we would have to do in an emergency and he told us to put on helmets and Hi-Vis jackets. We walked out of reception and into the tool shop. Gary talked to us about the past of the hangar and about how to become a pilot.

 After that we walked into the main part. It was so cool looking up and seeing the tails of plane and seeing them inside. Gary talked about the planes and how they can be in their for 2-6 weeks usually and people work at night because that´s when most planes are there. We went around the desks and then we went over to the front. There was a Hercules getting towed around by one of the Airport trucks. Gary talked to us about the A320 but then he said that we can go inside it. I was exited but it was really cool seeing where the pilot sits and the seats look really comfy. It would be really hard to remember all of the switches do and when to press them. We got to sit in the economy seats but we couldn´t use the screen.

We walked around a bit more and then we got a photo out the font of  a A320 neo. The new ones have WI- FI satellite dishes on them. Gary asked us if we wanted to go in the A320 neo and we said yes so he called someone and asked if we can go in it, but we needed to wait because they needed to turn the power on so we can see. When the power was on we got to go inside but it was way different to the normal A320 because it had 3 screens in the middle and then all of the switches. They had only had the Neo for a couple of weeks. After we left the plane we walked around and Gary told us about the virgin Australia 737 and looked at it.

 After that we walked into the welding room and then went into the parts painting room. When we left that area we went into the computer room and he told us about how they design new parts for planes. He also told us about how long some of the people have been there and how they sometimes move around. After we left that area we went back into reception and he gave us a cup and told us to fill it up with lollies and he gave us a sticker chart will all of the planes in their fleet.