Took a trip to Hanmer Springs this weekend, though we made an unexpected overnight in St Arnaud due to weather. I managed to snap some absolutely beautiful pictures.
Easty of the Marlborough Sounds. There was a bit of low cloud and drizzle as we were going past.
Sunset in St Arnaud. The colours aren't nearly as spectacular on the camera though.
Lake Rotoiti
The plane I was flying in, an Piper Arrow
View over Buller River
Lake Rotoroa
A valley southwest of Lake Rotora
The Cessna in our little caravan
Not quite sure where this pic was taken. Somewhere south of Lake Rotoroa and North of Hanmer Springs
The third plane in our caravan
Landing in Hanmer Springs
Near Molesworth Station
Edit: typo
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- Redleader34
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So, how does this formation work?
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Well, mostly an awful lot like:Redleader34 wrote:So, how does this formation work?
EIF: FHQ, where are you?
FHQ: Passing between Mt. Glenlee and Mt. Tappy
EIF: ... That's where we are. What's your altitude?
FHQ: 54 hundred feet
EIF: %*&# We're at 53 hundred feet. Can you see us?
FHQ: Negative ... Oh wait. We're actually passing between Mt. Turks and some other mountain. We're about 10nm behind you.
We actually didn't ever formate too long; The Arrow that we were in was faster than the Archer, which in turn was faster than the Cessna 172. I went to take a picture of one of the times all three of us were in formation, but my instructor thought it would be fun to throw us into a max rate turn unexpectedly. I'm hoping someone in the other planes got a good shot of that.
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Unbeknownst to you all, I am actually an undercover New Zealand tourism agentSpice Runner wrote:Wow. I've definately gotta visit New Zealand someday. That is something beautiful.
New Zealand is beautiful country to visit; there is so much to see packed into two little islands. You just have to time your visit properly. The scenery here can be spectacular, but the weather can be downright craptastic sometimes.
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