NZFF

i think it was pretty clear early on it wasn't terrorism. i was watching it on CNN yesterday morning, they were more interested in how/why it happened, how many were killed etc. they initially said it was Lidle that crashed, but after the press conference said they hadn't contacted the victim's family, they removed his name. and then people were emailing the show, demanding that small aircraft not fly near/over buildings and wanted tighted controls! evidently the aircraft was fitted with one of those parachutes- was probably too low to use it tho.

Shall we start another thread.... Yeah why not...... enter if you dare

:clap: Thats a pretty cool way of making a video. Check out the website to see other pretty neat clips they have.

actually my dad flew with royal brunei once, and apparantly it wasn't far off that- gold taps in the toilet, plush seats. a good airline if you can survive the flight without alcohol and don't mind a pre-takeoff prayer.

Great video there Robin- I don't get what that thing is you where videoing at the very beginning and end though. It looked like an army jeep or something outside the helicopter, but when you moved the viewpoint you went into the cockpit, then at the end when you landed it was there again... got an outside shot of the craft you where in?

Howdy, Yep; the new terminal design is really, really, impressive. Here's hoping it will help re-vitalise interest in the aerodrome (and locale).

Yeah good point, In the end I want to fly, best office I could ever imagine! As long as I get there I want to fly.... :lol: ....That deep passion can not be tamed :P

Hey yeah, I'd forgotten about those ex-Ethiopian and -Ozzie Sabres.............great point guys! Fingers crossed - to be honest I'd much prefer to see such a real classic as the F-86 than the L-29. If anyone knows about a Sabre close to flying from either Pioneer or AVspecs then please let me know.

I guess it's fine then to Use a Scanner at the Airport.. Has anyone been told of for having a scanner with them near the Airport??

looks like the wing walker has lost his head !!!

I used to be an officer in a Bushfire Force and the BK117 were a nightmare to work with, they had way too much down wash and would flare the fire up all the time not to mention they were bloody aweful to try and fill the monsoon with.

I remember my first trial flight at mystery creek just over the road from NZHN it was in a Robbie R22 pilot tried to scare me by playing chicken with a tree lol nearly cr@pped myself when he yelled "pull the collective NOW" and the whole take the controls I have sun screen on my hands and cant keep control of the chopper lol I have never looked back since that flight I wouldnt wanna do anything other than flying. Good on ya Mike also what day was your solo was it during the week or on a weekend I was chopper/plane spotting out at NZHN about a week ago maybe a bit more and heard...

Unbelievable.Sounds like Western Springs all over again.The airfield has been there since 1943,WHY do people move there if they don't like the noise,or the way the aircraft operate.Who are the real idiots.Why do they want to change the rules now.What the council needs to do is to have a zone with a reasonable boundary where people can't build.Pretty damn simple if you ask me.Mind you,I never ever met a beauracat who had a brain anyway.

Airbus is introducing a brake to vacate Â￾ (BTV) autobrake function on the A380, but the system has not been tested and was not available for evaluation. BTV will enable the pilot to specify the target runway exit ahead of landing by using the KCCU to click on the airport map displayed on the ND. On landing, the autobrake system sets the appropriate amount of braking to slow the aircraft evenly for exit at the specified taxiway. impressive!

Awesome, lucky you! You may notice the top photo on the main page of their website is courtesy of me. :) I think they have another one of my photos there somewhere as well.

I only heard about NZAA being fogged in I didnt realise NZHN was as well seemed like a nice day today.

Well, obviously we have the theme for the next NZFF flyin...