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QUOTE (victor_alpha_charlie @ Feb 3 2008, 11:35 AM) Oh ok, you probably wouldn't have flown over Afghanistan or Iraq then- it was surreal screaming along at 35,000 feet in total comfort watching Little Britain on my PTV and glancing down at where thousands of people were enduring suffering at that moment. We could see Kandahar in the distance with the occasional flash of light- I looked on the news page and it said fighting had erupted in Kandahar not long before. That sent a chill down my spine.. Oh and then the thunderstorms over India! Made you feel so small and...

Gavin your photos just continue to impress! I loved the red checkers display out at Stratford airfield man they were cool I had never seen any thing like it before :wub:

QUOTE (Alex @ Feb 2 2008, 08:38 PM) Hahah sure... Maybe I need to stand in for him... :ph43r: :@ (finally a real use for that 'smiley' :P ) Alex WHAT ...Not Alex Mclean .. :o off the Rotorua 'Tacki'nomi' Building :@ ......................... :unsure:

WOW the screen shot of the Fletcher is great and may put me out of a job as it looks so real :)

Not sure what the runway requirements are for the 737, but they do fly them in and out of Woodbourne evey now and again. Probably see one here over the Wine festival weekend as they fly pax from AK. NZWB is 1425 metres long. The RNZAF 757 also operates in and out of here too !! Compare this with NZNP at 1310m and the 737 should not be to stretched, but as I say, I don't know the minimum.

QUOTE (HardCorePawn @ Feb 1 2008, 12:29 PM) I actually just watched the episode (gotta love the internet <_< ) and I'm struggling to understand why people are still arguing... they explained it pretty well They had a toy car on the treadmill... running at the same speed so it was staying in position relative to the ground... then they cut the power to the car and sure enough it went backwards into the backstop... Adam then pointed out that if he now used his hand to act like the propeller force there was almost no resistance as the wheels were just free spinning... Just...

Darn cant go - I am booked - its wonder they didnt advertise this more so I had more advanced warning!

Haha yea i saw this on Airliners this morning :lol: I hope the Miss Universe contestants will fly on it :D Ill be first to grab a ticket >buck<

Lucky bugger!! :D

Sorry, again no time (waking up and buying bass and now dinner sets me back)

QUOTE (chickenman @ Jan 23 2008, 09:33 PM) I probably don't have a lot more to add to this thread. Yes - I went squealing to Skydiving Wanaka because I thought that they needed to know what was being said but I did it for another reason. The goodwill of the operators at these airfields are the reasons that are hobby is so rich in new zealand. Whether you are a repainter, a plane spotter, a scenery designer or other enthusiast - we need the people who run aeroclubs, flight operations, airports and aircraft to think of us in a good light. I have a long standing relationship with...

Wow thats realy cool!

The R22 is a very 'light' helicopter to fly. It has a very low inertia rotor which changes speed very quickly. This makes it nice and responsive but also prone to dangerously low rotor RPM if the engine quits etc. For example, compare/imagine how easy it is to stop one of those personal cooling fans with a plastic blade compared to if you added a heavier metal blade (i.e. Stop it with your finger vs Dont stop it with your finger ;) . The lighter plastic blade would accelerate to full speed faster but would also decelerate just as fast. The heavier metal blade would acclerate to full...

The current one is definitely correct, I've flown into there quite a bit lately. I didn't realise the old layout was so different!

Oh i heard about that crash, i remember last year those 2 planes collided aswell!

Great pics, love ZK-MAD. I've been for a flight in her also- pics here .

If your really into Tiger Moths, you should take a 2.5 hour drive south of Wanaka to Mandeville. There features the Croydon Aircraft Company (think thats what they are called). I'm pretty sure they restored this particular Tiger Moth too (ZKALJ). They've got a MASSIVE hanger full of old school aircraft and some more modern day micolights as well. Mandeville aerodrome is a great wee place to head to. 800m of grass strip (NZVL) and a lovely restaurant makes a perfect excuse for a coffee on a hot summers afternoon. Flying time is less than 15 minutes from Invercargill which is great,...

QUOTE (FlyingKiwi @ Jan 16 2008, 04:50 PM) Looks to be -EAH, if you look at the nosegear door there is an "H". Ahh yes of course thanks!

Jeppesen's SIMCharts would have them, but you'd be paying for those... Looks like Navigraph are getting some Pacific charts on there as well, but are not available currently either. Alex