Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 1:39 am
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Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 1:39 amPosted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 6:11 pmGidday Don , going to really get busy in there once Pete finish's his amazin scenery package for Milford ... Have an area called the " LOHR Triangle " .. Queenstown-Mount Cook- Milford Sound !
Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 6:35 pmHa - easy! 
If you think NZMF is hard try this - once you landed on NZMF take-off again. Enter the valley to the south and following the river (you know you got the right valley when you see a small lake at the entrance - the valley is perpendicular to the runway). Follow the valley to the end (there are a tight few turns). Right at the end you find a small airstrip. Unfortunatly, you can't fly straight in because there is a rock right in front of it which you need to swerve around. After landing break hard. There is no second try as the runway is right in front of a massive cliff. Welcome to NZQT (Quintin) - still an old favourite of mine! In fact, the airstrip has been closed a few years ago...
You do however need my NZ topo and the 20m mesh doesn't hurt either (gives you more accurate cliffs in the valley and approach). The airstrip isn't in the default scenery
Cheers,
Christian
If you think NZMF is hard try this - once you landed on NZMF take-off again. Enter the valley to the south and following the river (you know you got the right valley when you see a small lake at the entrance - the valley is perpendicular to the runway). Follow the valley to the end (there are a tight few turns). Right at the end you find a small airstrip. Unfortunatly, you can't fly straight in because there is a rock right in front of it which you need to swerve around. After landing break hard. There is no second try as the runway is right in front of a massive cliff. Welcome to NZQT (Quintin) - still an old favourite of mine! In fact, the airstrip has been closed a few years ago...
You do however need my NZ topo and the 20m mesh doesn't hurt either (gives you more accurate cliffs in the valley and approach). The airstrip isn't in the default scenery
Cheers,
Christian
Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 6:41 pmOoh I'm going to give that a try! 
Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 7:02 pmWelcome to NZQT (Quintin) - still an old favourite of mine!
Awesome, gotta try that!
I just took the NZFF Saab 2000 in and out of MF, no sweat
Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 7:39 pmChristian wrote: Welcome to NZQT (Quintin) - still an old favourite of mine! In fact, the airstrip has been closed a few years ago...
whats the coords?
Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:51 pmBy my reckoning, approx 44.79 S 167.75 E See the arrow in the pic. (apologies for the elevation map misalignment, but it's still a work in progress! 
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I've also ringed a few other strips that might be interesting... (not actually tried them though)
)I've also ringed a few other strips that might be interesting... (not actually tried them though)
Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 9:18 pmS44 47.35
E167 45.18
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E167 45.18
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Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 9:44 pmSorry, my coordinates were in decimal, yours are in minutes & seconds. 0.79 degrees = 47 minutes 24 seconds (multiply by 60)
Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 10:21 pmGreat going VN , gives lotta people some idea a weeee map to fly to .. I'm guessin Hel'i for some stops , Porter FS9/Maule FSX ? 
Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 12:00 amIan Warren wrote: Gidday Don , going to really get busy in there once Pete finish's his amazin scenery package for Milford ... Have an area called the " LOHR Triangle " .. Queenstown-Mount Cook- Milford Sound !
Morning to you, Ian. Let me know when it is available, it is really a neat place to see. Don
Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 12:46 pmgreat map. I've visited most of them, Martin's Bay is a really easy one (top of the map - there are 2 strips close to each other), Lake Alabaster and Hollyford Valley are a bit more tricky, but nothing compared to Quintin. Another really good one is the Siberia valley one which is further North (ie west of Lake Wanaka) - don't know the coords, but should be relatively easy to be found using google or google maps.
Ian - using heli's is cheating Does help in Quintin though. I certainly would recommend the Beaver or Maule, Porter may be even better!
Hmm, time I took my Do27 for a ride - and maybe write up some tours. Or something with the Fletcher...
Cheers,
Christian
Ian - using heli's is cheating
Does help in Quintin though. I certainly would recommend the Beaver or Maule, Porter may be even better!Hmm, time I took my Do27 for a ride - and maybe write up some tours. Or something with the Fletcher...
Cheers,
Christian
Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 1:10 pmIf the strip is ice its at
S44 47.35
E167 45.18
S44 47.35
E167 45.18