NZFF

Tell us about your current aviation situation.

Me? 5.5 hours flown in and around Nelson Airport. Flown two aircraft:

ZK-ETU (Cessna 172)


ZK-RJE/RJF Tecnam P2002-JF

0.9 hours in Tomahawk ZK-FRS. These were the trial flight (a 16th birthday prezzie for myself) and lesson one. Did these a couple of years ago, I need a tad more money before I can continue.


Not sure if it counts, but when flying with Graham Orphan in his Aeronca Champ ZK-KCO last month I had control for 10min or so.

I have done 3 hours TT in a R22

NZHN - Raglan in ZK-HZQ for long lining training
NZHN - NZAP in ZK-HZQ for maintenance
NZAP - NZHN in ZK-HNL to cover ZK-HZQ x3
NZHN -NZAP in ZK-HNL to pick up ZK-HZQ
NZAP - NZHN in ZK-HZQ back home
NZHN - Karamu Ranges in ZK-ILC for Ag Spraying
Karamu Ranges - NZHN returning from Spraying
NZHN - NZAA in a AS350B2 Joyflight
NZAA - NZHN in a MD500E return joyflight
Mystery Creek Joyflight in EC120B ZK-HTF prior to its fatal accident
Mystery Creek - NZHN in ZK-HZQ returning from Fieldays x3
Mystery Creek Joyflight in VAS B206
NZHN in ZK-HZQ for IFR training
NZHN -NZMB in EC130
NZMB-NZHN return in EC130

Forgive me if that is the wrong code for mechanics bay heliport (NZMB)

those are all I can think of at the moment

I hold a NZPPL, 103hrsTT ratings in C-152, C-172, PA-28, currently training for CPL (slowly!).
I have considerably more time however in the virtual world! At a guess a couple of hundred hours in a/c up to 747 size!!

0 hours

20 Hours in C152

Cessna 152 G-BRNE
Shoreham EGKA, England
November 2002
30 minute flight inland to the town of Haywards Heath, circled above my house, and then returned back to the coast, banked over the sea and landed. I took the controls in flight, performed turns and controlled the throttle and yoke on takeoff. The "into flight' was my 13th birthday treat.

Piper Cherokee ZK-EBE
Ardmore NZAR, New Zealand
December 2005
60 minute flight around Auckland, doing steep turns over the Hauraki Gulf, circling my house low, and performing a low flyby of the CBD. I took the controls about 10 minutes into the flight after we performed steep turns, cruised around Auckland myself and controlled everything apart from the radios. I even flew final approach onto grass runway 21 but did let the pilot perform the landing. This flight was a friendly offer from a family friend who owns an aircraft.

American Champion Citabria ZK-CIT
Ardmore NZAR, New Zealand
June 2006
90 minute flight around Auckland, performed a approach to NZAA runway 23l and then made low flyby over International Airport, headed to the CBD, flew out into the Gulf and performed aerobatics. I took the controls as we cruised along the Waitamata Harbor and then climbed up to 5000 feet. Most of the time I had my hands on the camera as this flight was a once-in-a-lifetime offer from an ex airforce pilot who owns his own aircraft.

I have also been listed as a "crew member"Â￾ when I went up for a ride in the NZ Warbirds DC-3 the other weekend and got to sit in the cockpit jumpseat while the co-pilot had a checkride assessment. We got to do some steep 70 degree turns over the Gulf again which was great fun, but I wasn't touching any of the controls.

Total time controlling a real aircraft: 1 hour and 30 minutes
Total time controlling a simulated aircraft: "¦countless, properly over 1000 hours

1 hr in an Archer ( VH-RNN )
1 Hr in an Warrior ( VH-IPI )

Doing a Chopper training course this year and my fixed wing ppl next year.


FS hours : too many to count

Rides to Jump Alt: lots