I finally got round to installing the RBE 75m mesh, and decided to take a few passengers for a scenic flight from Glenorchy to Queenstown for a reasonable fee
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The sun rising over the hills, creating a pleasant shine on our quite modern Cessna.
The initial climb out of GY
Passing the field at low level on the left.
We're now heading south along the lake of Wakatipu
My plan is to head up the Von river for a look around.
Heading into the Von River area.
Apparently down south they have rivers that go up hill as well as down!
This here is pasture hill
And that is Mt Nicholas. The passengers were impressed at my local knowledge.
Now heading west to Queenstown Intl, here are some mountains including walter peak and Afton peak.
Looking towards Make Lake.
Looks like a good opportunity to go straight in, but the wind says no.
Downwind at NZQN. It's a nice morning.
Finals
On approach. I'm using 20 degrees of flap, no need for 30 with this long runway, and besides the flare is less 'flat'.
We're down.
With permission of NZQN tower, we went to the end of the grass runway and took this pic.
