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by **h290master** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 9:42 pm

Should be good fun 2morrow hopefully the weather remains good so HCP can fly trolly,timmo and me down

by **Naki** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 11:23 pm

Have a safe flight guys - the weathers improving and looking good for tomorrow - today was cr@p.

by **Alfashark** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 10:24 am

Righto lads, packin up and leavin the ranch... should be there 1130-12ish

by **Alex** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 10:26 am

I'll be heading out in half an hour or so...

Alex

by **Anthony** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 10:37 am

Hey guys

Good news - I can come!
See you there soonish.
Hope the guys who are flying have a good flight

Cheers
Anthony

by **Naki** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 10:38 am

I'm leaving in a few minutes - fantastic sunny day over here - as per usual

by **spongebob206** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 11:19 am

All the best for today.

Wish I could have been there.

pass on my regards to all.

have fun

by **Ian Warren** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 11:38 am

spongebob206 wrote:
QUOTE (spongebob206 @ Jul 13 2008, 11:19 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
All the best for today.

Wish I could have been there.

pass on my regards to all.

have fun

And don't forget the NZFF team photo

by **ardypilot** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 2:06 pm

Sorry folks, the Auckland team never made it to Tauranga as there was no way we could cross the Kaimai Ranges due to thick low cloud... we were forced to turn back and went for a scenic flight around the good ole' City of Sails instead (pics to follow).

We were all pissed off that we couldn't make it this time around, and decided we must hold another meetup again, either in the summer, or locally at Ardmore so bad weather won't be able to stop us from arriving!

Hope everyone else is having a good time as I write this, I look forward to hearing how it went.

by **Mattnz** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 2:27 pm

Sorry to hear that, Andrew

Shame I can't possibly be there, but have fun, guys!

by **Ian Warren** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 2:42 pm

Got word from Hayden(h290master) Worth a try, but to HCP's thought to safety all on board , good on him and flying skills

by **spongebob206** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 3:29 pm

Good flying mate, better safe than sorry.

Lost a couple of friends due to bad weather and pushed it a bit myself. I was lucky!

Glad the sight seeing was good though. But any flight always is.

Hope I can make ardmore.

cheers

by **HardCorePawn** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 5:42 pm

Yeah... sorry guys

According to the forecasts and online ATIS etc... it should have been sweet as... TG was FEW at 3000'!??! and the area forecast looked OK...

One of the instructors has advised that next time, I should try the 'Colville Gap'... up towards the northern tip of the Coromandel Peninsula... a bit further to go up and around, but should be passable.

To rub salt into the wound, I was hanging around the club this afternoon around 1630... and watched one of the bayflight aircraft (KID) do a Touch+Go.... so obviously this arvo it had cleared enough for them to come over

I hope you got some enjoyment out of our tiki tour... I had a good time (I usually do when flying

)... but personally I am a bit bummed to have missed the sim ride... I had even been practicing the heavy metal on FSX!

Apologies to the Daniel and Naki... and the Flight Experience guys... thx for all the organisational efforts... hope you all had fun!

by **Yak52aholic** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 5:54 pm

Oh no, that's not good. Speaking of next meetup-howbout Classic Fighters 09? It's sort of in the middle of the country, and hardly ever has bad weather.

by **Daniel** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 6:10 pm

Hey Guys,

It was a shame the Auckland guys couldn't come down.
It looks like there might be another meet possibly at Tauranga again in the summer.
We had a great day down there and it was good to get to meet everyone.
We forgot to take a group photo

Thanks for organising it Naki

Cheers
Daniel

PS. Your flying in the sim was awesome Naki

by **Alex** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 6:51 pm

Cheers Naki, it was a good afternoon, awesome putting some more faces to names.

Alex

by **Anthony** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 8:06 pm

Sounds like it was a good day.
People that were there will know that I didn't end up going - I was in Tauranga anyway but we had a family thing. I managed to convince my mum to let me go to it and even got out to the airport, but she said she thinks it's important for us to see relatives we never see.

Hopefully if we have another one at TRG in the summer or one at another time then I'll be able to make it.

Pity about the AKL guys not making it down.

by **Timmo** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 9:41 pm

Hey Guys- here are some pics from our flight- Mostly of the tiki-tour we did of the CBD before heading back to land. Was good to meet Andrew, Hayden and Jared and put some names to faces.

After intense peer pressure, HCP decided to give in and go inverted

by **ardypilot** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 10:22 pm

QUOTE

After intense peer pressure, HCP decided to give in and go inverted[/quote]
Haha, if only... nice edit there

Thanks for posting your snaps Tim- looks like you had a better view out the front seat window, I'll need to practice my rock paper scissors skills for next time around!

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