Every week we are getting closer and closer to Invercargill, our starting and ending airport. This week we leave Mount Cook majestic mountains and fly south east for Taieri, a small general aviation airport that is a about 10miles north east of Dunedin.
The flight leaves mount cook and heads south for Omarama (Note: You can go to Tekapo (NZTL) after leaving Mount Cook then join the flight over Lake Pukaki if you have the scenery.) At Omarama head east to Oamaru via Lake Aviemore and the Waitaki River. After Oamaru follow the coast down to Taieri for a full stop landing.
This flight should be no longer than 1 hour and 30 minutes in a Cessna 172, however it will be if we don't leave as close to 7pm as possible.
Departure Time: Thursday 16th April 2009 19:00 NZST
Flight Time: 1.5 to 2.0hrs
Route:
- Depart Mount Cook (NZMC) and head south for Omarama (NZOA) and perform a touch and go.
- From Omarama fly east to Oamaru via Waitaki river and perform a touch and go (Alternatively you can fly south east down the Ida Valley and join the flight on the east coast at Palmerston)
- Follow the coast south down to Taieri (NZTI) and make a full stop landing, pilots who took the alternate route could perform a few circuits until the other pilots get there.
Late-comers: Late-comers or pilots not wanting to come for the full flight can join us from Oamaru at 19:45
Private Voice Channel:General pilot-to-pilot voice chat during this will be available on rw1.vatpac.org/vatnzflightclub.
(Use the Private Voice Chat in SB or the Company Frequency feature in FSInn to tune this server.)
For further enjoyment of this flight I recommend you have the following,
- Red Baron New Zealand Land Class
- Geographx 75m Mesh or 20m Mesh (payware)
- Roads and Rivers of New Zealand (payware)
If you have any further questions please reply to this thread or PM me,
Wesley