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by **pacblue** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 4:46 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VUBCKriIM4

Hey there, i just went down to timaru the other day with the mrs. heres some of the sights and sounds (i apologise to those that dislike flying videos with music)
enjoy

by **mavman** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 5:58 pm

Thanks for sharing! Looked like a fantastic day

by **benwynn** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 6:10 pm

Great Video mate, The music wasn't too distracting, as you didn't have it blaring away at full volume; I could still hear the engine sounds

I am very jealous to say the least, the weather looks perfect. Looks like a very enjoyable trip too, hopefully you can share some more videos!

by **pacblue** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 6:35 pm

Thanks for the comments guys, will put some more videos up when i go away on my next big flight, and yes i was very fortunate with the wx, it was perfect

by **waka172rg** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 7:50 pm

Don't apologise for good kIWI music my friend

by **pacblue** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 8:00 pm

waka172rg wrote:
QUOTE (waka172rg @ Jul 27 2009, 07:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Don't apologise for good kIWI music my friend

im glad someone would pick up on that, very proud to live in this beautiful country

by **waka172rg** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 8:27 pm

pacblue wrote:
QUOTE (pacblue @ Jul 27 2009, 08:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
im glad someone would pick up on that, very proud to live in this beautiful country

I, nice flight beutifull place that south island. Here Here bro

by **Ian Warren** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 1:55 am

Great Vid .. Muse perfect , but it was the ground textures i was studying , superb show

by **ardypilot** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 9:57 am

Great vid- lucky with the wx, it's been bloody cr@p at Ardmore all last week!

How did you transition through CHCH airspace? Round banks peninsular, straight over the city, or out the back through the countryside?

by **bestpilotindaworld** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 10:48 am

Nice - Theres nothing like a nice long x-country.

I must say thats a long way in a 152!!

by **pacblue** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 12:41 pm

Trolly wrote:
QUOTE (Trolly @ Jul 28 2009, 09:57 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Great vid- lucky with the wx, it's been bloody cr@p at Ardmore all last week!

How did you transition through CHCH airspace? Round banks peninsular, straight over the city, or out the back through the countryside?

heya, i followed the coast down as far as the ashley river mouth, then followed that in to RT then overhead forest field and ashburton, it took some serious navigating and luck

by **TomH** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 4:44 pm

Ahh, gotta love Christchurch airspace.

by **HardCorePawn** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 2:17 pm

Great stuff... looks like you got the perfect day for flying!!

I have a couple of questions:

- How long to get from PP down to Kaikoura and Timaru in the old one fifty twice? (I dont have any south island charts, so can't measure it

)

- I'm a little confused by the footage at the end... did you do a night landing in WN? and then head back to PP the next day?

- How did you manage to convince the missus to come along?? Everytime I suggest it to the wife, she pulls "The Face"™ and goes on about going shopping...

- Is she the one who got "excited" during the landing at Pine Park??

Finally a small suggestion for next time... use a high constrast colour for the titles... some of them have "blended" into the video due to the compression

But as I said... awesome stuff!

by **pacblue** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 3:55 pm

hey mate, thanks for the comment, here are some answers for your questions,

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I have a couple of questions:

- How long to get from PP down to Kaikoura and Timaru in the old one fifty twice? (I dont have any south island charts, so can't measure it

)[/quote]
PP-KI = 129nm KI-TU 156nm so all up around 2hr 50 1 way

QUOTE

- I'm a little confused by the footage at the end... did you do a night landing in WN? and then head back to PP the next day?[/quote]
that night landing was 1 i did in PP not too long ago, but the day landing was from when i returned, i just added the night 1 in for a little dramatic effect

QUOTE

- How did you manage to convince the missus to come along?? Everytime I suggest it to the wife, she pulls "The Face"™ and goes on about going shopping...

[/quote]
unfortunatly her grandad was very sick in timaru hospital so she was more than happy to jump along for the ride.

QUOTE

- Is she the one who got "excited" during the landing at Pine Park??

[/quote]
haha yes thats the 1, she keeps quiet now though

however she wasnt impressed with the approach into kaikoura

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