Postcards From New Zealand

[Charl]

I installed the soundpack thanks Ian, it's brilliant.
I'll make a little clip of it sometime, just revving for takeoff is a kick.
KTT is actually a Dove, but in that military paint, does it become Doven?

Here's the Devon, paired up for a photoshoot on the way to Dannevirke.
Hard to figure out which was to be the camera ship, both great paints by members here...



...there to find another NZFF member paint on the P-40E

[Ian Warren]

Doven , think we will keep that to our own , we currently cannot handle the Barmy Army here in CHCH

A wicked tour and show off paints , Harvard,s to Kittyhawks with a 'Doven' flown in over Christchurch would really bring the city alive , but currently have no fly in effort to listen for injured .

Charl , be looking forward to your clip , this is really a Nice tour

[ardypilot]

Wow, really really good stuff Charl!
Really makes me want to get back into simming, wish I decent PC to run ole '9.

[Charl]

QUOTE (Trolly @ Feb 26 2011,5:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

...wish I decent PC to run ole '9.

Well, my 4-year old 2.4GHz Core2 Duo EATS FS9.5...must be about equivalent to the cheapest box in town by now.
Splash out, maybe...

Now from Dannevirke a fast dash westward.
Wonder if Ohakea would let us in, in one of these:



If not, perhaps one of these would convince them



Mmm... ahead of myself again.
Nope, Baunton's Huey is just the ticket:

[Ian Warren]

NZOH-OH my jezz , i recall running around in Adrian,s Herc with Clive Ryan,s panel , back in those days son , no airtrainers looping the loop , and the 757 had not been born yet , a NH-90 was from futuristic movies and a Sprite was a drink

[Charl]

SeaSprite... arr yes it were tough in those days, up before crack of dawn, uphill all the way to school, and uphill also back home again the afternoon...
But Ian, you aren't concentrating...I did mention my sim is locked in 2006, but with some notable what-if's.

[Ian Warren]

2006 , a dang good year .. 'LOCKED' so long ago and yet still plugged in

[Charl]

Onward! to the ever-wilder West...land of redneck mayors and huge issues...like, how do you spell your town's name?



...and of course the Fletchers, those workhorses



that find themselves any and everywhere, delivering the goods

[Ian Warren]

Today , simply called fangiaooy but Mister 'H' the school teacher slapped me on the wrist with his ruler , Hangiaooy

[Naki]

Stunning - love that last rural shot.

[Charl]

Lad from the 'naki...well, here we go:



From dawn



to dusk

[Ian Warren]

Hawera to Stratford , Lepperton to New Plymouth .. dusting to go , Mt Egmont really looks the part , Fuji filmed

[Charl]

OK...since you mention it:
As mentioned earlier, I feed RW weather into these shots.
I let the sim run through 2 sets of 24 hours on the 2nd monitor, watching from the corner of the eye for a glimpse of that friggin' Taramonti mountain.
Even at 32x sim speed that takes a while...
Not once did it appear in its entirety;
Thus, Mount Fuji...

[Naki]

oooohhh - like that last large pic of NZSD - reminds me of home!...in fact its now my PC background...very rare to see no cloud covering Egmont (whoops Taranaki)

[Ian Warren]

Hmm Mt Fuji , nice to see different time lapse scene , brilliant weather shots and times and FS9

[AlisterC]

Loving this series, thanks Charl. I spent a few holidays staying in Stratford with family. I could sit and stare at that mountain for hours it felt like. Very cool.

[Charl]

Well, some more mountain then - hard to avoid in this neck of the woods!

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Mar 2 2011,4:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hawera to Stratford , Lepperton to New Plymouth ..

The man's uncanny...

[Charl]

Just in case anyone got lost on the way...





Ahead lies a monumental task...

[Ian Warren]

Well i challenge any airline company with a route like that , course the 'Chateau' a superb resting spot , 'Crumpet and Tea i say ole Chap'

[Charl]

Of course, after tea, the Ole Chaps like nothing better than a small Challenge: abovementioned Monumental Task.
You have a 4-wheel drive vehicle, a mountain...no question about it, and against all advice, turn left and go



Seen from the sensible point of view you'd wonder at the foolhardiness of driving up to an active volcano



but others have done stuff like this
Finally, the hardest shot to assemble, to date:



Although it looks like the Mitsi is just parked in the parking lot, it really is on the lip of the crater.
And getting it to stay put there, while getting the Eurocopter in shot...well...