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Hello everyone from the South Island of New Zealand. My wife and I are touristing around down here. I wanted to post about 3 flights I took while here. The first was my first helocopter flight that a friend arranged in a Hughes 300C for a look around Christchurch. Very different feeling in one of those whirlybirds. Quite interesting and fun. Lots of earthquake damage still visible.
The next two flights were nothing short of spectacular. Jonathon Battson took us up Iin the southern Alps mountains in his BH.I have never done this kind of flying. I imagine Idaho is similar. We flew over the tops toward the coast and then back to Wanaka in the valleys and through some passes. Beautiful. Incredible.
The next day Patrol builder Graeme Prankerd met us at airport for a flight in his C180 with O520. It was a strong performing machine. We flew into the mountains and landed 4 or 5 times at little short rough strips that hunters use. We even saw Jonathon on a river gravel bank fly fishing. At times it felt you could reach out the window and tough the glaciers. For this flatlander from Texas, it some of the most exciting flying I have ever done. Both Jonathon and Graeme are extremely competent pilots very familiar with the area. So I was able to relax and not crap in my pants. Unfortunstely I did not take many pics. But will post some when we return. Mark
The next two flights were nothing short of spectacular. Jonathon Battson took us up Iin the southern Alps mountains in his BH.I have never done this kind of flying. I imagine Idaho is similar. We flew over the tops toward the coast and then back to Wanaka in the valleys and through some passes. Beautiful. Incredible.
The next day Patrol builder Graeme Prankerd met us at airport for a flight in his C180 with O520. It was a strong performing machine. We flew into the mountains and landed 4 or 5 times at little short rough strips that hunters use. We even saw Jonathon on a river gravel bank fly fishing. At times it felt you could reach out the window and tough the glaciers. For this flatlander from Texas, it some of the most exciting flying I have ever done. Both Jonathon and Graeme are extremely competent pilots very familiar with the area. So I was able to relax and not crap in my pants. Unfortunstely I did not take many pics. But will post some when we return. Mark
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