NZFF

Posted: **Sat Sep 17, 2011 2:24 pm**

I've decided to do another New Zealand tour, this time using FSEconomy, from North to South, and hopefully seeing as much along the way as possible.

Flights will all be done in real time (ie no time compression), and using real weather. No screenshot has been edited except for resizing and converting to JPEG

First leg Kaitaia to Kerikeri: NZKT to NZKK

Posted: **Sat Sep 17, 2011 4:38 pm**

Kerikeri to Dargaville (NZKK to NZDA)

Posted: **Sun Sep 18, 2011 8:04 am**

Very nice. My favourite part of the country too.

Posted: **Sun Sep 18, 2011 12:59 pm**

You can see landing and taking off at Kerikeri I had quite a crosswind to contend with too.
I'm using FSEconomy to fly this, so next leg I'm hoping over to Great Barrier Island and picking up a Cessna 172, and thinking of doing the entire rest of the tour in a Cessna

Posted: **Sun Sep 18, 2011 1:17 pm**

Well done....i enjoy watching these trips.....and thank goodness you didnt torture yourself too long in that 152

.....fly safe, great post.

Posted: **Sun Sep 18, 2011 2:03 pm**

Splitpin wrote:
QUOTE (Splitpin @ Sep 18 2011,1:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Well done....i enjoy watching these trips.....and thank goodness you didnt torture yourself too long in that 152 .....fly safe, great post.

Yeah it's a light wee thing. Got buffeted around quite a bit. I felt like I was hanging in the air on a piece of string

Posted: **Sun Sep 18, 2011 3:18 pm**

Dargaville to Okiwi Station on Great Barrier Island (NZDA to NZOX)

Heading out that way to drop off mail and cargo, and picking up the Cessna 172:

I blew a tyre on landing

Posted: **Sun Sep 18, 2011 6:51 pm**

And now the return trip back to Dargaville. I started to get nervous as it got darker and darker; NZDA doesn't have any lighting:

Posted: **Mon Sep 19, 2011 9:34 pm**

Dargaville to Ardmore (NZDA to NZAR)

hmm looks like I'm going to have to get an Ardmore addon. Musn't have made the VLC pack

Posted: **Tue Sep 20, 2011 8:26 pm**

Great trip. Makes me want to get my old log book out and retrace some of my real life flights. Now theres an idea.
Will be watching with interest.
Adrian.

Posted: **Tue Sep 20, 2011 10:17 pm**

Ardmore to North Shore (NZAR to NZNE)

Just popping back up north to drop a passenger off at North Shore

Posted: **Sat Sep 24, 2011 10:52 pm**

North Shore to Auckland Airport, where I'll be picking up a passenger for Te Kuiti: (NZNE to NZAA)

Posted: **Mon Sep 26, 2011 10:34 pm**

Auckland Airport to Te Kuiti: NZAA to NZTT

One thing I'm really digging about VLC (Vector Land Class New Zealand) is that I can navigate with an atlas. So far, I haven't used GPS at all, using a combo of VOR and an Atlas to navigate. It's really satisfying. For example, in this flight, I flew down the coast, then came inland until Otorohanga, then followed Te Kuiti Road down to Te Kuiti airport because I saw it on the atlas.

This is also my first flight using Shade for FSX. One thing I'm going to have to do now is tone down ENB with this addon as the bloom is a bit overpowering.

*WARNING A TONNE OF PICS TO FOLLOW* As it is showing off VLC AND Shade AND Te Kuiti addon

Posted: **Tue Sep 27, 2011 5:53 am**

Very Nice - Thanks for posting

Posted: **Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:08 am**

Good stuff..is that Snowman's FS9 Dargaville or is it a VLC Airfield?

Posted: **Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:35 am**

NZDA is a VLC airport

Posted: **Tue Sep 27, 2011 9:40 pm**

Te Kuiti to Taupo (NZTT to NZAP)

This time using Blue Daze setting in Shade:

Posted: **Thu Sep 29, 2011 9:46 pm**

Taupo to Turangi to Waiouru: I'm trying different ENB settings here, but the bloom is too overpowering when there are clouds present. Also the ground is a bit oversaturated, don't you think?

Posted: **Fri Sep 30, 2011 9:53 pm**

Waiouru to Palmerston North (NZRU to NZPM)

I still can't seem to get ENB right

Posted: **Sat Oct 01, 2011 2:12 pm**

Looks like we're not too far off each other tour wise... race to the bottom?

NZFF

New Zealand Tour