Excellent flight: My Chathams journey

[ScottyB]

Hi people,

Last night I went on a beautiful flight to the Chatham Islands. I flew in a brilliant Metroliner. This is a perfect lane for this trip. Anyway, I set the time to dawn and the weather to fine. I took off from Christchurch intl. airport at 5:55am. As I headed out over the pacific the weather got better and better. The sun rose slowly up from the east making for a beautiful sunrise. As i got closer to the Chathams the wind started to pick up (as usual). As i descended into the little airport my Metroliner was being pushed against by a 35 knot crosswind. I unloaded the aircraft and re-fueled. I departed the Chathams at 12:45pm (the wind had slightly died down) and set off on my trip home to Christchurch. As i drew nearer to the mainland the sun set over the alps (another brilliant sun set). I touched down at 6:03pm.

This was a truely beautiful flight and i would highly reccomend it.

Thanks.

can anybody reccomend any other scenic flights like this one??

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE(ScottyB @ Sep 6 2007, 01:12 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hi people,

Last night I went on a beautiful flight to the Chatham Islands. I flew in a brilliant Metroliner. This is a perfect lane for this trip. Anyway, I set the time to dawn and the weather to fine. I took off from Christchurch intl. airport at 5:55am. As I headed out over the pacific the weather got better and better. The sun rose slowly up from the east making for a beautiful sunrise. As i got closer to the Chathams the wind started to pick up (as usual). As i descended into the little airport my Metroliner was being pushed against by a 35 knot crosswind. I unloaded the aircraft and re-fueled. I departed the Chathams at 12:45pm (the wind had slightly died down) and set off on my trip home to Christchurch. As i drew nearer to the mainland the sun set over the alps (another brilliant sun set). I touched down at 6:03pm.

This was a truely beautiful flight and i would highly reccomend it.

Thanks.

can anybody reccomend any other scenic flights like this one??

Hi ya Scotty sounds like a great flight guess next flight maybe some screenshots

[ScottyB]

QUOTE(Ian Warren @ Sep 1 2007, 01:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hi ya Scotty sounds like a great flight guess next flight maybe some screenshots

Yeah, good idea. I will post them up next time.

[Alex]

QUOTE(ScottyB @ Sep 1 2007, 01:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

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can anybody reccomend any other scenic flights like this one??

You can find some suggestions for some other nice flights here.

Alex