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by **MaarkenEdwards** » Tue May 31, 2011 7:56 am

taken by my friend Chris on a fun flight we went on, awesome shot

by **happytraveller** » Tue May 31, 2011 8:04 am

Exciting, but what happened next.......spin or just vertical dive???? And what was the aircraft?

smooth landings.

by **nzav8tor** » Tue May 31, 2011 9:04 am

I would hasten to point out that aerobatics must be performed greater than 600 metres horizontally from any congested area. Arguably that is not one, but always be careful when posting pictures on the net that they don't come
back to haunt you somehow...

by **chopper_nut** » Tue May 31, 2011 9:41 am

Tauranga in a Cessna 152? Looks like fun. I wouldnt worry about that being a congested area, it isnt one. Interesting that the tower let you do them there though.

by **connor** » Tue May 31, 2011 11:55 am

chopper_nut wrote:
QUOTE (chopper_nut @ May 31 2011,9:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Interesting that the tower let you do them there though.

A special "photo-op clearence," maybe?

by **MaarkenEdwards** » Tue May 31, 2011 4:17 pm

it was before the D-day Renactment 2010, special airspace for the dog fights we somehow got clerance into

and yes you are right, tauranga in winter is anything but congested... but i do see where you are coming from mate

happytraveller wrote:
QUOTE (happytraveller @ May 31 2011,8:04 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Exciting, but what happened next.......spin or just vertical dive???? And what was the aircraft?

smooth landings.

This was a spin, obviously recovered coz im talking here

, the aircraft is a C152 II

by **ZK-KAG** » Tue May 31, 2011 9:43 pm

I can think of more appropriate places to be doing spinning on a non display flight...

by **chopper_nut** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 9:10 am

Too true, trouble is that in a 152 it would take you 3 hours to get anywhere else!

by **MaarkenEdwards** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 4:11 pm

ZK-KAG wrote:
QUOTE (ZK-KAG @ May 31 2011,9:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I can think of more appropriate places to be doing spinning on a non display flight...

Point Taken, but ya gotta look at the fact that airspace was cleared FOR a display, now the instructor with me, is also a pilot for one of the aircraft performing a display, so he thought hed get up before the display, plus this is just before we recover, not the start

chopper_nut wrote:
QUOTE (chopper_nut @ Jun 1 2011,9:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Too true, trouble is that in a 152 it would take you 3 hours to get anywhere else!

Amen to that

NZFF

Awesome photo

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