Whangarei Airport (NZWR) - Gisborne Airport (NZGS) Piper PA-25 Pawnee

[hasegawa]

Every now and then, agricultural aircraft have to be transferred to a new location. This becomes interesting because these working animals of the air have neither navigation aids nor reactive flight instruments, which they do not need in normal use.
So then, unscrew the spray device and go. . . First, simply head south until you can see the sea of houses of Auckland, flying left of the city and turn left to reach the coast at Pauanui (NZUN), fly over Tauranga, Whakatane and Opotoki and then turn a little to the right to get out at Gisborne. . .
That was the plan. . . how to fly in the old days. I don't know what to say. It worked.
It's important. Imageshack plays pranks and sorts the pictures a bit idiosyncratically. I hope the order is right.

[Splitpin]

Great post ...great shots.
Thank you for spending so much time here in NZ

[hasegawa]

You know. I like NZ. 25-35 years ago... enough money and a job. Think with the 25-30 years younger, some money and no obligations. New Zealand would have been an option, a longing. You have to work all over the world. I saw this in Vietnam and Angola and now as a pensioner I see how my friends in Latvia have to fight daily for their livelihood. But your country is beautiful, has everything you could wish for in a small area. Beaches, sailing areas, plenty of mountains for climbing and hiking and is not as broken as parts of Europe. I have just learned from relatives in Ukraine what forest fires do. The Chernobyl forest burned, with enormous radiation exposure. . .