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PostPosted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 7:40 pm
by ZK-MAT
I flew Vatsim WN to CH this afternoon, Matthew McTague arrived at CH soon after I landed.

We decided to fly to Timaru. The weather at CH wasn't too bad, so I went VFR 4500 or below. Well after takeoff it became apparent that really I would be lucky to reach 2000 without losing sight of the ground, so I stayed at 1500 all the way.

Matthew was in a 1900D flying IFR so went higher. We hopped on private voice during the trip and both managed to put our planes down without breaking anything :)

Some pics (clickable Thumbs)

Yuck... Think I'll stay at this height. The whole trip was like this so no more screenies of the flight

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Runway in sight

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FS Nav showing where we were at (not clicky)

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Nearly down

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Exiting Runway

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Parked

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Matt

PostPosted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 8:54 pm
by ardypilot
What is it with bad weather, and flying online at Timaru???

EVERY time I visit there, (three times recently with the NZFFac and on IVAO), I always seem to have low visibility and high winds! Must be a South Island thing... :P

By the way, gotta love those Carendo Piper's- top quality right there :thumbup:

PostPosted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 9:30 pm
by Ian Warren
Hi Mat , the sarvo it looked like clearing or was
The weather at CH wasn't too bad,

It was what u guys viewed in timmy is now in CHCH , 2 ducks just walked past up the street ! WALKED! :rolleyes: :lol:

PostPosted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 6:23 am
by AlisterC
Cool shots Matt :D Yes us eastcoasters down here are getting very sick of the weather! It's normally so nice :rolleyes:

PostPosted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 11:06 am
by Matthew
The weather's terrible in Timaru at the moment :D

Matthew

PostPosted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 11:48 am
by Charl
Blue skies are so boring to fly in huh?
Matt, is that a Godzone terminal building?
I seem to remember something from long, long ago...

PostPosted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 2:46 pm
by ardypilot
is that a Godzone terminal building?

Correct. Sorry to answer before Matt has had a chance but I really love the Timaru scenery!

I believe it was Mr Corn's first ever fs2004 airport, found on avsim under the name 'timaru.zip'

There is also some rather nice 1728sqkm photoreal scenery addon by Heath Wells which compliments it nicely, found at http://www.fsdome.com/best/best_36.htm under the name ctytimru.zip

PostPosted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 4:48 pm
by Charl
Trolly wrote: I believe it was Mr Corn's first ever fs2004 airport, found on avsim under the name 'timaru.zip'

There is also some rather nice 1728sqkm photoreal scenery addon by Heath Wells which compliments it nicely, found at http://www.fsdome.com/best/best_36.htm under the name ctytimru.zip

Right, just had to switch it on, it's all there if you look for it...
Can't find the PR scenery at that link, anywhere else one could look?

PostPosted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 7:29 pm
by ZK-MAT
Yep, Trolly's right. Both files can be found at AVSim Timaru Search

timaru.zip and
city_of_timaru.zip

:D