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by **Timmo** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 1:54 pm

Hi all- Just thought id post some photos of a recent flight I did as a passenger with a guy that is training for his PPL at the same club.

The flight VFR from Whakatane to Matamata to Thames to Tauranga and back to Whakatane....it was a beautiful day for flying!

I pretty much spent the whole day in the air with my flight in the morning (doing Instrument flying) then the flight depicted in the photos and then some more instrument flying (Unusual attitude recovery) in the afternoon....and to top it off a visit from an RNZAF Iroquoi

http://picasaweb.google.com/timbo.barne ... angaFlight

Let me know if that link doesnt work...

Cheers
Tim

by **Alex** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 1:59 pm

Great pics there Tim, looks like you had great weather.

Alex

by **ZK-MAT** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 2:06 pm

Great pics mate. We get that sort of weather all the time along the East Coast, aye.....

by **ardypilot** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 2:45 pm

Great pics dude- what is with that huge hole in Waihi??

by **Alex** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 3:18 pm

Trolly wrote: ...what is with that huge hole in Waihi??

Its an open-cast gold mine.

Actually they are just about as deep as they can go in the hole, and are moving to an underground site to the east. After they have finished with the mine (hole) they are going to make it into 'Martha Lake'. It should take up to 10 years to fill up, with natural rainfall and the water table as well as some diversion from a local stream (I forget the name).

Well thats Geography for ya. We did gold mining and went to Martha.

Alex

by **ashton** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 6:52 pm

I and Neil live near that big hole and where gold bracelets and we all can afford to drive flash cars <NOT!>

lucky my shot gun can't get ya :lol:

When the over seas people come to stay they ask what's the hole for (that's gona be our swimming pool come back in 20yrs time)
B) >nzflag<

and the gold mine stopped Waihi having a airfield because the planes would damage there gold when they land. :angry:

<NOT!!!>

by **ashton** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 7:02 pm

o yea the air force is doing training in the NZWK NZOP area's with the UH-1H day and Night time training. :drool:

by **FlyingKiwi** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 10:24 am

Nice photos, the overhead view of the gold mine at Waihi is very cool!

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Pics of some back seat driving ;)

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