Stopping off at Taumarunui for fuel...

[Fozzer]

Popped into Taumarunui Airstrip (NZTM) for fuel, in my pretty little Cessna 150 Aerobat, en-route to Taupo (NZAP)....>>>>







Greeted by lots of folks, and nice Cup of Tetley Tea, and a Cheese and Pickle Sandwich in the FBO, whilst waiting for my tanks to be topped up... ...!

FS 2004 + my LAGO FSE Scenery Design Program...Joy!

Paul...G-BPLF...FS 2004...FS Nav...and always surrounded by a crowd!.... ....!

[IslandBoy77]

Ya just can't get away from those tourists with cameras glued to their faces - even in Taumarunui!

[Splitpin]

Nice shots Fozzer rest assured ,you can fly your foreign registered aircraft through our airspace with no problems. The skyhawks are all covered in latex and the strikemasters....well....they went missing

Enjoy your tour

Marty

[Chairman]

Not missing, just in stealth mode (try looking behind you LOL)

An ideal plane for flying that sort of hop

[IslandBoy77]

I was thinking about Marty's stealth Blunty - perhaps it's the same type of aircraft that Wonder Woman used to fly...

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (IslandBoy77 @ Aug 28 2010, 02:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

perhaps it's the same type of aircraft that Wonder Woman used to fly...

My god ! now i no where i have seen it before , off course !

[Adrian Brausch]

wonder woman..mmmm....stealth beaver (oops thatl prolly get removed )

[Chairman]

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Aug 28 2010, 01:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

My god ! now i no where i have seen it before , off course !

Don't you mean now you know where you haven't seen it before ?

[Fozzer]

QUOTE (Splitpin @ Aug 28 2010, 01:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Nice shots Fozzer rest assured ,you can fly your foreign registered aircraft through our airspace with no problems. The skyhawks are all covered in latex and the strikemasters....well....they went missing

Enjoy your tour

Marty

Ta, Marty...Thanks for the welcome!.... ....!

I find my little Cessna 150 is ideal for exploring the highways and byways, and little Airstrips of New Zealand, (especially North Island), at low level.....

And its registration details carry the initials of my name G-BPLF; (Paul L. Fosbery), and identifies my Country of origin...(Great Britain)....

...so there you go...no place to hide...unlike the elusive Strikemaster!... ... ....!

New Zealand is similar to England in size, so I feel quite at-home, here... ...!

Its just the "unfamiliar" names that I have got to get used to!

Paul...G-BPLF...FS 2004...FS Nav....

[Splitpin]

Your welcome Paul... ..fly safe and remember, that strikemaster could be right behind you. for a few seconds anyway... I forgot your in a 150.

Cheers

Marty

[ardypilot]

Love the addon scenery- I stopped in at Tauramanui the other day for fuel too, no big buildings or concrete pads like that there in real life! There was even a dog on the runway!



Beautiful little place though, really great approach through the mountains from the North.

[Fozzer]

QUOTE (Trolly @ Aug 28 2010, 09:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Love the addon scenery- I stopped in at Tauramanui the other day for fuel too, no big buildings or concrete pads like that there in real life! There was even a dog on the runway!

http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/8039/taura.jpg

Beautiful little place though, really great approach through the mountains from the North.

Ta for the Photo, Trolly... ...!

They are useful to give me some idea how to (more accurately) populate the various small, uncontrolled, NZ North Island Airstrips with my Scenery design programs... ....!

Google Maps give me some idea, but they are only top-down, and probably not covered by Google Street Map for ground level viewing!

Its nice to add a bit of "busy activity" into the MS Default Scenery....always makes for a pleasant landing!.... ....!

Paul...G-BPLF...FS 2004...FS Nav.... ....!

[Splitpin]

Nice photo Andrew.....if you ever get south of the strait and need ballast...... ..........

Fly safe

Marty

[ardypilot]

QUOTE

They are useful to give me some idea how to (more accurately) populate the various small, uncontrolled, NZ North Island Airstrips with my Scenery design programs...[/quote]
Small, uncontrolled, NZ North Island Airstrips are my second home- name anywhere you need imagery for and I'm sure I'll have photos!

[Ian Warren]

Andrew , as you 'TikiTour' these fields maybe you should photo the building and general site .. from there many new designers could work with them and build a photo real or close to real airports