Where and what

[Splitpin]

This is a bit of a quiz for the team.... first correct reply received will get.....ummm..... a signed photo of ....ME !! Woof, what more could you want....blow it up and hang it in the lounge....break out your best booze, and bring Granny around for a viewing.
So, as per the subject line...where am I ? ....Should be a given for locals, but.... what am I flying...well not me actually....was a screen grab from an MSFS review.

[emfrat]

A remarkable shot, so to speak...the RPM and MAP indications look a bit suss, though. Apart from the steam gauges, the view reminds me of an old favourite, the Piaggio Avanti. A Beech Starship, by any chance?
ATB
Mike

[Splitpin]

"A remarkable shot" ...well done Mike...ZQN it is...... can't help you anymore sorry.
Will catch up tomorrow team, not feeling too flash at all....Thanks for looking Mike.

[Charl]

Beat me to it: A Remarkable Reindeer coming in at exactly 15:35.
Don't ask how I do this; Mike you can have the picture OK?
Get well, Marty.

[emfrat]

Mike you can have the picture OK?

Charl, I only answered half the question, so I must decline
But thanks for the offer.
Mike

[Aharon]

NZQN Queenstown airport

and Twin Otter plane

Regards,

Aharon

[Splitpin]

Thanks for having a look ....I'll send you a photo ...

However, it was King cryptic Charl who completed it.

[Charl]

Marty, you don't even need a flight simulator!
The stuff you bring us... like Caribou.
And yes, it is a Reindeer.

[emfrat]

There's a different Reindeer in Neville Shute's 1948 novel "No Highway". One of my favourite books, and the 1951 movie is pretty good, too. This is the blurb for the paperback:

"Theodore Honey is a scientist with an interest in the paranormal and a job testing metal fatigue in aircraft. When a new transatlantic plane, the Reindeer, is found to have crashed in Labrador, Theodore believes he knows why. The scientist is sent to the scene of the crash. En route to Canada Theodore learns he is flying in a Reindeer and is in danger."

[simonh]

Nice pair of bous..I have a "thing" for transport aircraft, both piston and turboprop.

[Splitpin]

Simon, thanks for looking mate.
Charl... "A Remarkable Reindeer coming in at exactly 15:35." please explain your good self Sir....I get the first part, but the time has me stumped.

[Splitpin]

Mike...Neville Shute...what an author. I grew up with my parents being fans of him.
On the beach, A town like Alice, ...and more.

[Splitpin]

Taking this way off track...because I can.
But there is a connection...sort of... Reindeer....Moose....related.
What was that 90's TV show based in Canada or Alaska.... based around a small community involving a doctor, a general store, and a local female pilot.
It's been driving me nuts, and I don't want to go to Google.
The opening scene was a Moose walking down the main street...I think.

[emfrat]

Northern Exposure?

[emfrat]

Mike...Neville Shute...what an author. I grew up with my parents being fans of him.
On the beach, A town like Alice, ...and more.

And a major part of the GB aviation industry, when they still had one
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevil_Shu ... n_aviation

[Splitpin]

Northern Exposure?

YES thanks Mike.... now I can forget about it, crazy some of the things that bother me

[Charl]

Charl... "A Remarkable Reindeer coming in at exactly 15:35." please explain your good self Sir....I get the first part, but the time has me stumped.

Well I had looked at it just 5 minutes before!
It's in the lighting on the hills y'see.

[emfrat]

It's in the lighting on the hills y'see.

I see wot u mean

[Charl]

This is getting like Real vs Sim you definitely get the picture!