First item on today’s agenda is some flight-seeing around the region, but given that I was going to be in a light aircraft I might as well log some instruction time. I have flown a Cessna 172 before, but not in a while so my instructor from Learn To Fly NZ, kept a watchful eye.

Take off good, climb to 4500 feet then just drone around this achingly beautiful landscape. What an experience . . . not just soaking in the view but flying the plane as well.

Landing not so good. Not bad – just came in a bit low and had to wrap on a bit of power in the last few seconds.  But as the old pilots say ”Any landing you walk away from is a good landing”.

Geographical Curiosity

During the flight we cruised over an island in the middle of the lake, Mou Waho … Read more

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