A cool morning in Ashburton...

[John Hill]

A rather cool autumn Saturday morning...

[Groundgripper]

Well, I liked it John. Very attractive.

GG

[Fox3WheresMyBanana]

Yes, me too.
Very..crisp.
One would wish to fly especially smoothly, as befits the scenery.

[FD2]

What a setting John. Are they all weekend flyers?

[Hydromet]

Can think of worse places to be.

[Ex-Ascot]

Nice. How far away are those peaks?

[G-CPTN]

About 12000 miles . . .

[John Hill]

This is a gathering of aero club members from various parts of NZ. They had annual competitions and prize giving etc at this airport and used the museum facilities for their evening activities etc.

The peaks are the foot hills of the Southern Alps and are about 30 miles away, the main range is out of sight behind them. The highest peak you see is about 6000ft amsl and the mountains behind rise to 12000 ft or so.

[John Hill]

About 12000 miles . . .

Yeah, two full days on the 'Bus.

[Ex-Ascot]

This is a gathering of aero club members from various parts of NZ. They had annual competitions and prize giving etc at this airport and used the museum facilities for their evening activities etc.

The peaks are the foot hills of the Southern Alps and are about 30 miles away, the main range is out of sight behind them. The highest peak you see is about 6000ft amsl and the mountains behind rise to 12000 ft or so.

Thanks I had a look at the map. All looks very impressive.

[Karearea]

The snow-cover down to around 5,000' is a bit unusual for the time of year.

[John Hill]

The snow-cover down to around 5,000' is a bit unusual for the time of year.

Yes, Saturday was the coldest March 16th on record for here. I expect the snow is all gone again by now.

[John Hill]

This is a gathering of aero club members from various parts of NZ. They had annual competitions and prize giving etc at this airport and used the museum facilities for their evening activities etc.

The peaks are the foot hills of the Southern Alps and are about 30 miles away, the main range is out of sight behind them. The highest peak you see is about 6000ft amsl and the mountains behind rise to 12000 ft or so.

Thanks I had a look at the map. All looks very impressive.

Come and take a closer look!

[Ex-Ascot]

This is a gathering of aero club members from various parts of NZ. They had annual competitions and prize giving etc at this airport and used the museum facilities for their evening activities etc.

The peaks are the foot hills of the Southern Alps and are about 30 miles away, the main range is out of sight behind them. The highest peak you see is about 6000ft amsl and the mountains behind rise to 12000 ft or so.

Thanks I had a look at the map. All looks very impressive.

Come and take a closer look!

Would love to. One of the few countries not in my log book.

[John Hill]

Come and take a closer look!

Would love to. One of the few countries not in my log book.

It is easy to find, just keep flying until everything is upside down and you will be here. Of course depending on where you start from!

[John Hill]

We do hope you are coming and we are already getting ready in case you come in your VC10..


We know the stairs can reach the back door of a DC8......