Some of you have seen this elsewhere, but for those who haven’t:
Many thanks to New Zealand member Brad Raven for allowing me in the left seat of one of only four Cessna 170’s in New Zealand. With my wife Karen along in the back seat as official photographer we took off to the north from North Taranaki Aero Club (NZNF), worked our way around and over some scattered to broken clouds to about 7000’ feet counterclockwise around Mount Taranaki then down to Hawera(NZHA) where I managed to not embarrass myself while landing. There, we visited with Brad’s friend Les, who is well along on the restoration of a Tiger Moth, and keeps an Acrosport biplane he built, and his wife’s Bolkow Junior.
0:45 PIC in the Southern Hemisphere!
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0:45 PIC in the Southern Hemisphere!
Miles
“I envy no man that knows more than myself, but pity them that know less.”
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“I envy no man that knows more than myself, but pity them that know less.”
— Thomas Browne
Re: 0:45 PIC in the Southern Hemisphere!
Very Nice! (That looks to have potential as a “170 News” article…?
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50th Anniversary of Flight Model. Winner-Best Original 170B, 100th Anniversary of Flight Convention.
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50th Anniversary of Flight Model. Winner-Best Original 170B, 100th Anniversary of Flight Convention.
An originality nut (mostly) for the right reasons.
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Re: 0:45 PIC in the Southern Hemisphere!
I’m way ahead of you George, I hope to get most of it knocked out on the 14-hour AKL-DFW leg today.GAHorn wrote:Very Nice! (That looks to have potential as a “170 News” article…?
Also, he hasn’t made his mind up for sure yet, but we may see Brad at the Convention and at Oshkosh.
Miles
“I envy no man that knows more than myself, but pity them that know less.”
— Thomas Browne
“I envy no man that knows more than myself, but pity them that know less.”
— Thomas Browne
Re: 0:45 PIC in the Southern Hemisphere!
If you’re presently over the Pacific Ocean…you are way BEHIND me.
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50th Anniversary of Flight Model. Winner-Best Original 170B, 100th Anniversary of Flight Convention.
An originality nut (mostly) for the right reasons.
50th Anniversary of Flight Model. Winner-Best Original 170B, 100th Anniversary of Flight Convention.
An originality nut (mostly) for the right reasons.
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Re: 0:45 PIC in the Southern Hemisphere!
Actually we’re still at the airport in Auckland, on the west side of the International Dateline. It’s 11:45am WEDNESDAY where I am. I figure it’s 4:45pm TUESDAY in Texas. On local clocks we’re going to arrive before we depart.GAHorn wrote:If you’re presently over the Pacific Ocean…you are way BEHIND me.
Miles
“I envy no man that knows more than myself, but pity them that know less.”
— Thomas Browne
“I envy no man that knows more than myself, but pity them that know less.”
— Thomas Browne
Re: 0:45 PIC in the Southern Hemisphere!
As long as I’ve known you…you’d think I’d have learned by now….NEVER argue details with Miles!cessna170bdriver wrote:Actually we’re still at the airport in Auckland, on the west side of the International Dateline. It’s 11:45am WEDNESDAY where I am. I figure it’s 4:45pm TUESDAY in Texas. On local clocks we’re going to arrive before we depart.GAHorn wrote:If you’re presently over the Pacific Ocean…you are way BEHIND me.
'53 B-model N146YS SN:25713
50th Anniversary of Flight Model. Winner-Best Original 170B, 100th Anniversary of Flight Convention.
An originality nut (mostly) for the right reasons.
50th Anniversary of Flight Model. Winner-Best Original 170B, 100th Anniversary of Flight Convention.
An originality nut (mostly) for the right reasons.
Re: 0:45 PIC in the Southern Hemisphere!
You’d think Willy Coyote would have quit chasing the Roadrunner by now as well !! Some things never change.GAHorn wrote:As long as I’ve known you…you’d think I’d have learned by now….NEVER argue details with Miles!cessna170bdriver wrote:Actually we’re still at the airport in Auckland, on the west side of the International Dateline. It’s 11:45am WEDNESDAY where I am. I figure it’s 4:45pm TUESDAY in Texas. On local clocks we’re going to arrive before we depart.GAHorn wrote:If you’re presently over the Pacific Ocean…you are way BEHIND me.