Bruce R Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Wellington (NZWN) to Queenstown (NZQN) a real world flight taken from Flightaware. Route is; Taxup1Q Sabda Y622 Mesix H159 CH Y266 Elruv Elruv4B RNAV-Y Rwy 23. Flight NZM5607 is an Air New Zealand ATR 600 but we'll do it in a Dash Q400. The majority of domestic flights into Q/town by Air New Zealand are with their A320's but they do use their ATR's on some flights. JetStar also fly domestic A320's into Q/town. International flights are only from Australia and they are Air New Zealand and JetStar A320's, and Qantas and Virgin Australian B737-800's. Scenery shots are ORBX NZ North Island, ORBX NZ South Island and ORBX Queenstown All set ready to go. Will be an hour 40 flight On our way crossing Cook Strait which separates the North and South Islands of New Zealand. Getting down the Kaikora Coast heading towards Christchurch. The Kaikora area was hit with a Mag 7.8 earthquake in November 2016 which really devastated the landscape. The main road and rail links were only re-opened in recent months. 172 miles to run until top of decent. Should be in 31 minutes. Flying over Christchurch and the CH VOR. Christchurch was also hit by a major Mag 6.3 earthquake in February 2011. 187 people lost their lives. Starting to get interesting. We're heading for the mountains. Q/Town is considered as a alpine town. It's altitude is about 1200'. Lake Wanaka and the township of Wanaka is on the right of the shot. The township is below the right wing. Just below the aircraft rego number is the Wanaka airport which is world famous for the Warbirds over Wanaka airshow which is held every two years. The STAR and RNAV snakes around the hills with strict altitude restraints Flying over the Gibbston Valley. Apparently this area has the most southern vineyards in the world. The township of Arrowtown is in view. It's famous for it's gold mining way back in the 1800's. Queenstown airport is just around the corner of the hill on the left hand side before Arrowtown. Around the side of the hill and the airport comes into view. Down. I can stop sweating. It might be time for that Gibbston Valley wine now. Bruce R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradB Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Terrific shots Bruce from your home turf . Cheers John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulb Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Excellent flight, shots and narrative Bruce! As you know, I like Queenstown and also enjoy seeing the ANZ livery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Great set of shots. cheers Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Excellent set of shots and great narrative to go along! Thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikee Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Very Nice Shots Bruce ! Great Plane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifejogger Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Great shots Bruce I enjoyed the flight and the shots!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregmorin Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Great shots on a great approach. Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 That was brilliant Bruce! Well done with a nice narrative. I like that snaking approach too. And I remember those quakes, very sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper31 Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Incredible little journey and tricky approach Bruce, nicely done! Great narration, as others have commented already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 Well done Bruce. An enjoyable flight with a great commentary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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