John Heaton Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 I'm still with the NZ regressive flight log from the 70s and Orbx NZ - N and S - on a trip from Auckland to Wellington - Spring '78 - down the middle of North Island. On the route of the actual flight was - as shown in the shots - some of the NZ volcanoes. and yours truly got so involved with the magnificent views - I forgot that I should have switched tanks earlier Yes you guessed it - cough- cough - and the fan stopped right over Mount Ruapehu - the highest of the active volcanoes The last picture was nearly my last view of the earth at 11000 feet - but thanks to good training - I'm still here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Beautiful views of the volcanos John. No problems if you hadn't managed to get the engine going as you could have stepped out onto the mountain! An interesting story though and there was a pilot who did a wheels up landing in his twin not too long ago...…... on his mobile of course! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradB Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Terrific shots John . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifejogger Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Super shots!!!!!!!!!!! Did you happen to see Frodo??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adambar Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Splendid set of captures John! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Cool shots! I saw there was a volcano that erupted in NZ yesterday I think. Very bad news from that area, sadly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Heaton Posted December 10, 2019 Author Share Posted December 10, 2019 Thanks everyone for the comments! @ jack Sawyer You got that right - people are missing -and that Volcano hasn't erupted since 2001. Our friend - VH-KDK - was very lucky the other day - taking off from Gisborne - they had a big Earthquake at the same time The nickname for NZ around here is - "The shaky Iles" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 1 hour ago, John Heaton said: Thanks everyone for the comments! @ jack Sawyer You got that right - people are missing -and that Volcano hasn't erupted since 2001. Our friend - VH-KDK - was very lucky the other day - taking off from Gisborne - they had a big Earthquake at the same time The nickname for NZ around here is - "The shaky Iles" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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