Royal New Zealand Air Force 40 SQN 757-200 from Christchurch to Queenstown

[Matthew Kane]

For my Maiden Voyage in the FTX New Zealand South Island I chose a flight with the Royal New Zealand Air Force 40 SQN 757-200 from Christchurch to Queenstown.

Right now I am in heaven with this new scenery.....

Starting Up:

Taxi out past the terminal...I like those 3D Cars a lot:

And what do we have here....The ALL BLACKS jet.....Freagin Rights....This is AWESOME:

Taxi back behind the All Blacks Jet:

Waiting for my friend to depart:

Departing Christchurch:

Climbing over Christchurch:

Turning towards my course:

Climbing to altitude:

Mountains over the horizon to the west:

Looking east towards the coast, Great rivers by the way, not seen anything like it yet:

Cruising towards Queenstown:

Cruising towards Queenstown:

Cruising towards Queenstown:

Descending into Queenstown:

Flying Downwind to Queenstown for a circle to land:

Flying over Queenstown:

Starting my circle to land:

Finishing my circle to land:

Approaching final into Queenstown:

Approaching final into Queenstown:

Final turn into short final:

Descending over the houses:

Short Final:

From the Flight Deck:

Short Final:

Landing Roll:

Shut-down at the gate:

Cheers

[ClemCookie]

Very nice! Seems like a very interesting flight!

Cheers,

Clem

[hughp]

Great series!

[moonman]

Great, great pictures Matthew!

And a very fantastic and challenging kind of approach here! WOW!

[John Lovell]

Great trip and approach there!... Can really see too how Orbx have done a grand job on the airports