John York Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 I chose Rangiora (because I have a friend living there) to Mt. Cook for my first look at South Island. My goodness. Landing on runway 31 was some hairy introduction! Still safely on the ground now and ready to pick the passengers up; Got the same problem as I had with America though. Don't really know the geography too well so it's a trip to Smith's for a road map when they re-open next week. Happy new year everyone. John Thank you ImageShack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amentiba Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 I don't know too the geographical part of thoses addons. I so use and abuse of the kmz file to discover the area before choosing a place to flight. Try it, you will find some good places to travel or discover nice shot ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimo Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Nice shot. I use http://koordinates.c...-and-airstrips/ to find the unlisted airstrips. There are lots off strips that arent included in the kmz file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Fly Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Very nice pic, John! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Real nice John you will have a fine time exploring here. cheers Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Harris Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Nice shots John, glad your soaking it in, the weather is probably the same as in old blighty too... There are over 300 rural bush strips included with NZSI but not listed in the go-to-menu or in the KML, we are looking at adding all these to both, so soon you will be able to just select one to start at I use the KML to find my way around and to plan routes as you can draw a line, obtain flight distances and headings/directions, to avoid clutter switch off all layers in Google Earth just leaving the NZSI KML showing, I also had access to the full 1:250000 VNC charts while developing (but Matt wanted them back... ) these will set you back about 50-60 bucks if your really keen and can be ordered from the NZ AIP website Kimo's link to the Koordinates website is also good for locating many things, its actually hard to get lost because nowhere in NZSI is further than 100 miles from the sea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John York Posted December 30, 2011 Author Share Posted December 30, 2011 Thanks for the comments and the helpful suggestions guys. Actually, I suppose I should have mentioned that as well as my old trusty Atlas of the World to find my way around, I'll be doing what I've always done and going to Tim Arnott's Plan G. I find its as good as anything and very much easier to use than most. Best wishes for the New Year. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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