bernd1151 Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 There are two places in the world that are famous for flying in sailplanes, one is the „Wasserkuppe“ and is located in Germany and the other one is „Omarama“ and is located on the South Island of New Zealand. There might be other ones as famous, but these two are the ones I know. I am here now in Omarama. It is my job to help renowned NZ geologist Trevor Chinn to gather important information about the glacier changes caused by global warming. He is not new to this, he collects such data for the last 40 years already. The beauty of flying in the mountains are the constant winds that give us the desired lift to stay up in the air almost as long as we want. Combine that with an almost soundless flight, great all around visibility and my guest will have excellent photo shooting opportunities, while I sure will have a ride of my life. Our tow plane will lift us to around 6,000 ft over Lake Pukaki. We have now reached our desired altitude, have said “Auf Wiedersehen†to our Maule tow plane and are finally on our own. Trevor, are you ready? We have reached the Mount Aspiring range and decide to head South I can’t believe that I get paid for this In the distance one can see Lake Wakatipu Trevor wants me to fly along the Eastern shore of this lake. Our final destination for today will be Queenstown At around 50 kts it takes some time to reach your destination, but we have all the time in the world We have reached Queenstown I am allowed to use the grass-strip right next to the runway for my landing Wow, what an experience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 And what a fine set of shots these are. cheers Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmo32 Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 these are awesome,love everything about these,clouds,lighting,and land views,well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernd1151 Posted October 15, 2012 Author Share Posted October 15, 2012 Thank you very much Iain and Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifejogger Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Wow, what an experience looking at your screen shots, they were great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric C Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Very nice set, and you definitely have your own style which is awesome, keep em coming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernd1151 Posted October 15, 2012 Author Share Posted October 15, 2012 Thanks John and Eric, I appreciate your comments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonman Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 EPIC! What a wonderful set of pictures here! Thank You very much for sharing! WONDERFUL! P.S.: Nice narative too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernd1151 Posted October 16, 2012 Author Share Posted October 16, 2012 Thanks a lot Christoph, I am happy that you like them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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