darryle

Does anyone know if wings over wanaka is proceeding in light of the NZ travel restrictions ?

I’ll add to the list Ian, politics is for politicians, like the new direction, back to the beginning, let the others play elsewhere !

G'day Tomo.I might just take you up on that one day ....cheers

I like the way you are thinking, two great past times, flying & drinking, not together of course ! looks like there are plenty out there with the same idea ! . could set up up a convoy to do an out back pub Crawl, i meant fly !

I thought I've been lurking around for a while, but youv'e been at longer than me, anyway welcome, i am at the other end got a PPL & RAA but haven't used either for probably three years or more, not wanting to check the log book, just waiting for the day when it all comes together again, and that day is getting closer.

fantastic photos, a real flying adventure well done and thanks for sharing.

just found your info here, very interesting, will be in touch down the track

Forget which plane, I want to know how you convinced the wife !!

Still working on mine, took her to tomora at easter, that was a good start.

I have a PPL and then coverted to RAA, anything with wings is good, I'm hoping to build a jabiru, J170, seem to be good value, the Kits are very well prepared, also Bundy is not far away for me if I run into trouble.

Try Gympie, not too far away and plenty of aircraft to choose from, Tecnam, Sportstar etc

G'Day, Darryle here, have been registered a little while so need to say hello !

I completed my PPL in 2003 down at Port Maquarrie, ( A great place to fly) my instructor reminded me several times that he was not that great a swimmer when we were training over water and could I please stay a little closer to the shore. Good for your confidence ! I started on C152 and then converted to the mighty C172, which felt like a jumbo after the 152.

At the time I got to fly around in the RH seat of a C525 citation a fair amount so that was a real buzz.

Soon after completing my PPL, I returned to Qld and also did an RAA conversion on a Tecnam Golf & Sierra, also did a few hours in a sportstar and Jabiru.

My flying has been on hold the last couple of years, due to commitments such as Uni students, work etc. The desire to fly however burns within me. I am an avid reader of all the flying Mags and now having joined this site, no doubt another excellent source of info and general flying stuff.

Originally I had hoped to build a Jabiru, but as times passes, I think it is probably smarter to buy a factory built and certified Jab, probably better resale, more applications and no time wasted when the time comes.

If anyone has thoughts on this I woudl be interested.

Thats it from me, thanks Ian for the great site.

Darryl