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Thread ID: 123102	2012-02-03 20:36:00	Red Checkers at NZWN	WalOne (4202)	PC World Chat

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1257240	2012-02-03 20:36:00	HERE (www.ziln.co.nz) Questionable if they're strictly VFR at times Takes me back to V100 circuit training more years ago than I care to admit to :)	WalOne (4202)
1257241	2012-02-03 23:44:00	See the turbulence? must be hard trying to formate on a day like that.	prefect (6291)
1257242	2012-02-04 01:39:00	Where did you fly the V100? HERE (www.ziln.co.nz) Questionable if they're strictly VFR at times Takes me back to V100 circuit training more years ago than I care to admit to :)	tut (12033)
1257243	2012-02-04 02:20:00	Where did you fly the V100? Mid 60's - WN (Wellington Aero Club). Did my PPL check there in a 30knot NW coming from straight over the top of Mt Vic. But that's what the locals train in :groan: CAA Testing officer reckoned he couldn't have done a better landing himself. I remember that well, because nobody's ever said the same to me since :lol:	WalOne (4202)
1257244	2012-02-04 02:26:00	Good video. Thanks. :)	Trev (427)
1257245	2012-02-04 03:54:00	I was with the Waikato Aero club. We had the first 100 off the line, CDQ if I remember right. Only got airborne on a hot day because the earth was curved. I flew the whole series up to the 300hp Airtrainer. I think the airforce ones were the 210hp models and having done a lot of time in those I used to be very impressed at the performances they put on at airshows. Of course the Airtrainer was a different design based on the one and only 4 seat Victa in the country. I never knew whether to log them as a Victa or an Airtourer and they went from 100,115,130 to 150 hp, the 130 being the nicest for aerobatics. QUOTE=WalOne;1074466]Mid 60's - WN (Wellington Aero Club). Did my PPL check there in a 30knot NW coming from straight over the top of Mt Vic. But that's what the locals train in :groan: CAA Testing officer reckoned he couldn't have done a better landing himself. I remember that well, because nobody's ever said the same to me since :lol:[/QUOTE]	tut (12033)
1257246	2012-02-04 05:11:00	I was with the Waikato Aero club. We had the first 100 off the line, CDQ if I remember right. Only got airborne on a hot day because the earth was curved. I know what you 're saying. I hardly flew the V100 after my PPL and graduating to the C172 - cross country flying was always my bag. Reckon I must have the record - or a record - for the longest bone jarring PPL solo cross country in a V100: WN/OH/NP (b/l OH - ahem), NP-AR-WP (b/l WP - ahem), WP-WR-AR-HN-PM-MS-WN. I remember meeting Jim Fenwick at HN, who gave me some fail-safe advice which was never wrong: if on reaching 1000ft you can see the table mountain south of Taumarunui, you'll get through the middle OK. Never forgot that. :D	WalOne (4202)
1257247	2012-02-04 05:45:00	Went for Brevet Club scholarship in 1965 Cessna something, can't remember, in New Plymouth. Didn't win it, was the only female student. Still took lessons until 1966, never went solo. Lots of fun though! LL	lakewoodlady (103)
1257248	2012-02-04 05:55:00	Awesome! Thanks WalOne! LL	lakewoodlady (103)
1257249	2012-02-04 06:03:00	I know what you 're saying . I hardly flew the V100 after my PPL and graduating to the C172 - cross country flying was always my bag . Reckon I must have the record - or a record - for the longest bone jarring PPL solo cross country in a V100: WN/OH/NP (b/l OH - ahem), NP-AR-WP (b/l WP - ahem), WP-WR-AR-HN-PM-MS-WN . I remember meeting Jim Fenwick at HN, who gave me some fail-safe advice which was never wrong: if on reaching 1000ft you can see the table mountain south of Taumarunui, you'll get through the middle OK . Never forgot that . :D In a V100 that is a cross country of epic proportion . Good on you . The mountain you mention is just north of the TM airfield and as Fenwick said a good indication if whether you could get to WU direct . Cliff Tate did the round the world flight in a 115 which never got the recognition it should have . With the central control stick they were good for cross country as you could put the map on your knee without obstructing the controls and the visibility was also pretty good with those short wings .	tut (12033)
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