Saturday, November 10, 2012

Cape Campbell to Omaka to Wellington

The wind started to pick up even higher at Cape Campbell, so we decided it was time to head home to [what could have been an even windier] Wellington.

The Tomahawk headed straight back, but the Cessna 172 [ZK-FLT] and Piper PA28 [ZK-EBX] went to Omaka for fuel and a few circuits. Despite Omaka being just 20 minutes flight away, the weather was quiet different... still lots of sunshine, but very little wind. Unbelievable!

Anyway, after a quick stop and refuel, we headed back to Wellington. On the way back there was a bit of formation flying between the two aircraft which was a bit of fun to watch.

With a less-than-expected 30 knot northerly wind at 2000' in Wellington, we took the Sinclair arrival - lumpy but fun. All in all, a great day out! Maybe next time we'll manage to have a little less wind so we're not so rushed to get back and perhaps a fishing line or two to try and catch supper [does anyone know what the fishing is like around there?]!

Anyway, enjoy the photos. Included is the Cape Campbell lighthouse a minute or so after takeoff, an aerial view of Omaka airfield, a picture of ZK-EBX in loose formation with us, and approaching Wellington.





5 comments:

Martin Scharnke said...

Nice pics and story-telling (narrative, that is, not lies ;-) ! )

Thanks for sharing!

Rodney said...

:-) Thanks Martin. It was a lot of fun. What the pictures don't show is the wind :-)

Nicks BIGSKY Aviation said...

Any trip away a good one.

Tighten that Formation up man.....

Wind ARGH we laught at WIND unless it tells us to behave.....

Andrew said...

Looks like a good trip. Thanks for the posts.

Quite a few white caps in the strait ...

Rodney said...

Hi Andrew. Yeah... it was smooth enough across the ditch, but a few lumps approach Wellington :-)