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Saturday, April 02, 2011

Today's flight from Kaikoura back to Wellington

I only planned a short stop in Kaikoura, and so spent a few minutes in the Wings Over Whales building. There were a couple of English tourists waiting for their whale watching flight, so I had a quick chat with them before heading back to the plane for the flight home.

Photos in this post start with the aircraft lined up on Kaikoura's runway 05 [yes, I put the camera away before taking off!] - this is noticeably narrower than Wellington... followed by some of the scenery I got to see flying north. I'm particularly pleased with the last photo which is looking south-west along the Kaikoura ranges [I took a quick detour inland for a few minutes to have a look].

The middle three photos were taken with the side window open, at around 5500 feet. Some of the hills had a little snow on them, so an open window made for a cold breeze!





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5 comments:

  1. QW2 April 2011 at 22:05

    Excellent pics Rodney. Looks like the weather was good.

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  2. Rodney3 April 2011 at 12:37

    Thanks QW. It was absolutely mint... around 20 knots on the ground at Kaikoura which made for a lump or two, but mint :-)

    Cheers,

    Rodney

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  3. Allister3 April 2011 at 21:51

    That last pic is very cool. Amazing contours in the land. Very stark. Shame about the haze in the distance.

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  4. Rodney4 April 2011 at 21:14

    Hi Allister. Yeah, it's really interesting countryside. The haze is probably what can be seen in photos 2 and 4 - a low-level layer.

    Cheers,

    Rodney

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