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I had an instructor at a certain establishment in the Capital, who thought it was fine to go off on a club trip, get utterly bent at a pub in Queenstown until 3am, and then get airborne at 7am and head off to Alexandria via the valleys (as the tops were in cloud).
I also had an instructor in Wellington who took a substantial amount of money off me to do my multi instrument. We went up to RO to pick up the Seneca we were going to use... turned out he had never flown one, so the club up there gave him a quick "rating" with me in the back. The guy consistently over-boosted the engines (he had never flown turbocharged pistons before), but the club let him take the aircraft anyway. Got halfway through the rating, when the place he was doing my rating at enquired as to whose AOC he was using (as theirs didn't cover multi training). He told them he was using his employer's AOC (a well-known Wellington charter operator). He told his employer that he was using the flight school's AOC. Eventually the flight school asked the Charter company... and that was the end of my multi instrument...
So you trained in WN? Must have got those orbits down to a fine art?
I'm guessing/hoping this was a while ago?
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Trained at an establishment just north of Wellington which was a good place to learn, in 2004. Unfortunately I then moved to a different establishment, also north of Wellington, to do my instructor rating whilst doing Heli training.
Had I just waited a year, my original training establishment would have been able to help as they now have Heli as well.
Yep, all those stories sound very familiar too. Sadly.
Trained at an establishment just north of Wellington which was a good place to learn, in 2004. Unfortunately I then moved to a different establishment, also north of Wellington, to do my instructor rating whilst doing Heli training.
Had I just waited a year, my original training establishment would have been able to help as they now have Heli as well.
Yep, all those stories sound very familiar too. Sadly.
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Yes, WN and PP. Many, many orbits... and yes, this was back in the mid 80's. When there were still training areas and CASOs, instead of the bastardised American system we have now... no landing fees... no ASL... Flight Service in the tower at PP... yep, them was the days...
The thing that makes me laugh though, is that pretty much all the aircraft that were on the line then, 25 years ago, are still on the line today (especially at PP).
So you trained in WN? Must have got those orbits down to a fine art? I'm guessing/hoping this was a while ago?
I'm guessing/hoping this was a while ago?
The thing that makes me laugh though, is that pretty much all the aircraft that were on the line then, 25 years ago, are still on the line today (especially at PP).
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When there were still training areas and CASOs
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I would say certainly!
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I started learning to fly at the PP Gliding Club around 1977, soloed in powered aircraft at WDAC (PP) in 1979...
Remoak we have probably therefore flown the same aircraft
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I have re read your posts and you say mid 80's..I was there late 70's early 80's
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Good God...hope my spelling is okay but Elywn Bachop, Tony Harcourt, Kevin Laplanche (RIP) Kevin sent me solo Jan 1980, sadly and not to his knowledge 2 months before my 16th birthday and sadly he passed on the day of my 16th birthday in the LFA crash.
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That's pretty sad...
Tony Harcourt sent me solo in ZK-DLI, a Grumman... pretty sure it is still around PP. Probably had about a dozen new nose legs since then. I seem to remember a guy named Rod Hand who did my first powered trial flight (in ZK-ELS - still there I think). And Ben Stafford... then I defected to Wellington and flew with Mike Dorrian and Alan Wilson. Mike went on to Air NZ and Alan Wilson got into Cathay I think... fun times.
I seem to remember some pretty good airshows at PP back in the day... Skyhawks and everything.
Tony Harcourt sent me solo in ZK-DLI, a Grumman... pretty sure it is still around PP. Probably had about a dozen new nose legs since then. I seem to remember a guy named Rod Hand who did my first powered trial flight (in ZK-ELS - still there I think). And Ben Stafford... then I defected to Wellington and flew with Mike Dorrian and Alan Wilson. Mike went on to Air NZ and Alan Wilson got into Cathay I think... fun times.
I seem to remember some pretty good airshows at PP back in the day... Skyhawks and everything.
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For an 18 year old you seem to have a lot of knowledge on things "aviation"
Pity your command of the English language and it's grammar did not reflect this.
Grow up sonny,you are only a boy wearing mans trousers.
For an 18 year old you seem to have a lot of knowledge on things "aviation"
Pity your command of the English language and it's grammar did not reflect this.
Grow up sonny,you are only a boy wearing mans trousers.
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What Fark'n'ell said...
If these legendary instructors had some extra time, maybe you could pay them to teach you English properly.
Hopefully you have a lot of money...
If these legendary instructors had some extra time, maybe you could pay them to teach you English properly.
Hopefully you have a lot of money...
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Fark'n'ell , if you correct other people's English you might want to double check your own posts
For an 18 year old you seem to have a lot of knowledge on things "aviation".
Pity your command of the English language and it's [make that: 'its'] grammar did not reflect this.
Grow up sonny,you are only a boy wearing mans [make that: 'man's'] trousers.
Pity your command of the English language and it's [make that: 'its'] grammar did not reflect this.
Grow up sonny,you are only a boy wearing mans [make that: 'man's'] trousers.
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Fark'n'ell , if you correct other people's English you might want to double check your own posts
Also, correct usage would usually render "18 year old" as "18-year-old", and "Pity your command..." should be "It is a pity that your command..."; and "grammar did not reflect this" should really be "grammar does not reflect this", but maybe that is splitting hairs.
If you like, I could lend you the two commas, one apostrophe and space that you need to complete your post...
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Sorry guys the New Zealand school system failed me! 
And it's 19 "Fark'n'ell"
I can't have as much knowledge as you now, can I? - I'm not 570 years old.
And it's 19 "Fark'n'ell"
For an 18 year old you seem to have a lot of knowledge on things "aviation"
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"And it's 19 "Fark'n'ell"
My apologies Kiwi Chick
After having been on this planet for 570 years, perhaps one could be forgiven for losing one year.
Tucking fosser
My apologies Kiwi Chick
After having been on this planet for 570 years, perhaps one could be forgiven for losing one year.
Tucking fosser
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