Well since you asked so nicely I'll see what I can find :ok:

Corkey.

Ok well at the request of Mr Dixon, here are some more pictures from the wild west coast :}

See if you can name some locations here...

1
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/e...i-P1030235.jpg

2
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/e...i-P1030260.jpg

3
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/e...i-19380014.jpg

4
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/e...i-19360023.jpg

5 An easy one I would hope (previous one not being too far from here)
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/e...i-19360010.jpg

6
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/e...i-P1030118.jpg

7
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/e...i-P1030129.jpg

8
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/e...i-P1030132.jpg

9
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/e...i-P1030175.jpg

7 & 8 are in the exact same place, I know there are a few people on here who can give me the exact location :ok:

Enjoy and the the answers poor in !

Corkey. :}

Show-off!

Dr :8

That looks like some great flying Corkey beautiful.:ok:

Yeah but the go-around possibilities in the last one look limited.:uhoh:

I love a sunburned country
A land of sweeping plains
Of rugged mountain ranges
Of drought and flooding rain
I love her far horizons
I love her jeweled sea
Her beauty and her terror
‘Tis the wide brown land for me

Dr :8

No.5 has got to be Milford Sound...wish I'd flown in there when I had the chance.

Nos. 6 & 8 I'm going for Fox Glacier, and 7 Mt Tasman....

Great Pics Corkey, keep 'em coming

LP

Good onya Corky, you made me day!!

Some goodies there, I'll give it a crack, but its been a while mind you..

1. The background looks a bit like Haast - but its not! The Arawhata maybe?
2. Jackson Bay(ish)?
3. dunno
4. Lake Quill
5. Good old Mildew (thanks for the easy one!)
6. Always get Fox and Franz mixed up! think its Fox Glacier
7. the rock
8. Giant peice of dried up marshmellow
9. Fox strip

Thanks alot Corky

Good of you to burst into song Doc! What a wonderful voice!!!! A little out of context maybe??? Or were you re-affirming your Australianism!!

We just dont know how lucky we are.....
 

1. Neils Beach
2. Barn Bay?
3. Cascade
9. Fox strip.

Launchpad
Ya 5 is milford, 6 is the fox glacier (easy to mix up), 8 is a picture of the top of the fox glacier and 7 is a picture of Mt Tasman (and Cook) but 7 & 8 are overhead a busy landing area for the choppers and ski planes. Anyone have any idea the name ??

Dixon
1. Yes ! Well thats the river, the little settlement is called Neils Beach. Didn't think it would be that easy ! :D
2. No.
3. No.
Ok 2 & 3 were in the last lot I posted a few pages back (with names), just different photos...
2 is kinda short (around 200m I think) and I'm not aware of anyone landing there recently, the river washed away some length at the south western end and someone kindly put up a pole in the middle too :(

4. Yes ! flying round in lake Quill
5. Ya
6. Yip
7. Na
8. Almost :ok:
9. Yes !

Well done :D

Pitterpatter - Yes all correct !

Looking out the window
 

You have to look out the window over there. Just following the GPS often does not work.
I remember, a Long time ago, flying a tripacer through the Haast pass underneath solid cloud. Fortunately we had talked to the local aviators before we did it, and they were greatly amused when they saw the straight line we had drawn on our WAC chart. (that's what they teach you at flying schools.)
To see some real bush flying I can recommend the video's "The venison hunters" and "the last great adventure" by videosouth.

Corkster

Its been a while and I'm racking my brain...think it is 'XXX icefall',... and the only one I can think of is Hochstetter(?). Is that it?

If not, where is the Hochstetter Icefall...or have I completely lost the plot?

nah think I'm on the wrong side of the divide....sun has fried me brain....going to have a looksee on google earth...

yea you are on the wrong side of the divide. The Hochstetter runs from the Grand Plateau down onto the Tasman glacier- I think :uhoh:. The place in question is a big flat area by the top of the fox ice fall called the "fox xxxx" ;)

slackie the old controllers name was Bill I think :hmm:

somewhere in TLOTU

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/tinpis/tlotu2.jpghttp://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/tinpis/tlotu.jpg

Just some wild speculation here, but do you think there is any chance that the designer of the Cirrus CAPS coming up with his idea not long after being asked to land at that strip??? :eek::eek:

"No, I think I'll just go up a few thousand feet and pop the chute" as opposed to attempting to land and dumping a sh!t.

Tin....definitely before my time!!:}