New Zealand

[Stewy]

Have been searching for a post relating to flying in NZ that I read last year but cant seem to find it am heading over there in May and would like any info re flying around the Christchurch area

 

Regards

 

Stewy

 

 

[hihosland]

You can find a list of New Zealand members on this site by going

 

home>your community>members>advanced search

 

cheers

 

Davidh

 

 

[sleemanj]

Closest is the club at Rangiora, http://www.recwings.com/

 

We have a Rans S6 for club member usage ($90/hr), minimally you'd need to join the club ($70), join RAANZ (.... $65 from memory), checkflight with instructor. (NZ$ of course).

 

The Ashburton Aviation Pioneers (not surprisingly, at Ashburton) have a Jabiru for hire, but I don't have contact details for them.

 

There are two organisational bodies here, RAANZ, and SAC, they both do the same job (handling microlight pilot certificates) in different ways, I'm most familiar with RAANZ as that is the main presence at Rangiora, it has the following provisions for visiting pilots (short term)...

 

Short Term Operation using Foreign Pilot Certificates/Licences

Pilots visiting for a period of less than one month may fly using their foreign certificate and a logbook endorsement from a RAANZ Senior Instructor by meeting the following:

 

a) Becoming a member of RAANZ through a RAANZ affiliated club.

 

b) Satisfying a RAANZ Senior Instructor that he/she meets the standard set by RAANZ for the issue of a RAANZ certificate equivalent to the foreign certificate held.

 

c) All flying is done under the supervision of the instructor named in the pilot's logbook endorsement.

 

Note: The Instructor is responsible for ensuring the pilot is fully briefed for the activity to be undertaken, particularly with respect to Aviation Law.

[sleemanj]

I should add a very brief run down on operating here...

 

Day

 

VFR

 

500ft min

 

Not over congested areas (ie: towns and cities)

 

Controlled airspace is fine (except over congested areas), but of course you'll need radio and Transponder Mandatory airspace requires a Transponder

 

(unfortunately the club has a Transponder, but it's fitted to an aircraft which is being rebuilt at the moment)

 

PLB (Personal Locator Beacon) is required for trips over 10NM (club aircraft has one of course)

 

PS: Club also have an Airborne trike which doesn't see much use, if you are that way inclined :-)

 

 

[Guest Pioneer200]

Hi Stewy, I am a member of the Ashburton Aviation pioneers (Ashburton is 50 mins sth of CHCH).

 

We have a nice jab 160 that gets charged out at $100 hr, don't know requirments re overseas pilots flying it??! SleemanJ above may have covered this for you. PM me for more details if you wish.

 

 

[Stewy]

Thanks for that Guys. May not have explained myself quit right I thought I read a post about flying with some one there on a joy type flight through the hills. Not even sure in the same part of nz but thought I would try and find out but cant seem to find the post

 

Regards

 

Stewy

 

 

[sleemanj]

I don't recall the thread.

 

In general:

 

due to regulations very very few operators are doing actual bona fide sight seeing flights using microlights (ultralights to you), I only know of one off hand in NZ, using trikes, at Motueka (close to Nelson), and don't know if they are still in operation.

 

But, you would likely find an instructor who would take you on a... cross country lesson, or a trial flight which happens to be down the coast, or ...

 

Aside from that, there are piles of GA fixed and helicopter sight seeing operators all around the country.