Hi all from NZ

[dac104y]

Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, a quick pop in here to say hello before thrusting off into the site for further posting. Based over in Christchurch NZ for the next couple of years with work so thought I would train for my PPL whilst here as it's something I have always lusted to do.

 

Anyhow my current status is a little over 25 hours for my PPL with both Air Tech and Flight Radio exams completed in that order. I completed my first solo back in the middle of October last year and have been cracking on slowly since. Looking forward to learning and getting some advice from you all as I am now moving toward some of the more detailed stuff.

 

Cheers

 

George

 

 

[Cal Air 63]

Welcome to Recreational Flying George

 

Brent

 

 

[Yenn]

Welcome George. What will you be flying at Christchurch?

 

I have just remembered that the grand daughter of a friend of mine was going to start learning to fly at Christchurch. Wondered what planes were in use there.

 

I am sure you will find this site a help in flying.

 

 

[dac104y]

Welcome George. What will you be flying at Christchurch?I have just remembered that the grand daughter of a friend of mine was going to start learning to fly at Christchurch. Wondered what planes were in use there.

I am sure you will find this site a help in flying.

I'm actually learning up in Kaikoura 170km north of Christchurch as I love the area and its a challenging little airstrip with short base and finals with the one approach. I try and get up there every other weekend for both the saturday and sunday, to get a lesson or two in each day but since the earthquake there last November I have only managed to get up since just before New Year. I was learning in a C150 which I fell in love with but that has since gone and am in a great little Eurofox with modern avionics which the aeroclub has recently bought. I will right about my experiences in the beginners and solo sections shortly.

 

I have of course been doing my exams at Christchurch and they do have a quite a line up of aircraft "I will post a pic in due course" to learn in and it is a nice place to be but for me I feel that its just not personal being a larger club and where I am at Kaikoura you get a more one to one approach and get to know the folk individually. The benefit for me during my initial training there is that the air traffic is a lot less, but now as we are in the summer months this is getting busier and this is the right time for me for this type of exposure to increase. The scenery is something else as well especially during the winter months with snow capped mountains and flying up and down the coast.

 

 

[microman]

Hi George - welcome to the forum - I am at Rolleston, but fly from Rangiora ( Canterbury Recreational Aircraft Club) - you should call in sometime and check us out. I have seen the Eurofox and it is a very good aircraft - of course its a microlight , but registered LSA so that you can log your hours towards a PPL.

 

 

[dac104y]

Hi George - welcome to the forum - I am at Rolleston, but fly from Rangiora ( Canterbury Recreational Aircraft Club) - you should call in sometime and check us out. I have seen the Eurofox and it is a very good aircraft - of course its a microlight , but registered LSA so that you can log your hours towards a PPL.

Microman I may well pop by in the not to distant future its most likely to be the beginning of march now. Yes if course you are correct regarding the Eurofox, its fantastic and takes off like a fly, although I am still getting the hang of it slowly but surely.