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0:45 PIC in the Southern Hemisphere!

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Some of you have seen this elsewhere, but for those who haven’t:

Many thanks to New Zealand member Brad Raven for allowing me in the left seat of one of only four Cessna 170’s in New Zealand. With my wife Karen along in the back seat as official photographer we took off to the north from North Taranaki Aero Club (NZNF), worked our way around and over some scattered to broken clouds to about 7000’ feet counterclockwise around Mount Taranaki then down to Hawera(NZHA) where I managed to not embarrass myself while landing. There, we visited with Brad’s friend Les, who is well along on the restoration of a Tiger Moth, and keeps an Acrosport biplane he built, and his wife’s Bolkow Junior.
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Very Nice! (That looks to have potential as a “170 News” article…?
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GAHorn wrote:Very Nice! (That looks to have potential as a “170 News” article…?
I’m way ahead of you George, I hope to get most of it knocked out on the 14-hour AKL-DFW leg today. :D

Also, he hasn’t made his mind up for sure yet, but we may see Brad at the Convention and at Oshkosh. 8)
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If you’re presently over the Pacific Ocean…you are way BEHIND me. :lol:
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GAHorn wrote:If you’re presently over the Pacific Ocean…you are way BEHIND me. :lol:
Actually we’re still at the airport in Auckland, on the west side of the International Dateline. It’s 11:45am WEDNESDAY where I am. I figure it’s 4:45pm TUESDAY in Texas. On local clocks we’re going to arrive before we depart. :lol:
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cessna170bdriver wrote:
GAHorn wrote:If you’re presently over the Pacific Ocean…you are way BEHIND me. :lol:
Actually we’re still at the airport in Auckland, on the west side of the International Dateline. It’s 11:45am WEDNESDAY where I am. I figure it’s 4:45pm TUESDAY in Texas. On local clocks we’re going to arrive before we depart. :lol:
As long as I’ve known you…you’d think I’d have learned by now….NEVER argue details with Miles! :lol:
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GAHorn wrote:
cessna170bdriver wrote:
GAHorn wrote:If you’re presently over the Pacific Ocean…you are way BEHIND me. :lol:
Actually we’re still at the airport in Auckland, on the west side of the International Dateline. It’s 11:45am WEDNESDAY where I am. I figure it’s 4:45pm TUESDAY in Texas. On local clocks we’re going to arrive before we depart. :lol:
As long as I’ve known you…you’d think I’d have learned by now….NEVER argue details with Miles! :lol:
You’d think Willy Coyote would have quit chasing the Roadrunner by now as well !! Some things never change. :twisted:
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