New Zealand Super Cub Fun!
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Penguinracer

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231 months

Penguinracer

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231 months

Tuesday 28th April
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Penguinracer

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Penguinracer

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231 months

Canterbury - backcountry strips:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um1sE3YHdf8

WH16

8,037 posts

243 months

Is that you?

Very envious. One of the reasons I stopped flying a few years back is because that kind of flying is just not feasible in the UK.

Penguinracer

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231 months

No, it's not me.
But I'm a Kiwi who learnt to fly out of Christchurch when I was 17.
I had a great time flying with the Canterbury Aero Club - their Super Cub, Piper Arrow, aeros in the B121 Beagle etc.
The Super Cub made every alpine cross country an adventure - great trips to the West Coast.
I also flew a C172 with the Wakatipu Aero Club.

Flying in the Southern Alps was a very special experience.

I've now been 30 years in London where flying of that quality isn't readily available.
May be in another time & place I'll return to it.

Penguinracer

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some bloke

1,578 posts

92 months

Nice. Geraldine boy here, Have had a few flights around South Canterbury and Mt Cook in various planes and microlights. I also hitched a few rides around NZ on FieldAir Freight's C47s about 40 years ago, which was awesome.