22 March 2015

A day with Golden Bay Air - Part 2


Part 1 of my day with Golden Bay Air can be found here... 

Somewhere over Cook Strait

Keiran (the Pilot) : So what are you going to do in Takaka for the day?

Steve : My sister and brother-in-law are staying in Nelson and are coming over to meet me.

Keiran : Well, we have to take ZOG over to pick up some passengers off an Air New Zealand flight and I have to pick up ZAG which has been on maintenance at Nelson... you can come for a ride if you like...

Well I've got a great sister and brother-in-law so they went and checked out the Takaka shops while I went flying...

Golden Bay Air does three major scenic flights... over Kahurangi National Park, Farewell Spit and over Abel Tasman National Park. The flight to Nelson took the scenic route around the coast of the Abel Tasman National Park and its magnificent coastline.

Let me introduce you to ZOG, or rather ZK-ZOG, Golden Bay Air's Piper PA28-181 Archer

Airborne from Takaka's Runway 36 under the command of the lovely Erman with me in the right hand seat and Kieran in the back seat...
Low tide in Golden Bay
The mouth of the Motupipi River, the small fishing port and Takaka behind
Port Tarakohe
Tata Beach
The Tata Islands



One of the many mussel farms at the top of the North Island
Wainui Bay
Taupo Hill
Whariwharangi Bay
Coming up on Separation Point with the light at the end...


Awaroa Bay




I'm told someone has donated one million dollars each year for the next forty years to restore the vegetation of Abel Tasman National Park and destroy the pine trees
Fisherman Island
Kaiteriteri
Riwaka
The changing face of horticulture and viviculture

Mapua
Rabbit Island
Nelson and the Boulder Bank
Follow the Q300 - passing Nelson
Finals for Nelson, Runway 20

And here is ZAG, ZK-ZAG, Golden Bay Air's Piper PA34 Seneca at Nelson after maintenance. My first flight in a Piper Seneca
Ready for departure on Runway 20.
Airborne from Nelson with Rabbit Island off the starboard wing
Looking back towards Nelson Airport and Monaco
and back on approach to Takaka
And a patient brother-in-law waiting for my return
Scenic flights offered by Golden Bay Air....

If you are in the Golden Bay and want to go flying check out...
http://www.goldenbayair.co.nz/scenicflights.html

Part 3 to follow!

3 comments:

  1. Once again fantastic scenery and shots. Enjoying the series a lot.

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  2. THANKS FOR THE POST AND PHOTOGRAPHS .WISH I WAS THERE TOO .

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  3. Go for a fly Allan... Golden Bay Air are very reasonable!

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