A few weekends ago Danielle and I took CDL away for an overnight trip. After studying the charts we decided to head for Tokoroa as it appeared to have accommodation within walking distance of the airfield. A quick check of the NOTAMS showed an overnight drag race but nothing much else to worry about. We [...]

Today was my first flight with a passenger, quite the mile stone. Yesterday I sat my final flight test and passenger rating with Harvey. Not the most enjoyable flight as it is rather hard on the nerves!!! I got there in the end with the all important pass! Upon solid advice from both Harvey and [...]

Today prior to the meeting in the club rooms, I went for a fly. I had previously planned a cross country, but Harvey felt the weather wasn’t suitable. Although the wind was 15 knots gusting 20ish it was coming straight down runway 25. I keep my taxi slow and controlled as I did not want [...]

In an effort to make sure the parakaiaviation.org.nz website has frequent and regular new content I have created a ‘blog’ section where users can post about recent aviation experiences. For the first while I will just be me posting, if you would like to contribute to this page, please let me know and I can [...]