{"id":16429,"date":"2020-11-28T07:54:45","date_gmt":"2020-11-28T07:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/?p=16429"},"modified":"2025-01-28T04:31:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T04:31:40","slug":"round-the-world-new-zealand-2-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/11\/28\/round-the-world-new-zealand-2-part-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Round the World \u2013 New Zealand 2, Part 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I had to head back to Auckland to finalise some paperwork for the aircraft. This was a bit inconvenient, but at least New Zealand is not too huge a country to fly the length of, and the trip could be completed in just a few hours. I took an “Uber” out to Air Milford, where I chatted for a while with Ant and the others about the current weather conditions. It was blowing hard from the west, condition which cause heavy turbulence downwind of the mountains. Ant phoned up the tower to get a report from an Airbus which had recently flown through it; they said they’d been shaken around a bit. After some discussion I elected to take a short flight to Alexandra, and refuel there, to see how conditions were. If too bad, I’d wait there for the night. Going out of Queenstown light on fuel would give me better performance to handle downdrafts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The flight back to Ardmore<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As I taxied out, I had a bit of a chat with tower. Things were quiet, but were not going to stay that way; they informed me that an extra 8 airline flights from Auckland were expected that day alone. This was the first day that the Auckland travel restriction had been lifted, so it was probably a good time to be leaving!<\/p>\n\n\n