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Gone Fishin' - Guest - 03-20-2008

Taking a break from the ASHA flights I have flown this week, I decide to hire an old Beaver and drop a few pals off at Lake Taupo for a spot of fishing.

Departing from NZO1 at dawn.

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I turn south and pass over NZRO as the sun starts to melt away the mist.

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This is a VFR flight and so we zig zag along taking a look at any interesting landmarks.

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Taking in the wonderful scenery I turn toward Lake Taupo.

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I should have a visual on the lake shortly.

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You can see the runway here at NZRU at Lake Taupo, this looks an great place for a spot of fishing.

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With my passengers offloaded I climb away and head north to NZR1.

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The sun is up now and the fog and mist are almost gone.

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Time to think about landing this baby, she handles well and sounds like a racecar - fantastic!.

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You can see the bay that I am to land in, in the distance. It looks like a mill pond and I don't anticipate any problems.

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Safely down, this was a great flight and made a real change from my 757-200.

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The aircraft is the Aerosoft Beaver and looks the business, although the cockpit is a little on the basic side and only used default gauges - still a bargain though.