Well we have been very busy the past few days - we have explored Hamilton, been down south to Rotorua and had our first day at the airport.
Bit odd seeing a Christmas tree
in December - and with sunburn!
Hamilton is the 4th largest city in NZ and when you consider this, you realise just how few people live in this country by how few people you see around town! There are plenty of shops and restaurants and as it is nearly Christmas, a humungous tree in one of the squares.
Yesterday we went to Rotorua to have a go of the luge and Skyswing there. Safe to say it was a great day out! The luge is basically a modified toboggan down a mountain track through trees and tunnels etc. There were three courses, each named by their difficulty - the harder the course meant the faster you would go basically; there was even some airtime on the advanced track! When you get to the bottom, you drop off your kart and then go back up on a chairlift for another go! The Skyswing looks absolutely terrifying. It is a huge metal construction dangling over the side of the mountain. They strap you in your seat, pull you up to the top, and then you, the RIDERS, have to pull a cord to release yourselves and swings back down to the ground and over the mountainside. This was great fun, even if we were absolutely petrified whilst waiting for our turn!
Today we were at the airport for the first day of our induction. We had a walk around the apron and got to know the DA20s, C172s and DA42s a little better and up close. We were given our folders for the VFR stages of flying, as well as the checklists for the aircraft we are going to be flying. I am on the Cessna 172, some of which have analogue instruments, others a G1000 glass cockpit. This means I have two checklists to become familiar with! After a tour of the airport and plenty of photos later, we came back to Clearways to grab some text books for our NZ Air Law PPL exam, which is at some point next week - then it is on to the flying. I cannot wait!
Some photos from Rotorua and CTC aircraft at Hamilton Int. Airport:
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