Thursday, March 25, 2010
Bus Trip to Warbirds
In the last two days I was with a group of business people from USA, Australia, Holland, UK, who were all part of a group that share ideas to improve their lives and businesses. This trip was all unplanned, for people whose lives are always totally planned. They didn't find out what was happening until about an hour before it happened. The first day I took them to remote Karekare beach, near Piha where they went surf-boating with the surf club, walked in a rain forest, were ambushed by Maori warriors and had hangi and spit-roasted lamb.
The next day I took them to Ardmore, where they had rides in the Warbirds Yaks and Harvards, off in formation for simulated bombing attacks on a Gulf island.
Due to crosswinds, the 'tail-dragger' Harvards could not be used until about 3pm when 4 of them also did the bombing runs. There were some pretty big smiles after each plane returned, pity 'busso' didn't get a go. Then it was out to the airport for a ride into Wellington on a bad weather day, in a chartered Boeing 737 with motion-sickness pills in demand.
The Warbird pilots get their weather information from this stone.
The next day I took them to Ardmore, where they had rides in the Warbirds Yaks and Harvards, off in formation for simulated bombing attacks on a Gulf island.
Due to crosswinds, the 'tail-dragger' Harvards could not be used until about 3pm when 4 of them also did the bombing runs. There were some pretty big smiles after each plane returned, pity 'busso' didn't get a go. Then it was out to the airport for a ride into Wellington on a bad weather day, in a chartered Boeing 737 with motion-sickness pills in demand.
The Warbird pilots get their weather information from this stone.
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