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Uhhh is it too late now to show you guys pics of my Youth Soaring Development Corse in Omarama? XD

234k jamesPLANESii  5.8 years ago

Well it finished on the 17th last year and I took like 150 pictures and I have been putting it off until now XD

18 days late but oh well. Here are my best 52 pictures and videos depicting the trip.



The journey.

Day 1.

Leaving Wellington
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It was quite windy. I don’t know who that dude is BTW but oh well
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In Mulburough Sounds, conditions slightly better
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Berthing
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Truck getting super stuck getting off the ferry
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Driving towards Kaikoura
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Excavation of landslides after 2016 Kaikoura Earthquakes
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Photo of Kaikoura coast
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Piping Hot
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*This netting makes me feel safe lol.
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Wow I’ve never got sunburnt in the car before. XD
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Day 2 of journey

(I was sitting in the back seat so not as many photos)


Looking at Southern Alps under clouds
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Very straight roads...
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10 degrees... quite a difference from 29 yesterday! XD
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Ariving in Tekapo, two towns before Omarama
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Camp

Day 1


Guess the plane! It’s not what you think it is. 😏
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*Pregnant Cub, two seats at the back, one in the front. It looks really wonky XD
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See look
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In flight photography at sunset
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Again
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Day 2

Day 2 was hot.
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Soz that’s the only photo I got that day. I took quite a few videos you see. :/



Day 3

Safe tea? How can tea be safe?
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That’s right people. We strapped someone to a parachute and dragged them behind the car. :D
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I’ll try and screenshot one of my videos so you can see him flying.


Day 4

There were loads of insects. And they’d follow you around!
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All the gliders at launch
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And it rained. In fact, it rained for the next 4 days. :(
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A cool pic I took while it was raining
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Day 5

Evenings by the open fire
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Wow so many pics that day XD



Day 6


A crashed glider (the dude flying was killed)
“Hey! You’re not supposed to see that!” Casually takes picture
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Comic Sans used in weird places
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Launch
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Day 7

Wow! What brilliant weather! The only reason I stayed was because they did some important briefings that morning.
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I didn’t even bother flying that day. The weather was just terrible! I just went to a steam punk museum with my dad and my brother lol.


Day 8

I got a flight in the other, not pregnant Cub. Very fun :D

OH MY GOD! WHAT IS THIS WEIRD BRIGHT SPOT IN THE SKY???
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This is the day I did my loop. :D


Day 9


The weather was up...

Until we had to pack up because there was a massive thunderstorm heading straight for the airfield... which hopped over us and it didn’t rain a single drop XD

I didn’t get a flight that day because of that. :(



Day 10
Beautyful skies


Pic of glider

Cracker of a day!


And that was the end of the camp. Sorry, I’ve been working on this for two hours and it’s 12:30am and I need to get up early tomorrow. Sorry no pics coming home. :/

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    Lol

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    I like nuggets...

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    6,169 Spectre2520

    Nope, including Thailand too XD @jamesPLANESii

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    @Spectre2520 Must be Australia XD

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    6,169 Spectre2520

    Nice @jamesPLANESii

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    6,169 Spectre2520

    45?! Where do you live? @D0M1N4T0R

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    That’s one hot leg

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    @jamesPLANESii
    Ah, ok makes sense.

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    The prototype was based off a crashed Pawnee, but that’s where the similarities end lol. @JohnnyBoythePilot

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    Nah. He flew into a mountain after turning the wrong way. I turn away from mountains. :) @Iamadeadmeme

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    Wow New Zealand sure is pretty. That would be an awesome place to visit. Also that tow-plane is most likely a Piper PA-25 Pawnee unless it's some modified or licensed produced version under a different name cause you said it's not what we think it is and most people would probably think it's a Pawnee. Your guy's ferries are also very different than what I have in the Puget Sound.

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    Were you scared of any of this after you found out someone died?

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    69.4k Chancey21

    Cool, looks like fun!

    5.8 years ago
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    saucy

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    29.1k destroyerP

    Epic!

    5.8 years ago