After a nice BBQ at Gavin Magill's hangar on Whitianga airfield, we headed back over the Coromandel and across the Hauraki Gulf in David's Foxbat. We got some nice views as we went:
After taking off on Runway 22 and heading straight out to Buffalo Beach (for noise minimisation although the Rotax in the Foxbat is pretty quiet), we turned right and flew on a Westward track for home. In this view you can see part of the the Whitianga Waterways development in the foreground with the airfield beyond
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In one corner of the airfield there is a huge new development of what I was told was 58 hangars! However from what I saw only one of them was open on the day (housing RV 8 ZK-ZRV). In this view you can see across the saddle to the Firth of Thames/Hauraki Gulf outside of Coromandel township.
And here is the one way Coromandel Airstrip below (near the bottom centre of the photo) - click to enlarge to see it clearer. There is a white hangar near the nearest end of the strip.
Over the water with clouds and blue sky and sun above makes for some lovely views.
Back home at the hangar at North Shore ZK-SGI never missed a beat. Thanks David.
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