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| Mt. Cook sunrise |
The sun rises early in late spring down under. Linda and I
are eager for warmth after spending a few days in Mount Cook. Our early morning
Jet Ranger flight back to Christchurch was stunningly beautiful and uneventful.
Today we flew from NZCH to Sidney (YSSY). After an hour of
balancing two balls on top of one another, better known as piloting a
helicopter, it was a welcome break to get back to Little Bird and her
automation systems.
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| Safe return to NZCH |
It took us 35 minutes longer than predicted to arrive in Australia
due to 50 MPH headwinds that seemed to follow us aloft. We’d increase our alt
to avoid strong wind currents and improve our FPH usage only to find wind speed
and direction following us up the atmosphere.
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| Little Bird @ YSSY |
When we arrived in Sidney we took a 40 minute flight around
the area with Will, our guide. After playing around on the glaciers of New Zealand
Linda was one happy lady to open up our Little Bird’s cabin door to 90 degree
weather at 0900. Will basically pointed out Sidney’s landmarks. We didn’t know
the PM lived right across the bay from Sidney’s iconic Opera House.
This appears to us to be Australia’s New York. The people of
Sidney smile more than New Yorkers. Maybe that is because they live in Sidney.
Our real world selves have been invited to bring our virtual
vacation to Perth. We are guessing at this time that Perth is the Los Angeles
of Australia. We’ll stop to see and report the sights along our way West into
Perth. We are eager to meet up with spiritsafaris. Our neighbor Neal is a
travel specialist in the real world. He say’s “…you and Linda will love these folks,
they’re your kind of people.
Until Perth, here’s a taste of what we’re headed for. Wonder
if they’ve got an R-66 for us to fly around?
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