After the second leg from post #2738 I flew from Westport (NZWS) to Christchurch (NZCH) with Live Weather again.
I did a little detour over Lake Sumner and Lake Coleridge and enjoyed the scenery.
Departed RWY 04 and left the circuit after the left downwind to the south:
My first waypoint Lake Sumner with the Hurunui River inlet is in sight:
I flew an orbit over the smaller lakes near Lake Sumner. On the left Lake Taylor and on the right Lake Sheppard and Lake Sumner behind the ridge line:
On my way to Lake Coleridge. Chest Peak and the Waimakariri River are visible under the left wing:
Wilberforce River and the snow-covered mountains like Mt. Williams and Urquhart Peak:
Lake Coleridge:
Flying south to follow the Rakaia River leaving Lake Coleridge behind:
Following the Waimakariri River to enter the Coringa VFR Arrival at NZCH 1500ft or below:
On final RWY 02 at NZCH with required airspeed not less than 90kt IAS above 400ft AMSL:
Welcome to Christchurch. I parked the Kodiak at the Western Apron near the Canterbury Aero Club:
Note: All pictures come directly from the VR-Headset. They are only trimmed but no post processing is added. Sometimes the edges look a bit blurry, that’s because of the Fixed Foveated Rendering option of the OpenXR Toolkit and isn’t visible in the headset.
I’m not a real pilot and all my knowledge I learned by myself, but I try my best to follow all real procedures as good as possible. So, if you have tips or found some errors in my flights or procedures please let me know so I can get better.