Just found your channel, loving the mountain flying , I visited NZ from UK in 2004 and did some flying from Wanaka. Flew a Harvard with a guy who I think flew 747 for Cathy Pacific, loved every minute if it.
My parents filmed it as it was in 1962 on the same flight path in ZK-BCP and that shows Haast as well as Turnbull river. Some has been posted on RU-vid
After crossing The Neck to L Wanaka, how high did you fly to get to the Gates of Haast? The route through to the Landsborough valley and then following the Haast river looks as if you could slip under cloud with a base of less than 4000 feet. Very much the Route a DH90 tried in Feb 1962 but disappeared. Your route would have been one I would have chosen for the weather on that day - 12th February 1962. The Dragonfly ZK-AFB may still be in the bush beneath your flight path. Keep an eye out if you regularly make this trip please.
I normally fly over Haast pass at about 2500ft , I think the pass sits about 1800ft. She’s pretty ruggered out that way and not much chance of seeing too much on the ground.
@@kynanyu6183 it seems that the route you flew is a good one to avoid higher cloud. It is a possible fit for a route for the Dragonfly that went missing in 1962. The pilot would have known of this low level route from Mackenzie country to the West Coast in the event of poor weather on the high Alps. So many thanks for that, you may not yet appreciate how valuable your posting may be so keep in touch. RGF.
