The Long White Cloud Tour

cheekytrolly · Chief Captain Joined: Nov 30, 2005 Posts: 1633

I’m back for a third time. After the success of my OZ TOUR 2006 and then my VOZ TOUR 2, Christian Stock, who heads up Red Baron Entertainment has asked me if I would like to do a promotional tour of his payware high res NZ Mesh and Topo packages. I obviously replied in the affirmative.

Unlike me last two tours, this one has nothing to do with Australia or VOZ (Apart from the fact that "Koorby", the VOZ leader, and Christian will soon be producing VOZ Pro together Wink

). Instead, this one will take place “over the ditch” in my home country, New Zealand aka “The Land of the Long White Cloud” where I will fly from the far North to the deep South, traveling a distance of over 1000 miles and stopping at 24 airports.

My route is as followed:

Kerikeri -> Milford Sound
Distance: 994.8 nm
Estimated fuel burn: 97.0 gal / 582.2 pounds
Estimated time en route: 9:13
(These calculations are based upon my aircraft flying the direct route, but I will be only roughly base my tour on the GPS line. I want to explore the surrounding regions to see what this scenery has to offer)

Leg 1:
NZKK (Kerikeri), NZWR (Whangarei), NZGB (Great Barrier Island), NZUN (Pauanui Beach), NZTG (Tauranga)

Leg 2:
NZTG (Tauranga ), NZRO (Rotorua), NZAP (Taupo), NZRU (Mt Ruipahu/ Waiouru), NZPM (Palmerston North), NZMS (Masterton), NZWN (Wellington)

Leg 3:
NZWN (Wellington), NZNS (Nelson), NZKM (Karamea), NZWS (Westport), NZGM (Greymouth), NZHK (Hokitika)

Leg 4:
NZHK (Hokitika), NZTU (Timaru), NZTL (Tekapo), NZMC (Mount Cook)

Leg 5:
NZMC (Mount Cook), NZOA (Omarama), NZWF (Wanaka), NZLX (Alexandra), NZQN (Queenstown), NZMF (Milford Sound)

Once again, I will be flying a custom painted Carenado Cessna 206 Stationair which is available to download from Avsim under the filename ‘longwhitecloud.zip”

As you can see in the screenshot above, there are a few decals on the fuselage from organizations who have sponsored of my flight:

Red Baron Entertainment- http://redbarent.com/
Christian Stock’s company who produce the fine scenery you I will be experiencing and sharing with you through numerous screenshots.

Forum Design- www.forum-design.co.uk/air
Hinch's (C206 painter) website. He makes high quality freeware repaints, panels, paintkits and desktop backgrounds.

REAL NZ- http://www.windowlight.co.nz
On my tour you will be seeing a lot of fantastic photoreal scenery which is available from REAL NZ aka Godzone. Some of the scenery are older releases and are now available as freeware.

New Zealand Flightsim Forums- http://www.NZFF.co.nr
The online home of virtual aviation in New Zealand. Drop by the forums to converse about all things NZ flight simulation related.

So why am I not airborne already you ask? Well I am currently waiting for the scenery to arrive in the mail, and then as soon as I have received and installed it, I will take off right away. Until then, add this thread to your favorites, tell all your friends and get ready for a review with a difference.

Each leg I will post a detailed report of my flight, many screenshots linked via thumbnails, entwined with some of my own stories and local knowledge.

Check back soon for my first update,
Cheers!

NoWorries · Captain Joined: Jul 22, 2005 Posts: 639

SWWWWWEEEEEEETTTTT!

Can't wait!

RadarMan · Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 6:04 am Post subject:

Looking forward to another one of your travels.

Radar

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Greekman72 · Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 2:19 pm Post subject:

Go on Cheeky...Feed us with more from your great trip Thumbs Up!

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pilotwannabe · Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 3:12 pm Post subject:

Great news CT....can't wait Exclamation

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99jolegg · Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 1:37 pm Post subject:

Looks like a great tour! Good luck with it Thumbs Up!

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cheekytrolly · Chief Captain Joined: Nov 30, 2005 Posts: 1633

Thanks Joelegg.

Where have you been? I have not seen you posting on the forums for a while...

Nice new sig and avatar by the way Wink

99jolegg · Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 11:19 am Post subject:

Faucett · Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 4:08 am Post subject:

Very much looking forward to it CT!!!
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cheekytrolly · Chief Captain Joined: Nov 30, 2005 Posts: 1633

UPDATE #1

Hi again everyone,

As you may have noticed, a week has passed already with no flight time logged on the Long White Cloud tour. The reason for this is because I am still awaiting my mesh+topo package in the post from Australia (It should be here tomorrow or the next day) and as I have not installed it yet, there is no point flying over the default scenery.

Anyway, apart from that I have purchased the "REAL NZ Tauranga & Rotorua" scenic addons which will enhance the Bay of Plenty area in Leg 1 and Leg 2 for me (and you- as you will see through upcoming screenshots)

I have also decided upon a tour schedule, where I will partake in one flight leg per weekend, unlike my last two tours which I flew in straight sets of days during college holidays- I now have real life commitments which are preventing me from spending excess hours on the simulator.

Instead, this way, I will have something to look forward to at the end of each working week, and hopefully so will you when you next log on to read my report!

Until then, don't forget this page and you should hear from me at the weekend Very Happy

cheekytrolly · Chief Captain Joined: Nov 30, 2005 Posts: 1633

UPDATE #2

I regret to inform you all that the mesh+topo scenery has still not arrived in the mail.

I have contacted Christian who told me it should be here by now, but apparently trans-Tasman mail service is appalling slow at the moment.

I will give it a few more days wait before I make any decisions on what to do next.

Sorry for keeping you all waiting for so long- I hope you do not lose interest.

Cheers

cheekytrolly · Chief Captain Joined: Nov 30, 2005 Posts: 1633

Good news! The scenery parcel arrived in the post today with this stamp on it:

I have now finally installed the package and checked out the new scenery very briefly- it looks fantastic so from what I have seen!

Now I definitely will be flying leg #1 this weekend, I hope you are still looking forward to it as much as I am.

Cheers

NoWorries · Captain Joined: Jul 22, 2005 Posts: 639

Absolutetly! Can't wait! Cool

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