Destination: Milford Sound - landing at New Zealand's most scenic airport
For many pilots, flying into Milford Sound to land at the airport at the head of the sound is the pinnacle of GA flying. Whilst it's beautiful, the mountainous terrain and steep valley walls make it a challenging airport to fly into. Experienced pilots have a lot of knowledge to share, , and flying in and out of an airport like Milford, we all need all the help we can get. So AOPA NZ asked experienced mountain pilot (and current President of AOPA NZ) Sue Kronfeld to show us the way. In this video, you'll get Sue's best tips on how to prepare yourself for your first Milford landing and departure. Sue has three decades of experience flying around the Southern Alps and throughout Fiordland.
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Such a helpful video, thanks Sue! Had the privilege of doing a mountain flying course out or Kaikoura with Sue last year (highly recommended). Now I plan to put that training into practice by flying into Milford Sound.
Had the privalidge of flying here with Parker Mudge. Fantastic environment and deserves a great deal of respect. RIP Parker.
Nice one Sue, that was fantastic. I was fortunate to have flown with Chadwick in Jan 1962 in his Dominie. A few days later he disappeared on the same trip in his Dragonfly ZK-AFB. But one of the most spectacular parts of our journey was the entry to Milford from the north, overflying the unmetalled strip as it was in those days, a tight left hand circuit as you demonstrated and a landing into a severe Northerly crosswind. There was just one other aircraft which I think was ZK-BFT of Southern Scenic - perhaps the legendary Tex Smith. Our trip was filmed by my parents and 7 minutes has been posted on KZread care of Simon Reeve of Whitebusfamily. There were no regulations in those days as to flight path and heights etc. When we took off again on runway 29, although that was not marked in those days, up to Harrison Cove, a 180 back to the strip and up the Arthur River to lake Quill and Sutherland Falls. Any other route out was not possible due to low cloud and of course the DH89 was fully loaded with us 8 passengers. You think a C172 is not that powerful. A DH89 in 1962 on 73octane even less so. The instruction for the approach, landing and take off is a must. The other absolute essential is to be 100% sure of the weather and your capabilities. This is the best of many videos I have seen for low hours pilots but do your homework. And everyone look out for ZK-AFB. It has never been found - even after 60 years - it is there somewhere!
Precious brief on Milford which is obviously the dream of many pilots and enthusiasts to visit.
Been there, done that with Flyinn New Zealand. Fantastic experience!
WOW!!!
Great watch, thanks Sue!
Video is nice. Bj Slovenia Postojna Studeno 3 a / 4
I was born in te ansu in 1970 i flew a piper cub 80 hp into milford on a grasd strip i had to be endorsed hefore hand not controlled in those days call sign Bqu