I’m over Covid and I suspect an increasing number of New Zealanders are saying Amen to that too. I’m over the breathless reporting that Covid has been detected in the waste-water of wherever sending that community into panic mode. I’m angry at the ongoing mismanagement of the entire MIQ system with breakouts now becoming common place and people isolating at home dying because the support promised to them arrived too late. I’m fed up with Covid modelers, secure in their taxpayer funded jobs, postulating that New Zealand could/should remain at Code Red for much of 2022. I am sick of Covid being used as the smokescreen allowing the Government to drive through a whole policy platform that they concealed from the electorate at the time of the last election. I am sick of the lies; sick of the country being divided on racial lines; sick of the economy going south at a rate of knots; sick of the effective muzzling of the media; I’m sick of it all.
When will the government learn there are limits to what you can impose? … that Covid is here to stay for the foreseeable future and that we have to learn to live with it.
And when will we see a modeler with the balls to report on the cost of the collateral damage caused by continued lock-downs … the number of elective surgeries postponed cancelled and the deaths resulting from that; the number of suicides; the number of students who have, for whatever reason, simply walked away from the classroom; the number of business gone bust?
And we won’t even talk about how gangs have become empowered and emboldened by St Jacinda’s determination to be kind to anyone and everyone (taxpayers excepted) nor will we ever know the true cost of the increase in domestic violence as a result of repeated lockdowns..
I’m over it and sick of it and worry about the long term damage and effect all of this has on the fabric of society. New Zealand, the way you’ve got it with more to come.
No Minister 
When will it end? It’s at the point now where it will only end with mass civil disobedience.
It reminds me of the advice women are given in regards to getting attacked – never let the attacker take you to the 2nd location or you are dead. We are currently being dragged to the second location and too many New Zealanders have meekly complied, thinking the govt will just let us go.
You’ve been had.
Right at the very start, I predicted the ‘cure’ would kill more people than the disease. Everyone laughed but you can’t hear them now.
I have never been able to get my head around this one Veteran, it has never made any sense to me what so ever.
From the get go it has been a sorry tale of misleading reporting, filled with out right lies and deception
From the virtually moment you are born until they day you die you are confronted with problems which you face head on and get on with living
You do not climb into bed and hide your head under the covers the way we have been forced to do
Look at this story Family left with questions after ‘non-Covid-19’ death of Auckland rest home resident which will be quickly buried as have others that throw the official narrative into question. You know as well as I do if this lady had not been vaccinated her death would have been held forth as a reason why we need to be vaccinated but since she was the story is she didn’t die of Covid after all. And that is the third case this week with no less than two people isolating at home dying in mysterious circumstances but not of Covid since they were vaccinated
There is only one thing I know for sure and that is we have been lied to, but as to why I wouldn’t like to say
And until the National Party of New Zealand starts asking the really hard questions they are not even worth considering as a viable alternative to the sorry bunch who a running this country into the ground and ruining everybody’s lives while establishing a tyrannical regime that makes life under Communism look like a bastion of freedom
The lady in question was 87 years old, in extremely poor health including dementia. Was she expected to live till 120? And climb Mt Cook as well?
Indeed Taieri – the point is in 2020 she would have been included in the “grim total” of Covid deaths over which much hand wringing was evinced
In 2021 and having been appropriately “jabbed™” she died of natural causes it seems.
Indeed one elderly dementia patient who was hospitalized last year as a Covid patient and returned to rest home care succumbing several months later had her demise ascribed as Covid death
This is colloquially known as “shifting the goal posts”
Look Andrei … Both National and ACT are essentially singing from the same song-sheet. Both support vaccinations and that’s a responsible position. But that’s where it stops. Both parties have proposed a pathway forward to ‘normality’. In National’s case its an 85% vaccination rate or 1 December whatever comes first and again, that to me seems a responsible position. In addition National has been leading the fight exposing the debacle MIQ has become. So, what more do you want. If you’re looking for my Party to declare itself aligned with Tamaki’s mob in saying Covid is a hoax then you’re going to be disappointed … he’s mostly a charlatan in the Winston Peters mold leeching of the back of his congregation.
But you know that.
You really think it is responsible?
I consider it to be both highly irresponsible and potentially criminal.
Before any therapeutic treatment is allowed to be deployed for general use there is a testing protocol that has to be followed.
This protocol has been developed over many years in order to prevent iatrogenic catastrophes such as the thalidomide disaster
Firstly the proposer of any therapy which includes drugs and vaccines must show
(1) That it is effective in treating or preventing the condition it is being proposed to remedy
(2) That it is safe and doesn’t create other health issues possibly more damaging than the condition it is proposed for
(3) It does not exacerbate the condition being treated in some patients – this being noted as paradoxical effects
(4) There are no long term detrimental health effects – examples being Cancers or liver failure
If this protocol is followed it generally takes five to ten years to get a drug or a vaccine to be approved
Now we know this vaccine is not particularly effective – it having failed to prevent Covid in two members of my extended family, a daughter and a nephew
And we also know because it has been documented by the CDC that some recipients suffer severe side effects after vaccination, blood clots being one and myocarditis being another
And given that Covid is generally a mild disease in the young and that the side effects of the vaccine are potentially fatal to that demographic how can you in all conscious suggest that vaccinating these people against a disease that presents almost no threat to them with a vaccine that does “responsible”?
And who knows what the long term effects of this will be, are we going to see a surge in Leukemia cases, birth defects or infertility five to ten years from now? Who knows , the work hasn’t been done that should have been done
The specific goal is 90%. We are almost there. So I suggest hang in there for the final lap. All 3 DHB’s in Auckland will be 90% fully vaccinated by the end of November. Probably Waikato and BOP will hit 90% sometime in early December. Northland, not so much. But it is clear all will be open for Christmas, though perhaps not the Far North above Kaeo.
Of course I know some commenters here decry the whole idea of 90% and have said it will never happen. But we are on the threshold of getting there. And a high vaccination rate makes a real difference. We will not get the level of deaths from covid that continue to beset the UK and the US, both of which have significantly lower vaccination rates than New Zealand, despite having started much earlier. Surely that is something to be thankful for.
Just for you, Wayne, comparing the mortality of Sweden, UK & Ireland.
‘we’ were almost there when they moved the goalposts. Interestingly, we will be well short of of 90% when the first jab is considered to have ‘expired’, just like what has happened in Israel, who are talking about having a forth booster.
If we do get to 90% (1st jabs only mind you) we’re then going to face the Irish problem (which is really the same problem other nations are facing), Who to Blame When Everyone’s Vaxxed?:
As usual I’m not too worried about our rate cranking along at 200 per day or higher because we’ve had some 6981 cases of the Delta and still only two deaths from Covid (I see the latest two deaths being declared as not-Covid), so a CFR of 0.03% – and that’s been mainly unvaccinated people, as we’re gleefully reminded every day.
Scary. Wonder what the IFR is, given how infectious this thing is.
Oh and we’re at 73% double shot vaxxed for the entire country, which puts us in the same class as many others.
Wayne I am in Hastings and I reckon Hawkes Bay will be lucky to hit 90% by April Fools Day despite what they say. The traffic light system is utter crap and will prove to be as divisive as 3Waters.
“All 3 DHB’s in Auckland will be 90% fully vaccinated by the end of November.”
I don’t believe it. According to Bloomfield there’s a 4-5% no return rate. If he’s correct then CMDHB is till 6% short. For CMDHB to make 90% by the end of Nov, every single one of the 1st dosed needs to come back, but they are still getting to 90% first dose, there’s only 3 weeks to the end of the month. Do you seriously believe they will all come back for #2 on the day the 3 week minimum ticks over? Dreamin.
Here’s a dose of reality for you Wayne:
https://interactives.stuff.co.nz/2020/05/coronavirus-covid-19-new-zealand-latest-data-cases/
Stuff’s model has CMDHB reaching 90% on 8 Dec and that date is moving later every day. Yesterday it was Dec 4th. This is based on the current rate of vaccinations. History and sense shows that the rate will dwindle. The model allows “20% slower” to be selected, which pushes CMDHB out to 16 Dec. Even “20% faster”, and there’s SFA chance of that, sees 3 Dec. Your “end of November” is pure fantasy. Sorry.
The Veteran,
I am very annoyed with National choosing 85%. It is the wrong level, as all the medical evidence indicates. And frankly, in my view, it is disloyal. National should have got behind the 90% and spent their time critiquing the vaccine rollout, not suggest a different level. It is fifth column activity.
Disloyal?? Disloyal to whom, the Labour/Green government? Isn’t National’s job to be the opposition?
What they are being is disloyal to the people of New Zealand who pay their wages to hold the Government of the day to account
Always remember Wayne is a Nino (National in Name Only) He was tribal Labour for a very long time, and his natural home is still with them. National offered him a job, or he asked for one, and the rest is history.
When it comes to opinions like this one they must be dosed with ……. well you make your own mind.
Wayne cant see past vaccines, he cant balance them in his mind against the physical evidence out there against them worldwide, and nor does he believe in the true underpinnings of democracy. Democracy in NZ needs his guidance and or petty tyrants need his support.
Like Jacinda, Wayne truly believes he is right, but that is no excuse for a closed mind, after all Jacinda has a truly shit degree, a morons degree, where as Wayne has a legal degree.
But one of my mantras is you never put a lawyer ( or a communications degree) in charge of anything, and you weight their opinions accordingly.
Lucia Maria,
On an issue like this, which is akin to a war aim, I think the duty of the Loyal Opposition is to sign up to the goal, not promote another goal.
… which is akin to a war aim, …
Oh God! Former National Cabinet Minister devolves to his Labour roots and touts the whole Moral Equivalent of War mantra beloved of Leftists for a century now.
Wayne,
If we were fighting a war, I would agree with you.
However, the only war being fought at present is one against the population of New Zealand.
“It is the wrong level, as all the medical evidence indicates.”
Bullshit. There is no medical evidence to indicate this and you are making shit up. There is only Captain Panic-Pants’ (Hendy) modelling, which is not reviewed or publicly defined. Hendy has yet to have a COVID model prediction come true, Moreover, such jurisdictions as all Scandinavian countries, NSW, VIC opened at 80% or less. You think they don’t have access to this mystery medical evidence you apparently have? NSW case numbers are dropping by the day.
Wayne … I hesitate to call you out because of the respect I have for you but in this case you are wrong, wrong, wrong re the 85%. National made that announcement several days BEFORE Labour came up with their 90% target. So how on earth can that possibly be disloyal. You can cogently argue that it was Labour playing politics with the 90% … National’s 85% and up you 5% … playing on Covid induced fear. 5th column … no way. In fact that is insulting. You’re better than that.
The Veteran,
My recollection is that all the medical commentators, govt spokespeople and the Herald campaign were all about 90% before National came out with 85%. The DHB level of 90% did come out quite recently, and perhaps after National’s 85%, but it was well after the 90% figure had been in common currency.
Yes, I concede 5th column is going a bit too far. However, I guess I am just expressing my frustration with National nominating 85%, when all the medical evidence clearly pointed to 90%.
As for the various commenters here stating that 90% won’t be achieved, well, it is clear that you are being proved wrong. NZ, as a whole, is on the threshold of 90% first dose, and the major population centres are closing in on 90% second dose. Yes, boosters will soon be needed.
Wayne;
Who are these “medical commentators”?
The Pink haired Lady, Shaun (80,000 dead) Hendy, Dr Michael Baker perchance?
Why are this trio the goto “experts”?
As for “Govt spokespeople” i.e. spin doctors what of value do they have to add to what is in reality a highly technical topic?
And as for your final item “the Herald campaign” what is there to say – the Herald is to be the arbiter of complex issues of great significance to the future of this Nation?
You have got to be kidding me?
This is a highly complex issue involving the interaction of viruses (plural), the human immune system along with human social and economic structures.
Science until relatively recently was reductionist in approach – to study a system you isolate it to its fundamental components – you study shit in test tubes in carefully controlled environments
But what works in a test tube does not generally work on a planetary scale
Those three clowns, The Pink haired Lady, Shaun (80,000 dead) Hendy, Dr Michael Baker, do not strike me as particularly intelligent individuals and they are laser focused on a tiny part of the whole picture while remaining oblivious to how the real world actually works
But the really sad thing is that none of this has anything to do with human welfare and happiness and everything to do with politics – total scumbags grabbing power and money for themselves at the expense of everybody else enabled by useful idiots such as yourself who truly believe that if only 90% of the population submit themselves to 2, 3 or now in Israel 4 doses of the magical potion then the world will go back to “normal”
But it wont no matter how many “jabs” we are subjected to
The medical commentators whose views I accept include Professor Sir David Skegg, Professors Baker, Jackson, Plank, Wilson, Associate Professor Wiles and numerous others. I reckon Dr Blomfield knows his stuff, he was certainly a very capable RMO in 3 Auckland North 25 years ago.
I know it seems outrageous to rely on New Zealand’s premier public health specialists, but I do so above the views expressed on much of the blogosphere.
The old argument from authority Dr Mapp
Exposed as fallacious time and time again from the time of Galileo until the present
One of the most famous examples of the Government approved scientific view being wrong and positively harmful of recent times is Lysenkoism
Though if I am correct this current debacle will put Lysenkoism in the shade for the societal damage it has caused
For Catholics the Pope has infallibility and that is what you are granting these people
For educated scientifically minded people scientists are far from infallible and those who have the Governmental/Establishment seal of approval are particularly suspect since to obtain that you have to go along to get along and not ask the awkward questions upon which science thrives
Kary Mullis who devised the PCR test, that has been misused to drive this panic, and won the Nobel Prize for it was a noted Maverick
He would have been appalled by the way it is being used by the MOH today but he didn’t live long enough to see this, ironically dying of Pneumonia in late 2019 just before this outbreak of mass insanity
Had he lasted a few more months his death would have undoubtedly have been recorded as being from Covid and he would have been another “victim of the pandemic”
Thank you Taieri. Far too much hysteria from all sides.
Who remembers the early reports from Northern Italy?
The Italian authorities have just revised the figures and, lo and behold, the true number of deaths FROM Covid is but a fraction of the original figure.
I was over it long before The Veteren. Ferguson’s model was enough to tell me the authorities’ response was 90% based on bullshit. Just like NZ’s gummint.
Yes Adolf , you were over it but so was Andrei, so was Tom Hunter and so was I, all right out the outset.
Good that you have acknowledged that not, you were not a lone voice.
But thats OK, I’m sure us 3 have not taken offence.
97% of the alleged Covid deaths were NOT caused by Covid. Ninety fucking seven percent.
Now, where else have I heard about 97%?
Youre over it Vet, really, then why I are you promoting the myth of vaccination.?
Is that the Party line you have to fall into, or do you truly believe that Vacs will save us, or that Jacinda will let go of control because weve reached 90%?
Really, pretty naïve if you ask me. Have you read anything from overseas sources on vaccines, have you looked at the Health Forum NZ on Face book, have you looked at the people dying overseas with double jabs of Covid
Have you looked at the 10 year death trend in England, Ireland and the US all of which barely register a blip over the averages
If she keeps us locked down for another year I can tell you what will kill us, it wont be Covid it will be the ravages of other diseases supressed for 2-3 years.
And Ill bet you Judith will come out in the petty tyrant model too !
However Auckland section control the National Party and they are getting royally screwed along with 1.6m other people. It maybe dawning on them that petty tyranny is not the way forward and perhaps a restatement of the fundamentals of what the National Party stand for maybe in order.
But given the world trends at the moment I dont hold out much hope!
Rossco … National and ACT support vaccination because its the right thing to do. No, it doesn’t provide total protection; noe it doesn’t stop you from transmitting the virus. Nut yes, it’s more effective than the Brian Tamaki (and your) alternative which is do nothing and hope. No, I retract that … Grant Robertson’s borrow (and print) and hope.
Your position reminds one of the old story …. look xxxx, our Alf is the only one marching in step. You are clearly a ‘square gaiter extraordinaire (along with Andrei). Next thing you will be arguing (along with Andrei) that Russia is democracy
Thanks Vet, my best mate called me a Maverick the other day, sounds better than a “square gaiter extraordinaire .
As for Russia I have read the book called a history of Russia which is a very interesting read. As for modern day politics in Russia I would have to leave that to Andrei, and I guess it is a relative democracy, compared to what came before, and given the country has never had a history of embedded democracy.
Perhaps similar to Maori, too much peasantry status for too long without a love of education, unlike my Scottish and Irish ancestors.
Perhaps that explains my square gaiter extraordinaire , my ancestors collecting kelp up to their waists in freezing cold water in west coast of scotland after being cleared off the land.
Or is it my 2 generations who served in 2 World Wars, and I cant stand aside and let their legacy go down the drain with the likes of the Wayne Mapps of this world and their “compromises” to Liberalism.
Still you may be interested in the BMJ (British Medical Jnl) the most prestigious medical Jnl in the world have just blown the lid on the so called Fizzer Vacinne testing. This has been picked up by the non main stream media but you can see it here
As for your claim that I am about do nothing and hope. Wrong!
As for your “right thing to do” based on what, do something like rely on an untested Fizzer Vacine and hope. Yes that sounds like yours, National, and Act too.
Not very scientific, not very original, and very lazy too, intellectually. These organisations need to get their paid researchers off their arses and get on to it, then grow a set of balls. There are plenty of alternatives out there.
Ask your doctor what you should do if you get Covid…the answer do nothing. That is the official medical response touted by the MOH… pathetic.
You can do better than that Vet!
explains a lot – https://moneycircus.substack.com/p/the-never-normal-is-forever
Rossco – the squaregaiters are at Addington Tuesday – no crowds allowed by Jacinda’s decree.
Large protests in Melbourne today
Yes well posted. Huge numbers, saw it too, well posted!
I have been “over it” since week three of the original “short sharp lockdown” when the holy cow having handed a monopoly to the duopoly and sent butchers, bakers and green grocers to the wall,( there were no candlestick makers). The total absence of even a small bit of understanding of the commercial reality facing the funders of NZ Inc who were only offered wage subsidy to placate those who would have been unemployed while making almost no support available for the business owners should have triggered the levels of disdain and questioning that is now emerging like an embryonic life form from the now slowly dawning populace.
I asked yesterday if the child on hip young mother could be the Man standing in front of the tank in Tiananmen Square then Claire Slater emerged to perhaps be the leader from the masses, I am much encouraged there might just be some patriots still alive and kicking, now emerging. Let the games begin.
GD Well said, especially about small business. It is the engine room of NZ growth and employment, and I include farmers in that as well.
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We, neh they, have had a raw deal.
$110 billion dollars later we have nothing to show.
What really pisses me off is that we were once a nation of can do, origianl thought and wonderful people we could look up to leadership in a whole ranghe of fields.
Dare I say it, we have become a nation of Wayne Mapps, fore lock tuggers, and half arsed thinking, and so called liberal thinking which is just socialism in another voice!
To your question: When will the government learn there are limits to what you can impose?
We can show up in massive numbers at the upcoming nation-wide Groundswell protest.
It needs to massive to ram home the point that we are being lied to by an incompetent, inept government.
True K.
But dont ignore the protests of the last 2 Saturdays where the Auckland domain protests were portrayed by the bitch Tova and her acolytes as 2000 people from Destiny Church.
The vocalisation of protests where the pretend PM turns up is another key signal that the worm is turning.
This government is a disaster but forget about covid for a moment and think about the bigger picture. Does anyone not think it’s very strange that two opposition political parties knew absolutely nothing about He Puapua or any of the other dark hidden agendas being hatched by the present crowd? I mean, they all presumably bump into each other in the hallowed halls at some stage. None of them are worthy of our vote. We need a new political party for ” all the people”. Go the Swiss.
Yep … fragment the ‘opposition’ even more and guarantee Labour remaining in power. Perhaps, just perhaps, you are one of ‘them’. Clearly you and basic maths are wanting.
What a load of nonsense! No, I am not ” one of them”. Where were the opposition when He Puapua was first revealed? Very slow on the pushback.
Where are National when we have our whole coastline under siege? It is the ordinary New Zealanders who are fronting up to fund the appeal. They are all full of the Maori ” wonderfulness” Maybe you are “one of them”. No political party seem to want complete equality. Where were National when UNDRIP was being signed? Oh, I know right behind it. Where is their outright ” indignation” on all this? Have you actually contacted them on these issues? Well, I have. Absolutely luke warm. It’s just insulting to automatically assume someone who has a different viewpoint to your own needs to ” get the math right”. This is not about National versus Labour, this is about equality for all our citizens.
Neil Oliver delivered a monologue just over a month ago, whereby he articulated just how we are in an abusive relationship with our government. His monologue has resonated with so many people worldwide. Here he is reflecting on what he said and the reaction. Jacinda Ardern is mentioned as one of those abusers.
I’ll find the original monologue and post it underneath.
Must have been three months ago, I think he’s used the phrase in another video I watched recently. This was probably the video they were referring to that caused such a online reaction.
For Wayne:
UK death rates are going down – Sky News, BBC & CNN falsely report the opposite.
Also, daily deaths from 2 days were amalgamated into one day, but that created a headlines of highest deaths since February.
You are banging your head against a brick wall trying to show Wayne Mapp anything
He has a Phd don’t ya no – and is an expert in everything and peasants such as ourselves are just dolts who should tug our forelocks and bow before his intellectual superiority.
Despite being an expert in everything under the sun I doubt the good Dr Mapp is actually au fait with Bayes’ theorem which is why he is so easily down the garden path purveyors of disaster porn such as Global Warming and phantom epidemics
And since these things serve his own personal political agendas which are authoritarian in nature, that is keeping the little people firmly in their place and not getting ideas above their station in life he boosts them and parrots the talking points from Party Central
Hahaha….
Lucia, Wayne’s not really that big into numbers and has, and will, ignore all this. He’s a 69 year old man who’s scared to death of death and has the Labourite love of strong state control, ironically like Muldoon, the guy he “fought” in the 1980’s as a new member of National.
The funny thing is that Muldoon would have loved every part of the last two years as PM, the only difference is that he could have played the firm but loving patriarchal figure, instead of St Jacinda’s kindly Mary Poppins approach.
Andrei, Tom,
I did try to give short and to the point videos. Pictures and numbers help somewhat.
Yeah, I did argue religion for years. COVID is a religion, difficult to get much traction because of that. I know that people have belief systems that are all but impossible to penetrate, but I suppose I just need to run into the wall every once in a while.
I have chosen with the information available to me to take the vaccine, I do this in the hope that should I catch it, the vaccine will mitigate the ailment.
There are however a few things I do know.
An isolation/Elimination strategy is doomed to failure.
Vaccine passports serve no rational purpose. No lives will be saved or lost with or without them.
Vacinne mandates serve no rational purpose but do represent a slippery slope. Perhaps a future government might require eligibility for various benefits or job vacancies to be based on other medical (or even non medical) criteria.
Masks are utterly useless, more so outside, and probably cause more harm than good. (They do however hinder facial recognition software, so if you’re planning civil unrest do so “safely.” )
Ardern in currently between a rock and a hard place, half the population is angry, they’re tired of useless and often conflicting restrictions and regulations, the other half the population is terrified, and any relaxation of restrictions while case numbers continue to rise will cause consternation, until they too get angry that they’ve been played for fools.
I suspect Ardern will sniff the change in the winds and resign to spend more time with her family or to try and have another child, she’ll try to do a Key and jump off at the peak, but labour don’t have a safe pair of hands like English and labour’s woes could extend to local body elections.
The American middle class have recent discovered the importance of local governance, the recent Entrust elections certainly galvanized me, and I chose to vote for the first time in 10 years to keep the obvious nutters out.
Time for conservatives and honest liberals to recognise the importance of grassroots democracy.
Well that was fun, a well patronised post with a wealth of information to broaden and deepen the mind, at least in some quarters.
I’m off flying in the morning, 22 hours under the belt, and inching towards going solo on the old Cessna 152.
Had a ball on Friday, huge Easterly blowing into Kapiti, instructor made me fly and we managed 4 landings without flaps before he called it a day.
Say Rossco he said how much crosswind landing have you had? zip, nada, nil says Rossco. Well you did good pointing the nose at the Placemakers building 250 meters to the left on Final !!!
That was after we had been through the washing machine of wind coming off the Ruahines where we bounced around like a pea in pod.
Fun,
A quiet 12kmph Easterly forecast for tomorrow.
Oh and dont forget the basis of our democracy is freedom, free speech, personal responsibility and some other stuff I forget!
Where were you flying out of Rossco – not Kapiti I think because the Ruahines stop at the Manawatu Gorge and the Tararua’s start from there south..
Hmmmmm …. landing without flaps … that’s novel. Bit like taking off downwind. A 152 is a forgiving old bird. You can do most things with it but pointing the nose off center on short finals with zero cross-wind could get you into trouble depending on the width of the runway,
Pdm you are quite correct, I plead guilty to lazy Geography.
Vet, yes landing without flaps is part of the syllabus now. As for the 152 I have certainly tested its undercarriage which fortunately is still intact.
And yes you are quite correct, without that NE, Eastly blowing from Gisborne it would not have been possible.
So todays fun, a bad day at the offcie despite little wind
Instructor
Rossco before turning downwind on the circuit we have a good look out (damn says Rossco)
Rossco I said 1000 feet, youre at 1100 feet , fix it please
Rossco we are 3/4 of the downwind leg and you have forgotten something, ah says Rossco “Paraparum Traffic Echo Lima Charlie downwind for one six seal, touch and go, number 1 in the circuit
Rossco the pattern is a rectangle. you have created a 45 degree angle into the runway, thats fne if the engine fails but its operating normally
Rossco you are way too low we cant land cross wise across Paraparaumu Avenue…more power Rossco, ROSSCO MORE POWER!!
Rossco you are way to high,……. still way too high on final, what are you going to do about it..ummmmm “Go Round”….thank you Rossco
Instructor pulls power on climb out at 350 feet, fortunately Rossco puts nose down and gets brownie points…Instructor” but where are we going to land” ummmm says Rossco that paddock with all those fences, bushes and trees…instructor “whats wrong with Sate Highway 1? ah yes good choice says Rosssco. “Go round power please Rossco”
Instructor summarizes Rosscos landings, One balloon prior to touchdown (recobvered by putting the nose down), one with 3 bounces, one with hit with right wheel followed by hit to left, one into the golf course aka Parapumu Avenue , and one in to the neighbours pool at the end of the runway.
Ah the joy of flight, its almost as bad as playing golf.
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Going solo is a distant dream
Instructor at clubhouse “Rossco heard you flew on Friday, most of our students would have pulled the pin”
Rosscoes chest swells…the day that was worth it after all!!
Thousands turned out in Queensland on Saturday as well, to protest vaccine mandates: