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Trip around the world in 63 days, 2003
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Not far from Wanaka is the Fighter pilots Museum. Interesting for a fighter pilot.
I talk about fighters and so with the management. Then the conversation gets an interesting turn. There are a few enthusiasts, who bought a Czech L-39 training jet. They do not dare to fly with it, and just taxi once in a while over the field. The question is if, I, as a former fighter pilot, am interesting to help them getting airborne. No I’m not.
The museum had very interesting Russian vintage fighter, the Polikarpov I-63. It flew among others in the Spanish civil war and the Second World War
We travel from Wanaka to Queenstown through valleys churned out by ancient glaciers. Later through the Golden Hills. We see big herds of domesticated deer. We are en route to one of the highlights of the tour, the Milford Sound. This is a kind of fjord, but a special one. The closest overnight facilities are in Te Anau, at 60 kms.