Mainland Air - Flight Training & Charter

Congratulations Naresh who passed his PPL flight test today! Great effort put in by you and your dedicated instructors!

Well done Rida for passing her commercial flight test! Roger Cruickshank took the test, a first for Mainland ✔️

Two senior aviators Philip Kean Southland aviation icon and John Penno Otago aviation icon. Still doing what they know best.

Here’s Grant Halliday, long time friend and longhaul Captain with Philip and Grants daughter Emma who completed her PPL with us earlier this year!
This is Grants which was owned by his father icon Merv Halliday many years ago. Phil gave Grant his C180 rating in April 1983 and today, Emma’s rating!

Back down to showery
Tulips in full colour 🌷

Strong rainbow Labour Day evening

Massive field mushroom after the heavy rain! Should last all week 🍄‍🟫🍽️

Lots of lenticular nor-west cloud formations before the wet long weekend

Building Norwest skies all day

ELT camouflaging into the . Sam flew Pete from to repair a damaged aeroplane

Congratulations Dan Ryan for flying his first solo this evening!
Dans father Mike flew for Phil at Southern Air and (Eagle Air). Mike owns ZK-DMX

Well done from everyone!

Nice doing the run in a again
at Edendale

Native Fiordland and down through Blackmount Nightcaps etc to !

Glorious Cross Country weather - high pressure and PM sea breezes - real southern summers day,

Clear skies and a cool afternoon sea breeze. still had cloud! coming to life

High pressure anti cyclonic ‘gloom’ run. Hoping the summer sun burns off the cloud

Very fortunate to have as our mountain flying training area!
Slips from October floods

charter for two clients who arrived on AirNZ from ! Few hours in the Deep South for a meeting then back to and to !

Maungatua waking up

High waters

High waters: Clutha, Invercargill, Ōreti Mataura Rivers & Balclutha

Allanton Bridge after the 3/4 Oct floods

Congratulations Joel on your first solo!
Well done from all your instructors 🙌

Wet wet wet

Take Care