Flying | Michael Haephrati

A few weeks ago I returned back to my favorite Aero Club in New Zealand

Almost 30 years ago, back in 1994, I tried to feel for the first time how it is to fly an airplane at Auckland Aero Club in New Zealand.

Back then, I was sent to New Zealand for a week on behalf of Amdocs, in order to conduct meetings with a local Telecom company that worked with the Ministry of Tourism, offering them the development of Information Kiosks.

I used an old 8mm video I filmed back in 1994, in order to locate my old flying school. Here is a snapshot of Auckland Aero Club from that old video:

Here is Auckland back then (1994).

Luckily, I kept the Pilot Log Book with the information about the flying lessons I took back then, and during my recent visit, (almost 2 months this time), after I took some flying lessons in other countries, I came back wishing to continue from where I left off…

That morning, at 7:00 AM, I went jogging in Auckland. I ran 12 Km from Auckland to Mission Bay and back.

_{My Facebook post that morning}

A few hours later, I flew a Cessna 172 Skyhawk, with the guidance of William Lee-Johnson, to Auckland, and above Mission Bay, the same area I ran to that morning (12 Km run).