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The great ‘Upside down double over down under’

Cook Strait’s first inverted crossing both ways.

John Lanham
Thu, 17 Feb 2022

“Wellington Control, Foxpine formation, request radar mark.”

“Foxpine formation, roger, have you directly overhead Cape Terawhiti.”

The little red Pitts Special in front of me turned immediately onto a westerly heading, rolled inverted and set course for Tory Channel, some 17nm away.

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John Lanham
Thu, 17 Feb 2022
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