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Flight from Paraparaumu to Nelson on 'air2there' Cessna Grand Caravan 280B, with views of Paraparaumu Beach and the Kapiti Coast, Kapiti Island, Rauoterangi Channel (between the beach and the island), Cook Strait, Waiata Reach and Tennyson Inlet crossing over into Croisilles Harbour, some of the smaller islands and D'urville in the distance. Also on approach to Nelson is Tasman Bay and the Boulder Bank. Limitations of the iTouch meant I couldn't film out the left side of the plane, but is a spectacular flight at the low altitude we were at.

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[Fra42below]

beautiful. i love kapiti. thanks

[tweetingsparrow]

@Fra42below yeah is my hometown, used to fly out of Pram when i was 15, hang-gliders from earlier all around. Is a good flight, more laid-back than Soundsair even, which I use a lot.

[tweetingsparrow]

@youareallchumps  At this stage I wouldn't rate either of them better than the other, they're both pretty laid-back and easy to travel with, although for going directly to the coast air2there saves a lot of fluffing with buses and trains and extra $.

[tweetingsparrow]

@youareallchumps Don't know what the usual altitude is, we were at maybe 5000 across the water then down to go up the sounds. I have had low flights with soundsair too, I was across in cloud b4 xmas at 8000 and took 50 mins as they went North more than West, but have also come across very low all the way and over Havelock.

[tweetingsparrow]

@youareallchumps thanks dude, intriguing user-name...unfortunately could only film out of one side of the plane but wl gt th other on another trip. Makes a nice change from the Wellington trip. few other flying vids here too...