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Scenic flying

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Scenic flying

Flying in New Zealand’s scenic areas often requires a high level of skill. Here the pilot of a scenic flight takes off from an airstrip in Fiordland.

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Nancy Swarbrick, Air crashes – Small aircraft accidents, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/6538/scenic-flying (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 2 March 2009.