New Zealand is widely regarded as one of the most beautiful places globally for flying.
Even typical instrument approaches in New Zealand, particularly one to Queenstown, are exceptionally scenic, contrasting with often "grey and dismal" approaches elsewhere.
The article references a captivating, sped-up video of a beautiful, now-defunct RNP-AR arrival to Runway 05 in Queenstown.
Every pilot knows (or should know) that New Zealand is one of the most, if not the most, beautiful places to fly on the planet.
But is it really fair that even their instrument approaches, which in our neck of the woods are typically grey and dismal affairs, should be spectacularly beautiful as well?
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A commercial pilot, Isabel Goyer has been flying for more than 40 years, with hundreds of different aircraft in her logbook and thousands of hours. An award-winning aviation writer, photographer and editor, Ms. Goyer led teams at Sport Pilot, Air Progress and Flying before coming to Plane & Pilot in 2015.
