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Thread: Chopper up the ahuriri

  1. 01-03-2021, 02:00 PM #1
    Skipton butch
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    Chopper up the ahuriri

    Spotted a chopper working the ahuriri valley Sunday morning 28th feb,it was a white with blue stripe 500,can anyone enlightened me to what the fek is going on,as i believe this is a no fly zone.thanx
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    Did you see it shooting/ hauling carcasses? Otherwise possibly counts or hut inspections
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    Tahr count by the tahr foundation boys got told a couple of weeks ago they were doing it
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    Quote Originally Posted by Padox View Post
    Tahr count by the tahr foundation boys got told a couple of weeks ago they were doing it
    Do you know if it’s with Doc? I feel if it’s independent of Doc it will just be a waste of money.
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    No sorry I dont know
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    Probably Alpine Heli so I’d guess DOC
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    There is an App that you can get on your phone which shows you all the aircraft, that are using it, in the area and their flight paths. Dont ask me how why, when or what cos I aint that technologically savvy [whats an App] but somebody should be able to enlighten us. Have seen it working, when Alpine and others were bombing up the National Park at the very same time as the Tahr Jam
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    Quote Originally Posted by Husky1600 View Post
    There is an App that you can get on your phone which shows you all the aircraft, that are using it, in the area and their flight paths. Dont ask me how why, when or what cos I aint that technologically savvy [whats an App] but somebody should be able to enlighten us. Have seen it working, when Alpine and others were bombing up the National Park at the very same time as the Tahr Jam
    Flightradar 24, I've noticed it doesn't show all light aircraft only ones with transponders(?)
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    There are no DOC tahr monitoring flights in the Ahuriri this year. MU1 & 3 only which doesn't include the Ahuriri. No idea what that helicopter was doing.

    Between now and early May, DOC will use helicopters to gather data on tahr populations on public conservation land within the South Rakaia/Rangitata and Gammack/Two Thumb management units. The helicopters will fly at low levels across various sites in the management units.
    Source: https://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-re...ightings-maps/
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