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Wanaka Helicopters, New Zealand

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Simon Spencer-Bower / Wanaka Helicopters
Wanaka Airport
Wanaka
Central Otago
New Zealand
+64 3 443 1085 http://www.heliflights.co.nz

Wanaka Helicopters is Lake Wanaka’s premier
helicopter operator offering scenic flights,
tours and charters in and around the Southern
Lakes district and the World Heritage Mount
Aspiring and Fiordland National Parks including
Milford Sound.
They offer pilot training up to CPL plus
endorsements in an area that covers nearly
every possible flying scenario a pilot could
encounter. Other services include scenic tours throughout the alpine region, commercial
work, plus Lord of the Rings tours to the
many locations used in the motion picture
series. Chief Pilot Simon Spencer-Bower is
the only helicopter pilot to have won the
NZ Civil Aviation Flight Safety Award, and
currently holds the record for most hours
flown in an R22.

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R44 Raven II on a spur of the Southern Alp foothills,
overlooking Wanaka


Chief Pilot and owner, Simon Spencer-Bower
lands an R22 on an Alpine ridge


Lord of the Rings tour guide John Wellington
photographs a client during an enactment











Lake Matheson (the mirror lake) on the West Coast




Grateful thanks to;
Simon Spencer-Bower,
Andy Clayton, Stephen Combe from
Wanaka Helicopters, and John Wellington
from Wanaka Sightseeing.








An R44 Raven II over one of foothills of the Southern Alps.



An R44 Raven II picking up guests at Lake Wanaka's Edgewater Resort




An R44 heading up an arm of Lake Wanaka
towards the foothills of the Southern Alps


An R22 Beta II over Lake Wanaka





Simon Spencer-Bower (right) and instructor
pilots at Wanaka Helicopters


An R44 Raven II over Lake Wanaka








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