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2010-09-06 01:01
in Flying, Nflying
(If you do not see any track on the map, click on '07 Day 05: Maui Flight' in the upper right corner twice).
As part of our vacation in Maui, I figured a good way to have another view of everything we visited, and a peek at what we couldn't visit like the neighbouring islands). It was nice to see the coastlines we had driven on, and especially the long sliding sands trail that we didn't hike all the way to the end :)
You can see many more pictures of our Maui Trip here. Just like Hawaii last year, it made sense to rent a plane with a CFI and just do the scenic flight without the need to be checked out. On Maui, Maui Aviators was the place to go for renting a GA aircraft with a CFI if you don't get checked out. At a few times, it was also nice to hand out the controls to the CFI and let him fly while I was too busy taking pictures of a waterfall while we were in a steep turn close to the rocks :)
The flight started with the north of Maui, and its crappy one lane dirt road :)
We then flew towards Molokai Island:
After that, we headed for the coast of Lanai:
Before heading back towards the main island of Maui on the Lahaina side:
and transitionned to the other half of Maui, starting with the Kihei coast:
We then did a little side step to Molokini which has such incredibly clear waters and good diving:
and back to South Maui:
We then 'climbed' to the top Haleakala a bit quicker than it takes to drive and hike :) and had a look at
After that, we flew from South Maui (through the seven sacred pools), to West Maui/Hana, and Hana Airport (including the trike from Hand Gliding Maui), and back to Kahului:
You can see many more pictures of our Maui Trip here. Just like Hawaii last year, it made sense to rent a plane with a CFI and just do the scenic flight without the need to be checked out. On Maui, Maui Aviators was the place to go for renting a GA aircraft with a CFI if you don't get checked out. At a few times, it was also nice to hand out the controls to the CFI and let him fly while I was too busy taking pictures of a waterfall while we were in a steep turn close to the rocks :)
The flight started with the north of Maui, and its crappy one lane dirt road :)
the 'fun' one lane dirt road full of blind turns portion of Hwy 340
We then flew towards Molokai Island:
After that, we headed for the coast of Lanai:
Before heading back towards the main island of Maui on the Lahaina side:
and transitionned to the other half of Maui, starting with the Kihei coast:
South Kihei Boat Ramp we go diving from
Little Beach, just north of Big Beach
We then did a little side step to Molokini which has such incredibly clear waters and good diving:
and back to South Maui:
The other 'fun' dirt road, south Maui. At least this one is a 2 way road
We then 'climbed' to the top Haleakala a bit quicker than it takes to drive and hike :) and had a look at
The observatories at the top of Haleakala
The Pu'uo we spent 1H to hike down to
The ambitious hiker can actually hike all the way down to the beach from 10,000ft
After that, we flew from South Maui (through the seven sacred pools), to West Maui/Hana, and Hana Airport (including the trike from Hand Gliding Maui), and back to Kahului:
yes, they have nice waterfalls
The big waterfall is the end of Pipiwai trail
Luana Spa where we stayed in Hana
Hana Airport with its Hand Gliding Trike Base
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