--- Attic/OmLand.xml	2013/11/08 00:35:40	1.126
+++ Attic/OmLand.xml	2014/01/15 23:36:52	3.0.2.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!-- $Id: OmLand.xml,v 1.126 2013/11/08 00:35:40 philip Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: OmLand.xml,v 3.0.2.1 2014/01/15 23:36:52 philip Exp $ -->
 <strips>
 <strip
  id="245"
@@ -61,11 +61,12 @@
  comment="Topdressing strip"
  location="Matukituki"
  station="Matukituki"
- contact="Unknown"
+ contact="Farm Manager (03) 443 4342"
  surface="Grass"
  length="400"
  width="20m"
  gobook="yes"
+ retrieve="Both"
 />
 <strip
  id="383"
@@ -115,6 +116,28 @@
  gobook="yes"
 />
 <strip
+ code="L350 SOx 500,two strips"
+ sdesc="L350 SOx 500"
+ comment="Power pylon at north end of visible vector (24) makes it one way only. Difficult to see 06/30 is OK both ways."
+ contact=""
+ elev="1850" 
+ location="Beside Ahuriri River southeast of Magic. In triangular field formed by river bank and two tree lines. Across the river from Killermont Station."
+ slope="Slight"
+ gobook="yes"
+ id="350"
+ lat="44:30.226S"
+ length="500"
+ lng="169:48.065E"
+ name="Birdwood"
+ sname="Birdwood"
+ alternate="Ahuriri Downs 2nm NE."
+ orientation="06/30 24"
+ station="Birdwood"
+ surface="Grass"
+ retrieve="Both"
+ vectors="2"
+ width="Open"/>
+<strip
  id="485"
  code="L485,"
  name="Kurow"
@@ -147,7 +170,7 @@
  lng="169:23.785E"
  alternate="Fields next to Thompsons track"
  comment="Topdressing strip with concrete super bin at top."
- location="1 mile north of Thompsons track"
+ location="1nm north of Thompsons track"
  gobook="no"
 />
 <strip
@@ -161,7 +184,7 @@
  sname="Landsborough"
  gobook="no"
  comment="Danger: SOS only. Hard to see. Not maintained. Thick grass cover."
- location="1 mile SW of Clarke and Landsborough river junction. On river flat near the river."
+ location="1nm SW of Clarke and Landsborough river junction. On river flat near the river."
  surface="Grass"
  length="400"
  width="Open"
@@ -179,7 +202,7 @@
  gobook="no"
  comment="Danger: SOS only. Difficult retrieve."
  location="Below Broderick Pass on flat with hut at west end."
- alternate="Strip 2 miles east in Toetoe flat near red hut."
+ alternate="Strip 2nm east in Toetoe flat near red hut."
  surface="Grass"
  length="400"
  width="Open"
@@ -195,7 +218,7 @@
  name="Crossans"
  sname="Crossans"
  comment="Used to be a registered airfield. Now just farmland. Removable fence across intersection of vectors at treeline increases usable length to 1500m."
- location="1 mile north of Ranfurly"
+ location="1nm north of Ranfurly"
  surface="Grass"
  width="Open"
  length="800"
@@ -230,8 +253,8 @@
  elev="2150"
  name="Mount Cook Airfield"
  sname="Mount Cook"
- comment="Inside NZB978, use 118.6. Can be busy airfield, try to vacate runway ASAP or use alternate 1 mile south (shown at bottom of photo)."
- location="2 miles south east of Hermitage"
+ comment="Inside NZB978, use 118.6. Can be busy airfield, try to vacate runway ASAP or use alternate 1nm south (shown at bottom of photo)."
+ location="2nm SE of Hermitage"
  length="1500"
  width="Open"
  contact="Aoraki Mt Cook Skiplanes (03) 430 8034"
@@ -239,7 +262,7 @@
  retrieve="Both"
  surface="Seal"
  slope="Nil"
- alternate="Old two vector grass strip 1 mile south, aerotowable (shown at bottom of photo)."
+ alternate="Old two vector grass strip 1nm south, aerotowable (shown at bottom of photo)."
 />
 <strip
  code="L232 SOx 900,NZGT"
@@ -260,7 +283,7 @@
  location="North west end of Lake Pukaki"
  contact="Glentanner Park Ltd (03) 435 1855"     
  gobook="yes"
- alternate="L224 Braemar 5 miles SE on east of Lake Pukaki."
+ alternate="L224 Braemar 5nm SE on east of Lake Pukaki."
 />
 <strip
  code="L231 SOx 1000,NZTL"
@@ -276,11 +299,11 @@
  surface="Seal"
  slope="Nil"
  comment="Inside NZB978, use 118.6. Very difficult in strong northerly. Seal is narrow."
- location="1.5 miles west of Tekapo township."
+ location="1.5nm west of Tekapo township."
  contact="Air Safaris, (03) 680 6880"
  retrieve="Both"
  gobook="yes"
- alternate="Old airfield .5 mile SE of 29 threshold marked with tyres. 400m. Good for northerly wind."
+ alternate="Old airfield .5nm SE of 29 threshold marked with tyres. 400m. Good for northerly wind."
 />
 <strip
  code="L338 SOx 1500,NZUK"
@@ -292,7 +315,7 @@
  name="Pukaki Airfield"
  sname="Pukaki"
  comment="Unattended 119.1."
- location="1.5 miles north east of Twizel."
+ location="1.5nm NE of Twizel."
  length="1500"
  width="Open"
  surface="Seal"
@@ -300,7 +323,7 @@
  contact="Airport Manager (027) 493 1919"
  retrieve="Both"
  gobook="yes"
- alternate="Topdressing strip 1 mile south adjacent willow trees."
+ alternate="Topdressing strip 1nm south adjacent willow trees."
 />
 <strip
  code="L441 SOx 900,NZWF"
@@ -312,7 +335,7 @@
  name="Wanaka Airfield"
  sname="Wanaka"
  comment="Unattended 120.1 Use northern grass rather than seal. Warbirds, helicopters, GA and scheduled services."
- location="1.5 miles west of Luggate"       
+ location="1.5nm west of Luggate"       
  length="900"
  width="Open"
  slope="Nil"
@@ -332,7 +355,7 @@
  name="Glenorchy Airfield"
  sname="Glenorchy"
  comment="Sheep grazing. Unattended 119.2"
- location="2 miles south of Glenorchy"
+ location="2nm south of Glenorchy"
  length="675"
  width="Open"
  slope="Nil"
@@ -353,14 +376,14 @@
  sname="Queenstown"
  comment="Busy airfield. Don't land unless you really need to. Use grass 14/32 runway and taxi clear if possible. Has international services and GA. Tower 118.1 info 128.9 ground 121.9"
  length="1800"
- location="4 miles east of Queenstown"
+ location="4nm east of Queenstown"
  contact="Queenstown Airport Corporation (03) 442 3505"
  surface="Seal"
  width="Open"
  retrieve="Both"
  slope="Nil"
  gobook="yes"
- alternate="L520 Jardines 4 miles south"
+ alternate="L520 Jardines 4nm south"
 />
 
 <strip
@@ -379,7 +402,7 @@
  width="Open"
  gobook="yes"
  slope="Nil"
- location="1 mile west of Cromwell"
+ location="1nm west of Cromwell"
  contact="Central Otago District Council (03) 448 6979"
 />
 <strip
@@ -393,7 +416,7 @@
  sname="Alexandra"
  comment="Parallel grass and seal runways 14/32. Grass cross vector 01/19. 119.1 in circuit. Caution winching by Central Otago Gliding Club."
  length="1200"
- location="2 miles NNW of Alexandra"   
+ location="2nm NNW of Alexandra"   
  contact="Central Otago Flying Club (03) 448 7462"
  gobook="yes"
  width="Open"
@@ -414,7 +437,7 @@
  sname="Roxburgh"
  width="Open"
  contact="Central Otago District Council (03) 448 6967"
- location="2 miles north of Roxburgh, adjacent to racecourse."
+ location="2nm north of Roxburgh, adjacent to racecourse."
  retrieve="Both"
  surface="Grass"
  slope="Nil"
@@ -571,15 +594,16 @@
  lng="171:57.300E"
  name="Hororata"
  sname="Hororata"
- comment="Canterbury Gliding home field"
+ comment="Ex Canterbury Gliding home field. Club is now at Springfield."
  width="Open"
  slope="Nil"
  surface="Grass"
  length="700"
- location="Adjacent to racecourse, 1 mile north of Hororata town."
+ location="Adjacent to racecourse, 1nm north of Hororata town."
 />
 <strip
- code="L155"
+ code="L155,"
+ sdesc="L155"
  elev="660"
  gobook="yes"
  id="155"
@@ -616,7 +640,8 @@
  lng="170:25.800E"
  name="Cass River"
  sname="Cass River"
- station="Godley Peaks"
+ station="Glenmore Station"
+ contact="Will and Emma Murray, Glenmore Station, Tekapo"
  surface="Grass"
  vectors="1"
  width="20m"
@@ -640,7 +665,7 @@
  station="Godley Peaks"
  vectors="1"
  width="15m"
- location="1nm NE Lake Alexandina, 1nm W of Lake Tekapo."
+ location="1nm NE Lake Alexandrina, 1nm W of Lake Tekapo."
  alternate="Adjacent fields."
  retrieve="Both"
 />
@@ -660,7 +685,7 @@
  location="1nm NE of Braemar homestead and Lake Pukaki."
  comment="East-West strip. In NW wind use L225"
  alternate="L225 Guide Hill if crosswind."
- retrieve="Both. Road vi east side Lake Pukaki."
+ retrieve="Both. Road via east side Lake Pukaki."
 />
 <strip
  code="L225 SO 600,"
@@ -693,7 +718,7 @@
  station="Mt Potts"
  contact="(03) 303 9738"
  location="Junction Rangitata and Potts River"
- alternate="L241 Mesepotamia"
+ alternate="L241 Mesopotamia"
  retrieve="Road via Lake Clearwater"
 />
 <strip
@@ -704,14 +729,14 @@
  id="241"
  lat="43:38.600S"
  lng="170:54.200E"
- name="Mesepotamia"
- sname="Mesepotamia"
+ name="Mesopotamia"
+ sname="Mesopotamia"
  width="20m"
  slope="Slight"
  comment="Marked with old tyres, mostly black. Hangar at NW end."
  length="1000"
- location="Mesepotamia Station, Rangitata River."
- station="Mesepotamia"
+ location="Mesopotamia Station, Rangitata River."
+ station="Mesopotamia"
  contact="M Pontinge (03) 696 3738"
  alternate="Fields 1-2nm south"
  retrieve="Both. Road vi Rangitata Gorge."
@@ -1793,7 +1818,7 @@
  width="20m"
  location="Dalrachney homestead, 5nm NE Lindis Pass, W of highway."
  alternate="Small fields 1nm N or 2nm NW."
- comment="Banana shape, super patch at W end. Don't taxi off due to rocks."
+ comment="Danger: Unsable. Has been fenced across. Banana shape, super patch at W end. Don't taxi off due to rocks."
  station="Dalrachney"
  contact="Rick and Terre Aubrey (03) 4389 863"
  retrieve="Both"
@@ -1814,7 +1839,7 @@
  length="550"
  width="20m"
  location="S of main road at homestead at the mouth of the Lindis/Ahuriri Valley. Hangar at W end."
- comment="Aerotow to W can be difficult due to trees and power lines. Windsock at SE end."
+ comment="Danger: Unusable due to crop. Aerotow to W can be difficult due to trees and power lines. Windsock at SE end."
  station="Killermont"
  contact="Dan Thomas (021) 680 0014 (03) 438 9625 Kierin (021) 888 129"
  retrieve="Both"
@@ -1834,7 +1859,7 @@
  length="800"
  width="Open"
  location="Road junction Tara Hills/Killermont roads."
- comment="Windsock at south east end."
+ comment="Danger. Field has been worked up and the rocks lifted to the surface."
  station="Killermont"
  contact="Dan Thomas (021) 680 0014 (03) 438 9625 Kierin (021) 888 129"
  retrieve="Both"
@@ -1842,12 +1867,12 @@
 <strip
  code="L463 SOx 400,two strips"
  sdesc="L463 SOx 400"
- comment="Has been plowed under and is no longer usable."
+ comment="Danger: Unusable. Has been plowed under."
  contact="Dan Thomas (021) 680 0014 (03) 438 9625 Kierin (021) 888 129"
  elev="1570" 
- location="Two white huts and dirt access track from road. Marked by white tires (see from overhead center of strips)"
+ location="Two white huts and dirt access track from road."
  slope="Nil"
- gobook="no"
+ gobook="yes"
  id="463"
  lat="44:31.200S"
  length="700"
@@ -1920,8 +1945,8 @@
  location="2nm E of road junction Lindis Pass and Geordy Hills roads, parallel to dirt road."
  comment="Windsock"
  alternate="Nearby fields."
- contact="Gerald Goodger (03) 445 2878"
- station="Merivale"
+ station="Geordie Hills"
+ contact="Matt McCaughan (03) 445 2852"
  retrieve="Both"
 />
 <strip
@@ -1942,7 +1967,7 @@
  alternate="Fields to South."
  comment="Super patches at both ends."
  station="Merivale"
- contact="Matt McCaughan (03) 445 2852"
+ contact="Gerald Goodger (03) 445 2878"
  retrieve="Both"
 />
 <strip
@@ -2239,7 +2264,7 @@
  slope="Slight"
  surface="Grass"
  width="Open"
- location="1 mile west of homestead by Lake."
+ location="1nm west of homestead by Lake."
  comment="Tricky winds, windsock on fence at west end."
  alternate="L520 Jardines"
 />