- Glenorchy Air
Glenorchy Air is a scenic flight and air charter company based at
Queenstown Airport ,New Zealand . The company is owned by Janet and Robert Rutherford who founded it in 1992. The company was started with just one aeroplane, aCessna 185 , registration ZK CHK. With the expansion of the business, a second aircraft, aPiper Cherokee Six 300, ZK DOJ, was purchased in 1996. The company still operates this aeroplane. TheCessna 185 was sold in 2003 when it was replaced by a brand newGippsland Aeronautics GA8 Airvan ZK LOR."Lord of the Rings" involvement
Glenorchy Air became involved in the making of
The Lord of the Rings film trilogy in 1999 when it transported members of the cast, crew and equipment around the southern half of the South Island of New Zealand. This included flying producer Barrie Osbourne on reconnaissance trips to Paradise,Poolburn and Ben Ohau. The Airvan was so named because of Glenorchy Air's involvement during the making of the trilogy. Glenorchy Air now provides tours to some of the locations used in the filming of Lord of the Rings. ["The Frodo Franchise ", Kirstin Thompson (2007), Penguin Books, pp285-286 and p288.]Services
Glenorchy Air mostly operates scenic flights between Queenstown and
Milford Sound as well as someMount Cook and glacier flights. Flights can be made to and from Glenorchy as well asTaiaroa Head inDunedin .References
See also
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Kirstin Thompson External links
* [http://www.glenorchy.net.nz Glenorchy Air] Official website
* [http://www.trilogytrail.com Trilogy trail tours]
* [http://www.queenstown.net.nz/index.php?title=Main_Page Queenstown Wiki] (information wiki operated by the company)
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