I got my MEIR way back in 2003 at Nelson. It was in a PA34 Seneca II (ZK-JDH) and the route was NZNS-TR-PP where I did an NDB/DME approach and then back to Nelson for a VOR approach. Skip forward to last week where I renewed my MEIR in a DA42 (ZK-MTR) as part of the upgrade training to Multi Instructor. The route was the now familiar PM-HA (RNAV)-PM (VOR), the route I used for the TEA renewal last year and I’ve also instructed IFR on several times, so no surprises.
Next step is to get 25 hours pilot in command multi in time for the Multi Instructor flight test in August. I’ve made a small dent in that by flying to Nelson and back earlier this week. There and back in 2.3 hours.
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