Story: Aerial recreation All images & media From page 1 – Ballooning American balloonist Leila Adair A balloon launch, 1914 (1st of 3) Preparing for take-off (2nd of 3) Up, up and away (3rd of 3) Balloons over Canterbury From page 2 – Flying powered aircraft Demonstration flight Private aircraft of the 1960s Flying in the 1940s Learning to fly Women in aviation From page 3 – Gliding A Waco glider Gliding over Aoraki/Mt Cook Gliding near Ōmarama From page 4 – Parachuting and skydiving Preparing to parachute The thrill of skydiving (1st of 3) Free fall (2nd of 3) The chute opens (3rd of 3) From page 5 – Hang gliding and paragliding Achieving unpowered flight Paragliding in the mountains From page 6 – Microlight flying and paramotoring A home-built aircraft A gyrocopter From page 7 – Vintage aircraft Vintage aircraft Restoring vintage aircraft (1st of 2) The restored aircraft (2nd of 2) Warbirds over Wanaka
