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Post by Naki on Nov 16, 2008 20:21:52 GMT 12
Hopefully this wil interest a few people here Ill post the flying and and aircraft participation section in this thread of each programme I have in my small collection of Air Show programmes from 1960s to present when I have some spare time. First Up... 1964 Air Force Open Day - there are shots of the cover and the Air Show in the RNZAF section of this forum (the Reid collection thread).   |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 16, 2008 22:16:33 GMT 12
Thanks for those scans Paul. Which base was that at, Ohakea?
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Post by Naki on Nov 16, 2008 22:54:24 GMT 12
Sorry should of mentioned - yes Ohakea
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Post by mumbles on Nov 24, 2008 22:57:20 GMT 12
Wowed at the mere thought of what the F-105 display would have looked and sounded like.......  Sometimes I think I was born about fifteen years too late. I could always ask Dad though, since I think he was stationed there at the time. |
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Post by Naki on Nov 25, 2008 21:20:16 GMT 12
Heres the flying programme of the 1967 "new" New Plymouth Airport opening Airshow and RNZAC pageant. It was also the last airshow display of the Sunderland   |
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Post by Naki on Dec 9, 2008 20:31:22 GMT 12
Heres another- the 40th Anniversary Airshow of the Marlborough Aero Club (Omaka) - 13th April 1968. ZK-CCG (Mustang) makes another appearance  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 9, 2008 22:46:48 GMT 12
There was a Bleriot flying in NZ in 1968?? What became of that? Does anyone have photos?
Thanks Paul, interesting material.
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Post by Peter Lewis on Dec 10, 2008 7:20:41 GMT 12
The Bleriot was a replica constructed by Golden Age.
Don't think it ever flew - taxii only? (Note no mention of 'flight' in the programme!)
It's the one now hanging in the atrium at Wigram.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 10, 2008 22:39:27 GMT 12
No, the one in the Atrium of the RNZAF Musuem was constructed specifically for the musuem by two Dunedin chaps, Dave Comries and Colin Hay. The project began in 1985 and was completed in 1987 just in time to be hung up. It is purely static, and never had the capability to taxi.
there was a seperate project in the early 1980's that comes up in snippets in Wings now and then around that time of one being built to fly. But I have never heard of the replica exisiting in the 1960's. Where was it based? Who owned it? What was Golden Age?
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Post by Naki on Dec 16, 2008 19:20:20 GMT 12
Yeah I noticed the Bleriot there and wondered what the storey was - I'll ask my dad - he might know as he went to this air show. No Air Shows from 70s unfortunately (I had a programme from an Air Show at NZNP in 1973 but I have misplaced it). There weren't many during this decade anyway (fuel crisis etc) From now on are Airshows I remember Aviation Showcase 1980 - Hamilton Airport -November 8 & 9 1980   Air Force Open Day Ohakea 1981 (exact date - not sure). This is one Air Show that is really burnt in my memory - F-15s, Mirages Canberra, F-4Es etc. First time I have seen up close USAF & RAAF combat aircraft ..and the last time when it comes to USAF combat aircraft   |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 16, 2008 20:52:28 GMT 12
Thanks Paul. That Ohakea Open Day was held on the 28th of Feb 1981, for the record.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 9, 2009 12:27:18 GMT 12
The Bleriot was a replica constructed by Golden Age. This has bugged me for ages, do you know when this replica was built, where it was built and what became of it?? It's definately not the one in the Air Force Museum, that was built as I say over the period of 1985-87 and is well documented (see NZ Wings Dec/Jan 1987 for example). It's not the one in the Paraparaumu Southwood car museum as that replica (a Vickers Type 22 "Bleriot") arrived in NZ in January 1970 (it did appear at a Paraparaumu airshow taxiing there in 1970 before being entombed in the car museum). So where is this Golden Age replica now? Does anyone know? It is not even mentioned in Ross Macpherson's detailed article on New Zealand Bleriots in that Wings issue mentioned. |
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Post by FlyingKiwi on Mar 9, 2009 21:26:44 GMT 12
I very vaguely remember visiting a car museum quite a few years ago that had a Bleriot, along with a Vampire jet, hanging from the ceiling. (at least I'm pretty sure it was a Bleriot) I'm 95% sure it wasn't the Paraparaumu car museum, I think it may have been the central North Island somewhere.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 9, 2009 22:26:24 GMT 12
The Southwood Museum at Paraparaumu also has a Vampire and a Tiger Moth along with its replica Bleriot. I can't think of any other car collections with a Vampire.
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Post by FlyingKiwi on Mar 10, 2009 16:56:36 GMT 12
Ah, well that would be it then! Didn't realise I'd been to Paraparaumu before, apart from a flying visit for fuel on my way to Nelson back in 2007.
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