BBQ flyin at Meremer May 1st 2013

[efliernz]

I was asked if I wanted a trip from Te Kowhai to a private strip at Meremere to have a look at the Aeroprakt A22 Foxbat. There were two to look at... rather nice:



There was a good turn out of 15 aircraft and a great variety of machines. Here are a few shots I took on the way there (with Noel Bailey in Jodel D18 ZK-JAC), around the field and on the way home. Thanks a heap Noel

The Jodel is small so just the trusty Panasonic point 'n shoot - not the DSLR + good lens

Pete

The crew...


Not the best WX... but who cares right?




Wez's field.


Noel's trusty Jodel.






Over the river on the way home, we found a couple of stragglers






Pete

[Dave Homewood]

Great photos Pete!

[slackie]

What the Hell is Noel wearing on his head!?

[efliernz]

He gave me a lift so it would not be polite for me to comment!

It does however look like his helmet mated with a oversized baseball cap... with the "I'll look straight ahead for the shot" pose...
A couple I forgot...





Pete

[slackie]

STL is a cool wee aeroplane... looks butt ugly without floats (as ESY demonstrates) but put the amphibs on and it takes on a whole new dimension...

Here it is (a few years ago now!) when a friend of mine owned it... we certainly got a few slideways glances from the other boaties on Karapiro when he rocked up to the beach with this!

[corsair67]

Jun 2, 2013 20:18:14 GMT 12 slackie said:

What the Hell is Noel wearing on his head!?

Looks to me to be one of these Flight Deck Cranials:

www.marvgolden.com/david-clark-flight-deck-helmet-kit.html

[craig]

Those floats look like a nice bit of kit. Bet they're not cheap