Remembering WW1 - 100 Years On - Tiger Moth Flight

[Mark Griffin]

Today the Tiger Moths did a fly over Auckland City and the Auckland War Memorial Museum as part of the commemorative.

Graeme Wood leading formation in ( ZK-APT ) where in their briefing were discussing their approach in line astern and box formation and how hand signals were going to be utilized.
I decided to poke my nose and listen in, all very cool stuff.

Pilots and aircraft

Graeme Wood      ( ZK-APT)
John Pheasant     ( ZK-BFF )
Grant Wilson       ( T-7167)
Wayne Edwards   ( ZK-ALK)





Arrival of John Pheasant and Grant Wilson to kick things off.

[dinor]

Very very nice I particularly like #9 the black and white low angle , #11 cockpit and the final black and white flyby..most excellent

[Peter Lewis]

T7167 is, of course, ZK-BEC.

[DragonflyDH90]

Just to clarify a couple of minor errors. Wayne's Tiger is BEC (T7167 or Tiger 42 however you want to do it) and Grant's is ALK.

[Dave Homewood]

I saw them off in the distance as I was approaching the city on the Naked Bus. I first spotted them when we were on the motorway at Ellerslie. I was hoping they'd hang around long enough for us to get into the city centre. And they did! They circled several times over Shed 10/The Cloud, where a ceremony was happening for Auckland Heritage Week or something. They had the Royal New Zealand Artillery Band, the Army, Air Force, Navy, cadets and re-enactors all there plus council dignatries, etc. There was a small crowd watching - we'd have gotten far more come along if it was Cambridge. I had no idea this was planned, I stumbled on it by chance, first seeing the Tiger Moths then I spotted some WWI Germans crossing Quay Street which seemed bloody odd, so I went for a look. Shed 10 had a load of heritage displays too. And it was all free. When I get home I'll post some photos.