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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 20, 2015 11:47:03 GMT 12
I guess this huge storm that has hit the country will likely have forced a cancellation to the warbirds Battle of Britain Flypasts that were planned for Auckland (from Ardmore), Wellington (Brendon's Spitfire)and Marlborough (from Omaka)? It's pretty rough out there around here with heavy rain, hail and thunder.
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Post by lumpy on Sept 20, 2015 12:40:42 GMT 12
Marlbrough's fly past went ahead as planed , however it was really windy which pretty much forced the cancellation of the " Flying Day " that was planned at Omaka .There was still some flying however , and they ran the MK14 to keep those that did turn up entertained .  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 20, 2015 12:42:06 GMT 12
Thanks Grant. I see on Facebook that Ardmore had much better weather too, and it looks like their flypast went ahead. Brendon had to cancel the Wellington Spitfire flight though.
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Post by fwx on Sept 20, 2015 13:37:28 GMT 12
Beautiful morning here in Auckland, but just as the flypast was due, a band of rain came across from the West and sat over MoTaT for the next hour or so. The flypast went ahead but not great for the large crowd waiting to see the planes. Thanks to Warbirds for persisting in what must have been marginal conditions. A couple of very damp photos:   Cheers, Chris |
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Post by ErrolC on Sept 20, 2015 14:22:35 GMT 12
It was somewhat wetter just a little to the West (nice placement Chris), under the Sunderland! Richard and I were being hit by the hail standing under the wing, and had to crouch under the hull. It was slightly better for the flypast, this gives the flavour!  Flypast Harvards through Sunderland scaffold by Errol Cavit, on Flickr |
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Post by suthg on Sept 20, 2015 14:25:38 GMT 12
Nicely timed Errol!! What horrid weather!
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Post by fwx on Sept 20, 2015 14:43:38 GMT 12
Well done Errol, pretty good placement yourself!
The rain was a shame, although I have to admit, it was a beautiful sight as the Spitfire and Mustang banked away into the murky grey ...
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 20, 2015 17:02:43 GMT 12
Thanks for the photos chaps. It's great to see it went ahead despite the weather.
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Post by ZacYates on Sept 20, 2015 18:35:21 GMT 12
PV270 stayed home all weekend, Brendon was kind enough to post the cancellations on Facebook. It seems the Wanganui Aero Club open day still went ahead but I doubt the Venom took part.
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Post by Mark Griffin on Sept 22, 2015 19:59:53 GMT 12
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Post by WillM on Sept 23, 2015 17:12:41 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 24, 2015 20:33:48 GMT 12
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Post by ErrolC on Sept 24, 2015 21:59:30 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 25, 2015 1:28:53 GMT 12
That MOTAT board has one of our two Cambridge Battle of Britain pilots listed, Edward Preston "Bill" Wells, known as Hawkeye, but for some reason it has omitted our other, Edward Walter Gillies Churches. www.cambridgeairforce.org.nz/Edward_Churches.htmlI wonder if others are missing too? |
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