Matamata Airshow 13 March 2010

[Ykato]

matamata airshow march 13 2010
website located here:

matamata-airshow.co.nz/
all info from airshow website and copyrighted to them.

Event timetable
Aviation Events For The Day

- Flag Jump
- Parachute Stacking
- Tiger Moth Fly By
- Microlight Bantam Display – Max Clear
- Glider Display – Double Tow – Water Ballast Run
- Helicoptor Hughs 300 – Leith Carmichael
- Kitfox Handling – Peter Ryan
- Model Display – Fraser Briggs
- Tiger Moth Aeros – Dave Phillips
- Mustang – Mike Crene
- Fat Man Ag Display – Murray McFarlane
- Glider Aeros – Arthur Gatland
- Gyro Aeros – Tony Unwin
- Yak Aeros
- Fletcher Top Dressing Display – John Spence
- Helicoptor Hughs 500 – Phill Hooker
- RV3 and Focker Wulf – Pete and Daniel Coleman

pilots
Tigermoths
Bruce Lynch
Lindsey King
Dave Phillips
Graeme Wood
Kermit Ryan

Fatman
Murray McFarlane

Gyrocopter
Tony Unwin

Bantam
Max Clear

Yak
BJ Coppersmith
Kevin Jane
John Parker

Kitfox
Peter Ryan

H300
Leith Carmichael

FU24
John Spencer

Glider Aerobatics
Arthur Gatland

Focke Wulf
Daniel Coleman

Parachute
Mark Horning

[furyfb11]

Last months NZ Aviation News says joyrides in Fox Moth and Dragon will be available at Matamata. Can anyone confirm this please?

[Dave Homewood]

I have added this to the calendar, although it's quite short notice unfortunately.

[Marcus]

Hi all

I spent a very pleasant day at the Matamata Airshow yesterday. A very relaxed "small" airshow with cozy family feel to it! Was good to be able to wander around the aircraft, chat to the pilots and get the "feel" of aviation again. Sitting on the grass chatting to Peter Lewis and a friend from Te Aroha about all things aviation rounded off the day very well!

Here are some pics I took. Peter should be back on-line soon and I am sure he will post photos of his own.



















And last: Who said bald men can't jump?

[Dave Homewood]

Nice photos Marcus. Who was flying that colourful plane ZK-JRK?

[corsair67]

Lovely collection of images there, Marcus. Thankyou for sharing them with us.

I spent a very pleasant day at the Matamata Airshow yesterday. A very relaxed "small" airshow with cozy family feel to it! Was good to be able to wander around the aircraft, chat to the pilots and get the "feel" of aviation again. Sitting on the grass chatting to Peter Lewis and a friend from Te Aroha about all things aviation rounded off the day very well!

That's the nice thing about these smaller air shows; you get a chance to just spend the day chatting and relaxing whilst surrounded by some interesting aircraft.

There's no huge queue for the toilets/food/drink, no having to walk huge distances to view the aircraft on static display, and no hassles trying to find a good spot on the display line.

And you also get to see some aircraft types that you normally wouldn't see (or maybe notice) at a bigger show.

[Peter Lewis]

Mar 14, 2010 8:52:22 GMT 12 Dave Homewood said:

Nice photos Marcus. Who was flying that colourful plane ZK-JRK?

SkyStar Kitfox IV Speedster

Pilot on the day was local instructor Peter Ryan.

[Peter Lewis]

As Marcus says, this has been the most enjoyable airshow of the season so far.

Apart from the weather and the aircraft attending, the organization was efficient and low key. Visiting aircraft were parked in the same compound as motor vehicles (At last - Someone is listening to me!) and most of the display aircraft were parked in an area where the public could examine them close up.
The show was promoted as "Matamata Air Show and Carnival" and there were plenty of family friendly activities at the rear of the site, not right on the crowd line - Tauranga, are you listening?

All in all, the sort of event that SAA used to be. Lots of displays by sport aviation aircraft, with late-in-the day visits from a Harvard, the Nord/Bf108 and a flypast by the Mustang ZK-TAF on its return from Rotorua.

A couple of new aircraft for me were the Zenair CH701 STOL ZK-SCC - these always remind me of pug dogs



the SkyStar Kitfox IV Speedster ZK-JRK, well flown by Peter Ryan



and a new possibly yet unfinished Titan T51 Mustang in US colours



Display aircraft included David Phillips in his Tiger Moth ZK-BEN aerobatic routine



and the Gyrate team from Tauranga in their Eagles ZK-KIW and ZK-RSL



Low level runs were carried out by the Gippsland GA200C Fatman ZK-FMC



and Fletcher Fu-24-950M of Airfarm



The Nord 1002 ZK-WFI did it's 'chase the Harvard and shoot it down' routine, this time the victim was ZK-ENJ



while AgCat ZK-RTA was active with joyrides for most of the day



Great to meet up with you again Marcus.

[Kereru]

Great photos Marcus and Peter, thanks for posting.

Cheers

[Dave Homewood]

Great shots Peter. I especially like the shot of Dave in ZK-BEN. Thanks for the gen on that Kitfox's pilot. It's got a spectacular colour scheme, hasn't it?

Did you realise that the Me108 is a genuine Messerschmitt built example? It was rebuilt by the Messerschmitt-run Nord factory after a ding, but it wasn't built by Nord.

[betsy46]

...and ZK- DAK swept down on a ' high speed low approach and overshoot 'on her way back to AR from RO...
...we always want to show our support for all our NZ provincial airfields...