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Post by vs on Apr 24, 2011 15:39:09 GMT 12
Is that new Albatros staying in New Zealand?
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Post by ErrolC on Apr 24, 2011 17:45:43 GMT 12
Is that new Albatros staying in New Zealand? Kermit Weeks is taking it back to Florida. |
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Post by nzompilot on Apr 24, 2011 18:46:27 GMT 12
What an awesome weekend.
Glad to be home for another great show, and the weather even played ball (mostly) even if there was a lot of "dont mention the war (weather)" going on.
Great to spend the weekend with and/or meet DaveHomewood, Baz62, Lumpy, Av8rsm8, Obiwan27, ErrolC, Keruru, Shorty, skyhawkdon, pjw4118, Radialicious, WayneB and the others I have forgotten.
See you all for Classic Fighters 2013
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Post by lumpy on Apr 25, 2011 8:40:00 GMT 12
Certainly was a weekend with many highlights !
Seeing the FW190 fly on Friday was great , as was seeing the V2 do an " engine run " in the twilight show . That thing was really cool !
Saturdays display by Simon Gault was a cracker ( nice low , fast passes ) , and a low fast pass by the glider was so low it was almost a landing !
The lunch time interview on Sunday by Graham Orphan of Kermit Weeks was fascinating , a very interesting bloke . It was very funny when part way into the interview Kermit pulls a camera out of his pocket , holds it at arms lenght , and starts taking " self portrait " type photos of him and Graham , whilst carring on with the interview .
As Craig said above , it was also really great to catch up with a few people , and put a face to a name with others I'd not met previously .
Bring on 2013 ! ( I'll have no sauce on my chips next time Baz ) !! ;D
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Post by Officer Crabtree on Apr 25, 2011 17:15:39 GMT 12
Couldn't find anyone in the aero club afterwards sadly, we must meet some other time.
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Post by Officer Crabtree on Apr 25, 2011 17:30:44 GMT 12
Does anyone know where I can buy this years, 2009, 2007 and POSSIBLY 2005s shows badges? Got a hat and I am trying to get a badge for all the years I've been.
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Post by lumpy on Apr 25, 2011 17:46:18 GMT 12
Does anyone know where I can buy this years, 2009, 2007 and POSSIBLY 2005s shows badges? Got a hat and I am trying to get a badge for all the years I've been. Not really sure , but I'd suspect the AHC would be a good place to ask . If they dont have them , they will know who does . You name did actually come up in the bar after the show , a couple of members had been keeping a lookout for you , with no luck . |
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Post by Officer Crabtree on Apr 25, 2011 18:26:48 GMT 12
Nice of you to think of me, I couldn't stay long afterwards anyway as I had to be at ATC HQ by 8.
Great show this year.
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Post by baz62 on Apr 25, 2011 20:00:16 GMT 12
Just arrived back from Blenheim, went to the ANZAC parade which was a moving experience, lots of people attended and good turn out of veterans too. Also nice to see people applauding as the veterans, RNZAF, Police, rein-actors, ATC cadets etc marched past. I was hoping for a fly past but this was the 10:40am parade and I was woken by a lot of Iroquois and possibly Seasprites in the wee hours for the dawn parade. Highlights from the show: The V2 hilarious ending on the Sunday, the 3 P40s ,TWO Spitfires but the WW1 dogfight was a sight to behold. There were so many planes whizzing about in all directions I was sure it was going to be brown trouser time for someone. Oh it was for me when Keith Skilling in the Corsair on Sundaydecided to be different and come in BEHIND the gold stand while I was busy looking to the right! Graham Orphan's comment " look behind you" just sunk in and I began to look when vrrroooooooooooooooooom the belly of the Corsair filled my eyeballs as it flew over. S*&^%$#!@!TT I went!! And lets not forget Al Marshall's first successful engine run with his trailer mounted Hercules!! (Done at night for security reasons...............which went out the window when Al towed it to the Aero Club and started it there too!!) All in all a great show, slightly marred by dodgy weather but didn't stop the show. Oh and temperamental aeroplanes, never known for so many aircraft to have a problem but due to all the dedicated engineers at Omaka and Woodborne they were all sorted (with the exception of the 190 but I saw it fly, that will do for now!) but thats what you get with man made things, there are no guarantees!! Now looking forward to 2013! Great to see the Forum members too and nice to meet Errol and Fockewulf. Dave Homewood is now 4 inches shorter as he must have been back and forth across that airfield 100 times at least!! I'll be posting photos on the photo thread once I have sorted them out. Teresa has good video of the V2's demise. Oh and Lumpy's comment about tomato sauce refers to me shouting him some chips..and promptly tipping ones with sauce ON him. Yes and they lay there on the step for Saturday and Sunday mocking me. ZI am now not allowed near Lumpy with food........unless its for me.  |
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Post by av8rsm8 on Apr 25, 2011 21:00:48 GMT 12
J Oh and Lumpy's comment about tomato sauce refers to me shouting him some chips..and promptly tipping ones with sauce ON him. Yes and they lay there on the step for Saturday and Sunday mocking me. ZI am now not allowed near Lumpy with food........unless its for me. Baz set a new bench mark for klutziness... he lost his very tasty looking chocolate cake, threw hot chips on Lumpy's lap & made the lady sitting in front of us veerrry nervous while we were eating lunch... |
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Post by baz62 on Apr 25, 2011 21:05:05 GMT 12
Yeah and my replacement mud cake thingy also met near disaster as a piece of the topping fell off as I removed the paper wrapping. Not my day I'm afraid.  |
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Post by stereoimage on Apr 25, 2011 21:48:08 GMT 12
It was a great weekend wasnt it? It was great to meet Dave Homewood and a few other faces to put to the names, but also a few faces that I didnt correlate to names... It was nice to meet you all anyway!
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Post by Officer Crabtree on Apr 25, 2011 22:14:55 GMT 12
I can now see why people get proper seats in the stand. I WILL BE WITH YOU GUYS NEXT YEAR. MAYBE.
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Post by baz62 on Apr 25, 2011 22:19:08 GMT 12
I can know see why people get proper seats in the stand. I WILL BE WITH YOU GUYS NEXT YEAR. MAYBE. Start saving your money now and you WILL be with us! ;D |
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Post by Officer Crabtree on Apr 25, 2011 22:25:38 GMT 12
Already have 10 cents, it would be good to sit with people who can talk about the machines we are seeing and educate me further.
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Post by zaphod on Apr 27, 2011 0:10:04 GMT 12
I spotted a few people with the forum name tags on, but didn't manage to make it to aero club at the end of the day unfortunately. I was going to say hi to Lumpy at one stage on Friday, but my daughter (18 months) was having too much fun leading me up and down the stairs in the gold pass stand. We were staying in Linkwater (half way round the Queen Charlotte Sound) and was bucketting down the whole time there and was amazing the way the rain cleared as we got through the Wairau Valley driving in each morning! Most excellent weekend, we will be back and I will make sure to meet forum members!
Lachlan
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Post by lumpy on Apr 27, 2011 7:21:02 GMT 12
I spotted a few people with the forum name tags on, but didn't manage to make it to aero club at the end of the day unfortunately. I was going to say hi to Lumpy at one stage on Friday, but my daughter (18 months) was having too much fun leading me up and down the stairs in the gold pass stand. We were staying in Linkwater (half way round the Queen Charlotte Sound) and was bucketting down the whole time there and was amazing the way the rain cleared as we got through the Wairau Valley driving in each morning! Most excellent weekend, we will be back and I will make sure to meet forum members! Lachlan I recall seeing a dad chasing a wee girl up and down ( and across ) the seating . You should have said hello , as most of the folks sitting where I was were also forum members .  |
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Post by baz62 on Apr 27, 2011 9:56:47 GMT 12
Yeah Lachlan you must meet us all, we have fun, make fun of each other (usually food related in my case) but we all share the passion that is aircraft old and new. What bit of the country do you come from. If its Christchurch theres a Forum meet up Friday in the old Officers Mess (now Jessies Bar and grill) at Wigram.
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Post by zaphod on Apr 27, 2011 22:32:32 GMT 12
That would have been me. Daughter is highly energetic, but enjoyed the show - particularly the choppers and parachutists as they moved a bit slower.
I'm Auckland based these days - can only claim Christchurch by birth. Will watch out for next gathering and come along. I
Lachlan
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Post by aceart on Apr 28, 2011 4:16:37 GMT 12
Ok ... here goes. My first post is a request of sorts. I'm a photo editor for an Aviation History magazine here in the states. We're planning a short item on the P-40C and it's first flight. I noticed some great images here and thought I'd toss out a request.
If anyone is interested I'm looking forward to seeing some images of the airplane at the show. In the air would be great. Yes ... monetary compensation is part of the deal.
Thanks, you guys have some unique things flying down there, great stuff!
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