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Post by McFly on Mar 10, 2011 17:20:29 GMT 12
A taste of what those fortunate enough to attend 'Classic Fighters' at Omaka will see for the first time at a public airshow..! (from the Whenuapai 485 (NZ) Sqn reunion)  |
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Post by Andy Wright on Mar 11, 2011 10:16:04 GMT 12
Phwoar! I have a real soft spot for desert schemes.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 11, 2011 12:12:23 GMT 12
The great thing is with these two together, it represents two of our top aces, Colin Gray and Al Deere. Was there a kiwi ace who flew Mk XIVe's for when the next one gets flying?
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Post by baz62 on Mar 20, 2011 9:50:45 GMT 12
As we are about a month away from Classic Fighters, who from the forum will be there?
From our household:
Me (durrrr)
Obiwan27(bro)
av8rsm8(the wife)
Maybe copy and paste your name (real and user!!) into this list as we go.
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Post by FlyingKiwi on Mar 20, 2011 18:08:10 GMT 12
I'll be there, weather permitting.
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Post by lumpy on Mar 20, 2011 18:44:52 GMT 12
Goes without saying Ill be there . Nice avatar by the way Baz ( something else I should try to figure out how to do ) ;-)
Edit: Its a bit small too see , but I got it - avatar that is . ;D
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Post by aeromedia on Mar 20, 2011 19:51:10 GMT 12
I'll be comintayting, . . . . comantaiting, . . . commontayeting . . . . errr . . . speaking over the Tannoy. Allegedly.
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Post by Andy Wright on Mar 20, 2011 21:36:39 GMT 12
Me (durrrr)
Obiwan27(bro)
av8rsm8(the wife)
Antipodean Andy (Andy Wright)
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Post by Officer Crabtree on Mar 21, 2011 17:48:19 GMT 12
I shall be there on Saturday and sunday, first as a RAF pilot/groundcrew with my local ATC squadron (no 23 'Ghost squadron') and on Sunday as a visitor.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 21, 2011 17:53:56 GMT 12
I hope to be there with Kerry (fockewulf) and Kerry's Dad Jim who's ex-RNZAF, and maybe one other mate.
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Post by ErrolC on Mar 22, 2011 11:54:52 GMT 12
Just confirmed the DC-3 trip, so current declared attendees:
baz62
Obiwan27(bro)
av8rsm8(the wife)
Antipodean Andy (Andy Wright)
Flying Kiwi
lumpy
aeromedia
Officer Crabtree
fockewulf (Kerry)
Jim (Kerry's dad)
Dave H
ErrolC (Errol Cavit)
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 22, 2011 12:10:55 GMT 12
It's actually a bit of a lost cause trying to piece together a roll call for this show because there will undoubtedly be hundreds of forum members and regular readers attending, many of them as display pilots and ground staff and organisers
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Post by kiwitone on Mar 22, 2011 12:29:59 GMT 12
my pal gav and myself (kiwitone) from scotland meeting up with some "old" mates from the Wairarapa will be tenting out back o the Pa
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 22, 2011 12:36:25 GMT 12
Just be warned, I did that in 2007 Tony and in the middle of the night a possum tried to get into my tent!! So take a shotgun or a gin trap. ;D
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Post by corsair67 on Mar 22, 2011 13:56:52 GMT 12
Just be warned, I did that in 2007 Tony and in the middle of the night a possum tried to get into my tent!! So take a shotgun or a gin trap. ;D Dave, are you sure it was a possum? I've always had my doubts about your story, as no sane possum would have gone near you after the number of beers we consumed on the Friday and Saturday evenings.  I still reckon it was Al trying to push the Bristol Frightener into your tent! ;D |
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Post by skyhawkdon on Mar 22, 2011 14:08:42 GMT 12
I'll be there for the whole 3 days. I'm fizzing at the bung in anticipation ;D
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 22, 2011 14:15:23 GMT 12
Hmm, considering he pushed it round the airfield at night in 2009 and pushed it right up to the restaurant tent without security seeing, then started it much to our amusement and the shock of those inside, you might be right. ;D The GReat Bristol Sneak is one of my favourite airshow memories, I'm glad I was there to see it. The security guy drove past and never even noticed that one of the biggest aeroplanes on the field was being snuck away!
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Post by baz62 on Mar 22, 2011 15:40:20 GMT 12
I was in the tent and I remember turning to Teresa and saying "Do you hear something?" Duuuuuuur. Yeah Al is a wag isn't he? ;D
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Post by stereoimage on Mar 22, 2011 23:42:28 GMT 12
I'll be there from the 21st covering the event for KiwiFlyer Magazine. Really looking forward to it! Might be the last airshow I get to for a while now that we have twins on the way! haha
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Mar 23, 2011 11:24:17 GMT 12
I will definitely be there (as usual). I was a “foundation attendee” at Classic Fighters in 2001 and have been at every one since, always in the Gold Pass grandstand.
Another member of this forum — Seafire (I think he may have only posted once or twice) — will be there with me. His Dad (who is retired in Oz) used to fly those big noisy Bristols in the RNZAF (he commanded the delivery flight of one of them all the way from England to NZ), then he grew web-feet and flew Solent flying-boats for TEAL, followed by DC-6s, Electras, DC-8s and DC-10s. Seafire's daughter (who is 8½) made up her mind she is going to fly for Air NZ (just like grandad) when she was 4 and she hasn't changed from that goal since. She also claims that when she is an Air NZ pilot, she is going to fly both the Catalina and the Warbirds Dakota in her spare time. She's an ambitious kid! ;D
BTW....I've attended every Warbirds Over Wanaka too, although I missed out on Warbirds On Parade in 1988.
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