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Post by Calum on Nov 28, 2010 21:54:49 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 28, 2010 23:29:29 GMT 12
Super photos Calum, thanks for posting them. I love the Venom shots and the opposed pass by the Roaring Forties is great too.
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Post by oggie2620 on Nov 29, 2010 8:29:55 GMT 12
Fab photos. I came over all teary with the the A4 pics....
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2010 16:51:40 GMT 12
Great to see more shots of my first airshow! I was all of 18mth, there's a photo of me in WAR's front cockpit! We lived on the field so I doubt we had to pay admission fees!
The first A-4 shot is excellent, what timing! Nice to see more of VNM1 also, and the Fieldair Fletcher and loader (likely to have been Owen Thompson or Steve Fuohy, I think?) alongside the WAW machines. I wonder which JetRanger that is?
I was lucky enough to borrow someone's home video of parts of the show, if only I'd had the technology to copy it to DVD! Something about the airshows of the 80s evokes real strong feelings of....longing, I don;t know why!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 29, 2010 17:18:08 GMT 12
I never even noticed that all that flightline clutter was Fletchers. I was busy looking at the Harvards.  I guess that would have been the display team Fletchers. They were a great act. It's amazing how small the crowd was, most airshows get more people on the practice day. |
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Post by obiwan27 on Nov 29, 2010 19:47:21 GMT 12
Nice pics Callum. That Sea Fury was the business, loved the Venom in 14 Sqn markings too. When I finish my last paper at Uni in the next three weeks I'll be going through my pics again for scanning and posting duty, hopefully before Xmas.
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Post by mumbles on Nov 29, 2010 19:54:12 GMT 12
I wonder which JetRanger that is? If it is the same black machine with yellow and red trim that was operating around the Wellington area at the time I might have a pic of it somewhere. I was at that show too, I'll see if I have anything worth scanning  NB, it was the same day as the United 747 mid-air blowout incident; we heard about on the news on the way home to Wellington. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2010 20:01:28 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 2, 2010 21:00:05 GMT 12
Nice photos Zac that your Dad took there.
It is interesting to look back at airshows like this in the pre-Alpine Fighter Collection era (as such) and see how much has changed on the NZ scene.
The Dakota is still a faithful star of the show these days albeit in new uniform. The Mustang too is still with us and still a massive star. The Harvards are still the stalwarts of most airshows though in greater numbers now and a more wide variety of accurate colour schemes perhaps.
The Venom is dead, but we may see its replacement at airshows again very soon. The Sea Fury is no longer flying and no longer in NZ, a huge shame on both counts, but it must be a very big expense to keep one flying these days I guess, especially with the original engine like ZK-SFR.
The Devons still make a welcome appearance around the country, probably more on the scene now than in 1989 I guess. The Hercules is still another faithful and popular participant though in much less appearances these days it seems.
The Skyhawks were once the most popular appearance at any airshow, now completely silent and gone forever.
And what actually happened to the SE-5a replicas that used to be around. ZK-TOM and the one above? I haven't seen them for years. Are any still flying in NZ? Or have the 'real' replicas usurped them totally?
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Post by Peter Lewis on Dec 2, 2010 22:25:23 GMT 12
The SE-5A Replica 'G' above was the Stuart Tantrum one - ZK-SET, and is now on static display in the Rhodes museum at Wanaka.  Tom Grant's ZK-TOM is still currently registered in his name, but I have not seen it out and about for many a year. |
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Post by strikemaster on Dec 3, 2010 12:36:34 GMT 12
Fab photos. I came over all teary with the the A4 pics.... Me too. Look, we had an air force. Sigh. Great pics, I'm loving this thread. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 3, 2010 14:20:45 GMT 12
Thanks for the info on the SE-5a's Peter
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Post by flyjoe180 on Dec 3, 2010 14:59:24 GMT 12
Good to see a photo with Harvard 25 in it too.
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Post by mumbles on Dec 3, 2010 20:51:06 GMT 12
I wonder which JetRanger that is? If it is the same black machine with yellow and red trim that was operating around the Wellington area at the time I might have a pic of it somewhere. This looks like a good match. ZK-HCX doing joyrides from the Riverbank Carpark in Lower Hutt, around 1990 or so (ish, it has been a while).  |
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Post by mumbles on Dec 3, 2010 20:54:44 GMT 12
The SE-5A Replica 'G' above was the Stuart Tantrum one - ZK-SET, and is now on static display in the Rhodes museum at Wanaka. Here is an earlier pic of it at Paraparaumu in December 1982:  And lining up with an unidentified Tiger, but very familiar Harvard...  |
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Post by mumbles on Dec 3, 2010 21:16:54 GMT 12
After a bit of scanning, here are some pics from me and my father of this show. We both only had point and shoots, albeit mine a little less complicated than Dad's. It was my first proper camera, and this was the first airshow I ever took my own pictures at (age 12). I have discovered I have a copy of the souvenir programme, which I can scan if anyone is interested. Date was 25 February 1989.  Sea Fury starting up  Mustang starting up  Pre-Kahu A-4G in the static with lots of things that go bang.  Large Aero-models that caught my eye. Red Checkers parked up in the background.  Herk display with Friendship on the crowdline   Venom cartridge start   Iroquois in the old brown camouflage   My first attempt at a dramatic action shot...kinda works, and not bad given what I was taking it with  This is coming up on 22 years ago now. Like Dave, Zac and others have suggested, there is more than a little nostalgia at going through these pictures again |
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Post by flyjoe180 on Dec 3, 2010 21:21:56 GMT 12
Great photos. I recently found all my old airshow pics too, will scan them and post them when I get back to Auckland.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 3, 2010 21:35:59 GMT 12
Great stuff Sam, the Venom cartridge fire is something I really used to like watching. A neat sight and sound.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2010 11:32:35 GMT 12
.......and something I'm looking forward to when I meet ZK-VNM2 for the first time next year! It is amazing to see just how low some of the photos show the display aircraft, particularly Sam's last photo! If only I could remember the show......damn my 18mth old self! I have a couple of copies of the programme too |
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Post by Bruce on Dec 7, 2010 12:17:15 GMT 12
Sorry to disappoint you Zac, VNM2 wont be producing the Clouds of smoke cartridge starts. when we put it together inthe early 1990s we modified the starter breech to run off compressed air bottles as the cartridges were virtually unobtainable. It uses two dive bottles worth of air for every start, but these are substantially cheaper and more easily obtainable than custom made, limited life cartridges. It is a shame, but a practical concession to make it easier to operate. You still get the "batmobile" flame out the back on startup though!
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I guess that would have been the display team Fletchers. They were a great act.
