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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 19, 2012 10:08:29 GMT 12
Superb stuff!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2012 15:10:12 GMT 12
Did the ex-RAAF Vampire not make it this year?
Awesome shots, guys!
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Post by oldfokker on Apr 23, 2012 23:39:54 GMT 12
Thanks for the comments. RVM only.  A few more from the album.     Mick |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 24, 2012 9:38:46 GMT 12
Those are more great shots Mick. So the Wanaka Harvard was out of action then too?
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Post by DragonflyDH90 on Apr 24, 2012 18:48:34 GMT 12
Yeah, its for sale Dave.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 24, 2012 21:50:12 GMT 12
I love the effect you got with the props on the Dakota Mick, it looks great.
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Post by oldfokker on Apr 25, 2012 0:42:46 GMT 12
Thanks Dave - 1/80 used with that one. A juggle to get some motion blur without sacrificing sharpness with hand held zoom over that distance. Especially for an old bloke ! A monopod for Xmas perhaps. Sun angle and high rpm help, although sometimes out of sync.  Will have to grab a window seat next visit - especially with the great extra customer service !  Fasten belts and raise cameras  Thought for a moment that Jurgis was back in town !  OF |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 25, 2012 7:01:50 GMT 12
Great photos! How many other airlines would you see the captain wiping the windows? Well done to Geoff for that consideration.
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Post by hardyakka on Apr 25, 2012 9:49:02 GMT 12
Great photos! How many other airlines would you see the captain wiping the windows? Well done to Geoff for that consideration. How many other airlines use aircraft that fling oil everywhere? (including the passenger cabin windows)  |
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Post by oldfokker on Apr 27, 2012 0:16:54 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 28, 2012 9:20:30 GMT 12
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Post by Gavin Conroy on May 12, 2012 15:02:50 GMT 12
Great photos everyone.  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 12, 2012 17:37:53 GMT 12
The L-39 seems to have put on weight from that angle.  |
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Post by Gavin Conroy on May 14, 2012 19:25:09 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 14, 2012 20:00:36 GMT 12
I love the shot of the Hercules, and the Bristol Fighter. Marvellous.
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Post by ErrolC on May 19, 2012 21:54:08 GMT 12
Report in the Otago Daily Times on the Trust's post-airshow financial and operational analysis. www.odt.co.nz/news/queenstown-lakes/209874/warbirds-airshow-resounding-successBy Marjorie Cook on Sat, 19 May 2012
Organisers of this year's Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow have declared it a "resounding success", despite a slightly smaller crowd of about 65,000.
The airshow's community charitable trust did not repeat its 2010 economic impact survey, which reported a $20 million benefit to the region, but it did do a post-airshow financial and operational analysis.
Trust chairman Murray Cleverley said "with a slightly smaller-sized airshow being experienced this year, the figure was expected to be just below that [20 million]".
From an original attendee profile of mostly males aged 45 and over, the demographic had broadened to include both males and females aged 25 and over, he said yesterday.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2012 16:15:25 GMT 12
"slightly smaller crowd of about 65,000"....how many in 2010? That seems very low compared to recent years.
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 20, 2012 16:25:39 GMT 12
They cannot complain about the weather this year, it must be the high prices in poor economic times that kept people away.
Last time I attended in 2006 I think the estimate was around 120,000 over the three days, with 65,000 on the Saturday. But I have no idea if that was accurate or commentary waffle.
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Post by slackie on May 23, 2012 19:56:16 GMT 12
I think the lack of a lead drawcard may have impacted on numbers. Will be interesting to see what they do for '14.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2012 18:47:58 GMT 12
There's always the B-17 Tim from Capital Books told me about in 2004 ;-)
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