The Vintage Aviator Air show 21 st January 2012

[Brett]

I think I saw the second D.VIII sitting in the OS&R Co. hangar. It was not on the flightline. Perhaps TVAL thought that having two debutantes at this show was enough?

The D.VIII that flew made a skillful emergency landing, with a stationary rotary.

And speaking of the OS&R Co. hangar, how do you squeeze in your Fokker D.VII, RE.8, 2 x Albatross D.Va, 2 x BE.2 , FE.2, 2 x Bristol Fighter, Fokker D.VIII, Fokker Dr1 and SE.5a and still leave enough room for the Corsair and P-40?



Cheers,

Brett

[Dave Homewood]

Great photos Brett, what a great show by the looks of it.

So The Vintage Aviator Ltd has now built (at least) three Albatross's then? Wonderful to see that there's another flying, and great to see the RE.8 and both Bristol Fighters together.

[johnnyfalcon]

Can you begin to comprehend the significance of what TVAL has accomplished? Un-bloody-believable! I missed this one (by one day, flew in to WN this morning for work) but caught the last one (in the rain) - I just hope that the investment of time, sweat, and dollars by all involved is being well supported by crowd numbers. These guys deserve a return on such investment and a huge round of applause! GOOD ON Y'ALL :-) Right, wheres the car keys I'm off to see Dad in Masterton...

[John L]

At the rate TVA are going, they could almost do a WW1 flying movie, without GGI!
As Johhnyfalcon says - a remarkable achievement about which it can get easy to become a bit blase'. Brilliant work and effort people.

[pilotpotters]

Really enjoyed this airshow. Great to see a few forum members there too.




Bristol fighter got to be my favourite.

[fwx]

Wow, great photos thanks to all so far!

"At the rate TVA are going, they could almost do a WW1 flying movie, without GGI! "

Having just visited the Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre for the first time, and seeing the amazing collection of Richthofen artefacts, my mind was wandering along similar tracks ... Sir Peter must be getting close to either owning or having access to a full set of supporting aircraft??!

[Dave Homewood]

Great photos Kevin.

[ErrolC]

R.E.8 Takeoff (taken with D7000 DSLR)

[johnnyfalcon]

Great pics people! WHERE ARE ALL THE REST?? Waiting...waiting...waiting...waiting... :-)

[Andy Wright]

As some of you may be staying up until you see some photos, here area few so you can go to sleep...

Sorry, mate, too excited now. No chance of going to sleep.

[Peter Lewis]

Well I finally managed to get to a TVAL show where they were actually blessed with the right weather to fly their collection.

The show started at 4.30pm and ran through to just after 7.30pm
Wind was variable, but did not rise to a dangerous level.
the only downer on the day for me was the non-appearance of the Avro, I'm still waiting to see that one outside and flying.
A reasonable size crowd in attendance despite the low-level of publicity, which should give the organizers enough to continue with their events.

Unfortunately today Sunday has been marred for me by a succession of events ranging from the irritating to the almost tragic (A possible cardiac arrest by my host), so I have only managed to uploads a selection of my photos. Be glad I'm here to get that far.

Two Tiger Moths were in attendance





and the resident Stampe N10702



The heavy metal part of the display was by Corsair ZK-COR





and P-40 ZK-RMH





Then into the real stuff:

Addems-Pfeifer Nieuport XI ZK-NIM



de Havilland DH5 ZK-JOQ





Sopwith Camel ZK-JMU



Pfalz DIII ZK-FLZ





Fokker D.VIII ZK-FEV



Fokker D.VII ZK-FOD



Get them Fokkers in line . . .

Triplane ZK-JOC



Triplane ZK-JOB





Triplane ZK-JOG



A pair of Bristols

Bristol F.2B Fighter ZK-BRI



and ZK-JNU



The new Albatross and the earlier one

Albatros DVa-1 ZK-TVD



Albatros DVa-1 ZK-DVA



Various others

Royal Aircraft Factory Be-2F ZK-BFR



BE2c-1 ZK-TVA





Sopwith Triplane ZK-SOP



First time I've seen the FE in the air

FE2B-1 ZK-FEE





The RE8 made the final

RE8-1 ZK-TVC



which closed a great day

[Dave Homewood]

Super photos Peter. I hope your host will be ok.

[kiwitone]

Wow Peter, the eye of experience....great set.....Albatross landing with pilot in full view had me going ooh and ah!...Se8 has a dragon fly look to the wings, pic with the unon jacks marvellous!
ditto i hope your pal will be alright.

[ErrolC]

Great stuff everyone!
It was a great day, capped off by the RE.8 being announced as we were getting into the car.

Here's the FE.2b getting started

[johnnyfalcon]

Ditto to all the above, GREAT pics Peter, Thank you!

[flyjoe180]

Nice photos Peter, cheers.

[robbo]

Great photos everyone, thanks for sharing. One day I'll witness these wonderful sights myself.

[furyfb11]

Brilliant photos Peter Gavin had better keep a close eye on you.

[Gavin Conroy]

Awesome photos chaps well done.
That Albatros photo is smashing Peter, but the others are to and thanks for sharing them!!!

[fwx]

Something I've wondered about for a long time ... does Stu Goldspink come out to NZ every time the OS&R P-40 needs to be displayed??? Seems a long, expensive way for a pilot to come, and I see pics of him displaying in the UK in between NZ shows. Must be a busy, in-demand guy! Or does he have some NZ connection anyway?