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Post by corsairarm on Jan 23, 2012 19:10:47 GMT 12
Great photos Peter. I particularly like the Corsair. I just wish it would appear in RNZAF colours and markings.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 23, 2012 20:01:56 GMT 12
fwx, I have heard it said by a few airshow commentators that Stuart does come out to NZ from the UK for each display. That is great dedication. We are so lucky as an audience to see him display the aeroplane so skillfully.
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Post by DragonflyDH90 on Jan 23, 2012 20:18:47 GMT 12
Stuart is part owner of the P-40 and also learnt to fly in NZ, great guy also.
Love the third triplane shot with the pilots goggles flipped up over his head.....hahaha
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Post by fwx on Jan 23, 2012 20:24:04 GMT 12
Yes, strange admission for someone my age (!) but these guys are my heroes ... we owe so much to them for making these displays possible. Another impressive aspect to the TVAL collection, that they can put up so many aircraft at once, with enough pilots available to entrust these rare and beautiful machines to.
Thanks DragonflyDH90, that explains ...
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 23, 2012 20:44:46 GMT 12
I have to admit too that the warbirds pilots have always been my heroes too since I was a kid and saw them in action for the first time. Nowadays I get the great opportunity to meet many of them and I am never disappointed, and many of them I now consider friends, but they remain heroes to me. Lots of them are readers of the forum too which is so nice.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 23, 2012 20:46:42 GMT 12
I should add that now that I am much more savvy, the owners, restorers, maintainers and airshow organisers and all those who go into keeping them flying are also heroes in my eyes too.
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Jan 23, 2012 23:12:42 GMT 12
There is a brief article in Monday's Wairarapa Times-Age about Saturday's airshow.
There is an accompanying photograph of a British film-maker (immediately prior to him taking a ride in the Fe2b, complete with a movie camera on his helmet) who has been shooting a lot of footage of TVAL's collection (with a film crew) for a documentary called "Engineering Victory on WWI Aviation" to be shown on British television Channel Five in March. Unfortunately, the article only appears in the print edition of the Times-Age and isn't on their website.
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Moeggo
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Post by Moeggo on Jan 26, 2012 16:02:10 GMT 12
Another great show indeed! I'm starting to prefer these small TVAL ones than the Huge Wings & Warbirds shows. Weather was fantastic and was great to see the RE.8 and D.VIII! I missed out on the last show to see the Snipe and D.VIII.. Here are few shots from my camera - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang  Stompe the Moth!  The British Line...  Red Checkers   My Fav... P-40!  Ground Target?  and then to top the whole show off... I got to go up in the P-40 for 10 minutes after the show!    |
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Post by Officer Crabtree on Jan 26, 2012 16:32:03 GMT 12
You lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky beggars.
Fantastic photos.
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Post by fwx on Jan 26, 2012 16:32:06 GMT 12
Lucky bugger .....!
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Post by dazz on Jan 26, 2012 20:35:39 GMT 12
A couple from me, only another 800 odd to go through! Attachments:
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Post by dazz on Jan 26, 2012 20:39:08 GMT 12
the bent wing bird... Attachments:
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Post by dazz on Jan 26, 2012 20:40:07 GMT 12
Se 5a Attachments:
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Post by flyjoe180 on Jan 27, 2012 9:01:15 GMT 12
Moeggo, what a brilliant finish to your day out. Love that Corsair picture Dazz.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 27, 2012 9:37:01 GMT 12
Super shots Dave and Dazz. That P-40 ride will be something you never forget, eh Dave? Great light in those P-40 shots too.
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Post by pjw4118 on Jan 27, 2012 10:59:24 GMT 12
Great pictures , maybe next year ??
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 27, 2012 11:09:47 GMT 12
28th of April is the next airshow there, isn't it?
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Post by dazz on Jan 29, 2012 20:28:36 GMT 12
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Post by ErrolC on Mar 26, 2012 22:33:31 GMT 12
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Post by JamesStokes on Apr 10, 2012 15:53:51 GMT 12
Neat pics. Here's a quick sketch I did of the RE8. Brett - Cheers for that neat pic, hope you don't mind me reproducing it as such ;D
James
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