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Post by phil82 on Jun 27, 2012 10:10:18 GMT 12
I'd love to oblige Dave, but we're collecting a rental at Auckland Airport off the Wellington flight, and driving directly to Ardmore, so not a lot of opportunity to help.
I picked a guy up in Wellington to take him to the 75th Air Show after a contact on these pages, and haven't seen or heard of him since!
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Post by ErrolC on Jun 27, 2012 10:47:40 GMT 12
I picked a guy up in Wellington to take him to the 75th Air Show after a contact on these pages, and haven't seen or heard of him since! Did you take him back to Wellington?! I'd like to help, but can't, as I'm not making any driving commitments that might be cancelled due to jetlag. Is the dinner on the Saturday night? |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 27, 2012 11:47:57 GMT 12
Yes the dinner is on the same night as the air display day.
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Post by slackie on Jun 27, 2012 11:48:35 GMT 12
You sure you didn't leave him at the airshow and he's still trying to thumb a ride home?? Saw an old guy walking south on SH1 just north of Foxton a couple of weeks back!!
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Post by slackie on Jun 27, 2012 11:50:56 GMT 12
I'd be happy to chauffeur an ex-Mossie jockey from Hamilton, just can't stay for the dinner as I'll have my son with me too.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 27, 2012 12:17:33 GMT 12
Hi Mike, thanks I'll hold you in reserve but the whole point is about getting them to and from the dinner so we may not call on you. So far I know of just one in Hamilton anyway.
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Post by phil82 on Jun 27, 2012 12:36:26 GMT 12
I picked a guy up in Wellington to take him to the 75th Air Show after a contact on these pages, and haven't seen or heard of him since! Did you take him back to Wellington?! Yep! To the ferry door! |
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Post by phil82 on Jun 27, 2012 12:46:30 GMT 12
Speaking of walking down SH1 [and slightly off-thread] I once had an elderly WW2 Veteran neighbour name of Harry England, who used to walk everywhere in Lower Hutt and always greeted everyone he met, until his caregiver son decided he needed looking after and placed him in a retirement village in Waikanae. Well, Harry had been a PoW apparently, and on deciding he din't like the Village, upped sticks and took off back to LH. When he was discovered missing, the staff called the police, and they went looking and were driving through OTAKI when they spotted him. The cops confirmed his ID and offered him a ride back, but he was having none of that: "I'm not bloody going back there, and you two can bugger off aswell"."Fair enough" said the cops, "how about we run you home instead? "
What a generation eh!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 27, 2012 22:49:56 GMT 12
Back on topic, here is the official press release about the Air Display and the special Honour Dinner on the 29th of September. Note the change in entry price for adults to the air display compared with the original notice circulated, but still damned good value for money. I hope a lot of you can make it to both, a once in a lifetime opportunity really.  |
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Post by sparrow on Jun 28, 2012 10:24:09 GMT 12
Just asked would the wife buy me a ticket to NZ for this for my b'day. As a result of her answer,I'm hoping someone is taking a decent full hd camera.
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Post by JDK on Jun 28, 2012 12:37:26 GMT 12
Oh, I think there'll be some press coverage...  |
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Post by baz62 on Jun 28, 2012 12:43:28 GMT 12
Just wondering if it would be best to order the tickets through Ticketek now to ease transition into Mosquito heaven......... ;D
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Post by obiwan27 on Jun 28, 2012 21:42:44 GMT 12
Yep, still very good value for money. Please order good weather for this event now :-)
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Post by spongebob206 on Jul 3, 2012 18:29:04 GMT 12
Would love to attend the dinner but have the wife and kids coming up also to see the event of the century for me  Can we pre pay airshow tickets? Has anyone contacted Ivan Warmington? I feel he should be invited to this event. Flying the ultimate machine...and others during WW2. I would personally be happy to cover his dinner costs If others could raise the funds to get him to the show? Thoughts? Cheers Derek |
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Post by ARU on Jul 4, 2012 19:00:44 GMT 12
I see the airshow and dinner are now listed on the ticketek website
I will most probably have a couple of seats in my car available from auckland airport to ardmore and back but will comfirm a little later on...
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 4, 2012 19:42:55 GMT 12
Hi Derek,
Ivan is certainly on the list of veterans who will be invited. That offer is very nice, we'll keep it in mind. (As part of the Mosquito First Flight team, I am the official Mosquito Veteran point of contact for the event and dinner, if you guys didn't already know this).
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Post by fb6 on Jul 5, 2012 21:29:01 GMT 12
Awesome news Dave, I'm really looking forwards to being there. Great that veterans like Ivan may get there too, very special indeed, for them & for us!
Many thanks !
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 5, 2012 21:39:45 GMT 12
If you're thinking about attending the dinner you'd better get your ticket, I hear the seats are filling fast.
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Post by hunternut on Jul 6, 2012 9:09:02 GMT 12
If one (say myself, for example) is only going to the airshow, do I have to get my ticket from ticketek, or will there be gate sales?
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Post by rayo on Jul 6, 2012 12:27:30 GMT 12
According to the Press Release halfway up this page (now previous page!) there are gate sales at the same price. |
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