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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Jan 20, 2013 20:11:46 GMT 12
I purchased my Gold Pass from Mandy Deans today.
So I guess that means I'll have to attend Warbirds Over Wanaka 2014. ;D
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Post by Mustang51 on Jan 30, 2013 11:36:12 GMT 12
Looking forward to that as well......... I shall have to obtain dual citizenship !
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Post by JamesStokes on Jan 30, 2013 15:48:39 GMT 12
Hopefully some good drawcards!!
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Post by aeromedia on Jan 30, 2013 18:01:38 GMT 12
Looking forward to that as well......... I shall have to obtain dual citizenship ! Ando, you qualify for the mantle. Kiwozzie. Just work on your fush n chups would ya? ;D |
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Post by Mustang51 on Jan 31, 2013 8:04:55 GMT 12
No worries Pete. I've got the Judder Bars and Chilly Bins down pat already......... 56 days till I launch !
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Post by ngatimozart on Jan 31, 2013 11:22:37 GMT 12
Maybe we could make Ando a whangai (adopted) Māori & then he wouldn't have to take out dual ctizenship. He'd be tangata whenua then. I have the perfect iwi (tribe Ando) in mind. Ngāti Te Tauaarangi O Aotearoa. ;D ;D
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Post by Mustang51 on Jan 31, 2013 12:06:21 GMT 12
Thats exhaulted company for a West Islander........... and I do love the Haka - just ask anyone near my place when the Bledisloe is on and the tv volume goes stratospheric
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Feb 14, 2013 14:09:31 GMT 12
Event to follow WarbirdsBy JESSICA MADDOCK - The Southland Times | 1:14PM - Thursday, 14 February 2013 A YET-TO-BE-ANNOUNCED "special event" will follow Warbirds Over Wanaka at Easter next year.
Tickets for the 14th biennial international airshow, from Friday, April 18th, to Sunday, April 20th, 2014, go on sale on Monday.
Event manager Mandy Deans said there would be some new types of tickets next year, including a family pass, benefits for people who pre-booked, and the option of buyers printing their own tickets, along with the early-bird Friday silver pass.
Spectators were also encouraged to remain in Wanaka for a special event on Easter Monday, April 21st.
About 50,000 people attended the last airshow in 2012 and there was already great interest in next year's event, she said.www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/8303295/Event-to-follow-Warbirds
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 14, 2013 15:32:34 GMT 12
Wow, an announcement that there is going to be an announcement?
It is interesting to see they got 50,000 people through the gates last year, a few years ago they were claiming up to 120,000 attendees so it's well down on the golden days there.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2013 17:12:34 GMT 12
Wow, an announcement that there is going to be an announcement? For my part I'm genuinely interested in news about the upcoming announcement, it makes me wonder if the new event will be a car show or something similar to attract/retain people who aren't necessarily airshowgoers. It is interesting to see they got 50,000 people through the gates last year, a few years ago they were claiming up to 120,000 attendees so it's well down on the golden days there. Agreed. It's seemed to me to have the same feel on the ground each year I've attended and it's more of academic interest than anything else to learn the numbers. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 14, 2013 17:37:11 GMT 12
Well personally I cannot see any point in making a press release that tells the public nothing.
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Feb 14, 2013 18:43:56 GMT 12
Perhaps they are going to start up the Race To The Sky again at Cardrona on Easter Monday? That was great when they first held it....that is until they changed the main day of racing from Easter Monday to Easter Sunday and clashed with Warbirds Over Wanaka.
I can remember the year the Mk.XVI Spitfire was displayed over the Race To The Sky (was it Tom Middleton who displayed it?).
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 14, 2013 18:54:43 GMT 12
What is Race To The Sky?
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Feb 14, 2013 19:00:33 GMT 12
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2013 19:01:40 GMT 12
In short, a hillclimb.
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Post by McFly on Feb 14, 2013 19:03:57 GMT 12
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Feb 14, 2013 19:45:02 GMT 12
Nope, not just a hillclimb.
More like a HUGE mountain climb with drops of thousands of feet over the edge towards the top. More like the famous Pike's Peak mountain climb in Colorado. Like rallying on steroids x10, but with all sorts of weird and wonderful specialist hill-climbing racing cars, as well as highly souped up 4WD farm bikes and many other classes of machines. If you've never been there to experience it, you would find it hard to imagine just how extreme that event was.
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Post by beagle on Feb 14, 2013 20:04:23 GMT 12
And yes sadly it took the life of one of NZ's favourite blokes
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Feb 14, 2013 20:19:04 GMT 12
My bro in law has raced it, he was also Possum's mechanic and has his race WRX that he still drives at events.
Without letting the cat out, I spoke with Mandy last week while in Wanaka and she described a positive and unique initiative for the Monday after and it is completely aviation oriented.
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Post by Mustang51 on Feb 18, 2013 13:14:22 GMT 12
The Warbirds Over Wanaka 2014 website is now open for business.............
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