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Post by Peter Lewis on May 14, 2014 10:06:23 GMT 12
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Post by Peter Lewis on May 14, 2014 18:54:47 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 14, 2014 20:01:33 GMT 12
Nice photos again Peter. I like the Zero there, I assume it blew up later? What is the framework beside it? A bridge?
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Post by Peter Lewis on May 14, 2014 23:24:20 GMT 12
Yes, it was meant to represent a Japanese military camp.
Huts, oil dump, ammo dump, two ply aircraft and so on.
Comprehensivly 'blown up' in the show finale.
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Post by noooby on May 15, 2014 5:25:38 GMT 12
Should have someone in the turret on the Avenger swing the gun around!
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Post by Peter Lewis on May 15, 2014 8:57:36 GMT 12
The set-piece battle scenes each aftrnoon provided a good opportunity to see the fighters carry out formation work. Dual Merlins   Pacific area formation   As mentioned above, the 'Japanese military encampment' took a beating   Mission accomplished. L to R: Spifire, Kittyhawk, Mustang - Yak, Corsair, Yak  |
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Post by Peter Lewis on May 15, 2014 19:52:44 GMT 12
One of the well-publicized feature acts of the show was a series of races between Greg Murphy in a Lamborghini and Jurgis Kairys in locally domicled Sukhoi 29 ZK-SUK. As a race it was a bit of a setup, but allowed Kairys to indulge in his usual low-flying antice   After the racing was over, Kairys gave one of his usual no-holds-barred unlimited aerobatic displays   Reported as saying "I'm 61 years old and still very powerful"  |
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Post by Peter Lewis on May 16, 2014 8:56:10 GMT 12
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Post by Peter Lewis on May 16, 2014 9:07:17 GMT 12
I going to have to halt here, as I'm off to the tropical island of Niue tomorrow.
I really do need to spend today getting ready for the trip.
I may resume with postings on the jets and the classics on my return.
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Post by ErrolC on May 16, 2014 9:43:22 GMT 12
One classic I had not expected to see at Wanaka was the Air Chathams DC-3 ZK-AWP. This is, as you will know, a genuine warbird have seen service with the RNZAF as NZ3543. Possibly the only ex-RNZAF C-47/DC-s still flying? Great stuff! To be picky, a Dak that is a 'genuine warbird' is hardly unusual, even most of the pre-war production ones served in someone's military. List from Wikipedia - 607 civil variants of the DC-3.
- 10,048 military C-47 and C-53 derivatives were built at Santa Monica, California, Long Beach, California, and Oklahoma City.
- 4,937 were built under license in Soviet Union as the Lisunov Li-2 (NATO reporting name: Cab).
- 487 Mitsubishi Kinsei-engined aircraft were built by Showa and Nakajima in Japan, as the L2D Type 0 transport (Allied codename Tabby).
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 16, 2014 11:31:34 GMT 12
Thanks for these great photos over the past week or so Peter. Have a great trip, we will all await more photos from Wanaka and Nuie in the near future.  |
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Post by flight98 on May 16, 2014 11:47:39 GMT 12
Is it back-firing in that first pic?
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 16, 2014 12:04:01 GMT 12
RATO?  |
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Post by baz62 on May 16, 2014 12:42:05 GMT 12
One classic I had not expected to see at Wanaka was the Air Chathams DC-3 ZK-AWP. This is, as you will know, a genuine warbird have seen service with the RNZAF as NZ3543. Possibly the only ex-RNZAF C-47/DC-s still flying? Great stuff! To be picky, a Dak that is a 'genuine warbird' is hardly unusual, even most of the pre-war production ones served in someone's military. List from Wikipedia - 607 civil variants of the DC-3.
- 10,048 military C-47 and C-53 derivatives were built at Santa Monica, California, Long Beach, California, and Oklahoma City.
- 4,937 were built under license in Soviet Union as the Lisunov Li-2 (NATO reporting name: Cab).
- 487 Mitsubishi Kinsei-engined aircraft were built by Showa and Nakajima in Japan, as the L2D Type 0 transport (Allied codename Tabby).
Yes but an ex-RNZAF one is rare. Lets hope these two keep flying for a while yet! |
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on May 16, 2014 16:53:21 GMT 12
Craig Emeny sure knows how to display a DC-3/C-47 Dakota.
Who can remember Ray Hanna's extremely low passes along the runway flying Tim Wallis' Mk.XVI Spitfire?
Well, from the top of the Gold Pass grandstand, one got the impression that the Dakota was almost cutting the grass with the propellors as it passed by.
And I loved the throwaway remark from one of the commentators (I cannot recall if it was Ando or not) about how they should rename the airshow to "Emenys Over Wanaka".
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Post by thebrads on May 16, 2014 20:53:55 GMT 12
 Definately less than a wingspan! |
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Post by campbellbox on May 16, 2014 22:17:34 GMT 12
Just wanted to echo the thanks for the continuing coverage of the show on here. Great pics all, but especially Peter. Cheers!
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Post by lumpy on May 16, 2014 23:53:20 GMT 12
Definately less than a wingspan! Possibly , but its the prop diameters that really count as low ! |
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Post by flyjoe180 on May 19, 2014 16:03:19 GMT 12
Great photos guys, thanks for posting them
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Post by rbwannabe on Jun 14, 2014 10:01:48 GMT 12
Took a while, but here is my view from Wanaka :-)
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