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Post by Dave Homewood on May 1, 2013 10:39:51 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 28, 2013 14:31:25 GMT 12
Metvuw's 7-Day forecast indicates at this stage that the weather might be a bit crap, sadly.
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Post by ErrolC on May 28, 2013 14:51:45 GMT 12
Well there will hopefully be a clear patch for a day our so sometime in the weekend, when exactly that is forecast has been moving around!
Hope the grass will be ok to park on.
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Post by suthg on May 28, 2013 16:20:39 GMT 12
Am on call 24hr x 7 starting Friday the day before...  Can't do anything over Queen's Birthday weekend... Yes, I hope the weather is fine for the aircraft and for those attending. |
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Post by flyinkiwi on May 28, 2013 16:52:11 GMT 12
Metvuw's 7-Day forecast indicates at this stage that the weather might be a bit crap, sadly. Am planning to fly up, but yeah the weather forecast is not particularly flash right now. Fingers crossed hoping that high pressure in the Tasman decides to holiday over the North Island on Queens Birthday weekend. |
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Post by Peter Lewis on May 28, 2013 17:41:30 GMT 12
Have the Aerobat booked, so I can fly in - weather permitting.
Must see Leo P to arrange to park the plane at AAC.
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Post by Bruce on May 28, 2013 18:05:01 GMT 12
Has anyone seen an AIP supplement or NOTAM about the event? I Cant seem to find anything... I was thinking of bringing the Adventurer up, but I am really concerned about when the final display is scheduled to finish and airspace open again since it may be marginal to get back to Te Kowhai with sufficient daylight at this time of year. It will depend a lot on the weather too as if its a westerly wind I'll be landing back with the sun in my eyes on final.
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Post by FlyingKiwi on May 28, 2013 22:20:10 GMT 12
I believe the final display is scheduled to finish at 1530 Bruce.
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Post by Bruce on May 29, 2013 21:27:21 GMT 12
Thanks Leo, That was what I was afraid of. I'll give the flying a miss this time.
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Post by ErrolC on May 31, 2013 12:30:31 GMT 12
Looking quite hopeful for Sunday! Carpark could be muddy, however.
Good time for me to get a photo taken in my forum T-shirt.
No chance of getting NH799 wheeled over then?
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 1, 2013 13:31:54 GMT 12
The weather outlook now looks great. Unfortunately my plans to get there have fallen through, several options for getting a iift up there have evaporated. I was planning to record a WONZ Show at the event but this is now not going to happen sadly, unless I can find a last minute way to get up and back tomorrow.
The buses are hopeless, Intercity has none and Naked Bus doesn't stop anywhere near to Ardmore, the closest is Manukau, and there's no bus service from there to Ardmore at all. Plus I'd arrive at 6.30am at Manukau (leaving here around 4.20am!!), sod that.
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Post by conman on Jun 1, 2013 17:28:24 GMT 12
Not sure that Doug's Spitfire will be there, tested the field at Drury today, unfortunately it sank up to the axels a couple of times and we had to lift it out of the mud, no easy job, Gavin decided not to attempt a take off today, hopefully the field dries out in the next couple of days.
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Post by hardyakka on Jun 1, 2013 23:10:24 GMT 12
Thanks Leo, That was what I was afraid of. I'll give the flying a miss this time. You could always fly up for the first two display slots (10:30am and 12:30pm) and then start for home before the field gets closed for the 2:30pm display. |
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Post by ErrolC on Jun 2, 2013 15:17:49 GMT 12
It's been a lovely day at Ardmore, and it wil get somewhat better for me when I get in the Fox Moth shortly! ;D ;D ;D
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Post by Peter Lewis on Jun 2, 2013 20:18:53 GMT 12
A reasonably good day, after a somewhat shakey start. Some pics from the beginning of the show. Nice to see the Beech G17S out and about.     |
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Post by FlyingKiwi on Jun 2, 2013 20:25:49 GMT 12
Overall a great day, the weather was pretty much perfect with light winds all day and a reasonably high overcast to stop it getting too bright. I did feel this show was a little bit lighter on the "warbirds" than usual - the Spitfire of course wasn't there and the (real) P-51 also didn't fly, but I guess we've been spoiled recently with the Mosquito and Anson and so forth. On the other hand there were a few aircraft displayed we haven't seen at the Warbirds open days in the past such as the Staggerwing and the two Titan Mustangs from Tauranga, which put on a good display. It seemed well attended though - I decided to hold off on the photos this time and actually watch the displays from a vantage point not behind a camera lens for once, but I did take this one of the parking area outside the aero club which shows how many people were there!  |
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Post by Damon on Jun 2, 2013 22:36:21 GMT 12
Most enjoyable display was the Dominie ZK-AKU. Nice to see it flying up here in Auckland. I understand it brought up a few interested folk from TG. Did'nt stay for the final display .Stans Smith's Fox Moth, another favourite doing joyrides in between display slots.
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Post by Peter Lewis on Jun 3, 2013 9:07:12 GMT 12
and quite cheap at $60 a pop.
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Post by ErrolC on Jun 3, 2013 10:23:28 GMT 12
Most enjoyable display was the Dominie ZK-AKU. Nice to see it flying up here in Auckland. I understand it brought up a few interested folk from TG. Did'nt stay for the final display .Stans Smith's Fox Moth, another favourite doing joyrides in between display slots. Indeed! If anyone has photos of the Fox Moth flight that took off at 4:05pm and landed at 4:15pm, I'd be most grateful. Here's the Dominie  Ardmore13B_5845fl by errolgc, on Flickr  Ardmore13B_5900fl by errolgc, on Flickr |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2013 11:25:45 GMT 12
I saw you take off and land Errol in fact you taxied right past me as I was working on breaking down the fencing ..... sorry cameras were in the car
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Can't do anything over Queen's Birthday weekend... Yes, I hope the weather is fine for the aircraft and for those attending.
