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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 10, 2013 16:26:57 GMT 12
Super shot Colin!
Luckily I managed to get out of commentating today so I could see a bit more of the event and do some other things. Another great day and lots to see. I hope everyone enjoyed it. I'm sad after all the work we put in to arrange it that the weather put the kibosh on Plonky. But these things happen I guess.
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Post by suthg on Nov 10, 2013 20:52:57 GMT 12
This is my poor rendition of some of the action on Sunday. I have a 4Mpxl Olympus C750UZ that is about 13 years old!! A lot of cloud glare and it does not have much zoom – equivalent to about 350mm and hand held… Most photos have been cropped and enhanced a little to reduce the glare and over-exposure. The weather did improve through the afternoon, but it was too late for the Grumman TBM Avenger to get through the mid North Island cloud from Ohakea. A superb venue with a wide variety of entertainment and many more besides. I picked up another reference book in the 2nd hand book stalls inside. The models were very detailed and impressive and the MC'ing over the speakers was heard well everywhere. Well done Dave for another fantastic military show. It was a pity the Waiouru boys were too busy on active duty this month to assist with their heavy transporter to move some private heavy vehicles. Missing was the Russian T34 tank and two Russian heavyweight amphibious vehicles, and I never saw the Stuart M3 tank either. A fun day, warm and great to meet two other forum members - kereru and errolc! Planning to go again next year! RNZAF C47 Dakota (ex NAC?)  P-3K Orion in the distance 2kms away, approaches low and fast  RNZAF P-3K2 Orion “05” NZ4205 - originally a P-3B in Jan 1967  I think they have their S&R camera pointed at the crowd!!  Dave Phillips flying his Tiger Moth very skilfully and carefully…       The Pitts Special flown by Noel Kruse, the Master! Sorry about poor photos with 4MPxl camera on max zoom…  WWII Piper L-4 Grasshopper spotter/reconnaisance plane.   Frank Parker and his P40N Kittyhawk ZK-CAG dressed in the colours of the Pacific war zone 1943-44 where it flew and fought for the RAAF. Had an Allison V1710, V12 engine.  Allied forces landing and attacking…  The standard GMC troop carrier or medium wt transport - 6 cylinder petrol engine. 6X4 and 6X6 versions. Has a radiator issue...  Recovery Vehicle - 6 cylinder diesel 6X4  Armoured ATV Command vehicle 6X6 (Alvis?)  A Russian partly amphibious tracked troop carrier - about 2.5m wide.   |
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Post by tony on Nov 10, 2013 22:05:33 GMT 12
Had a great time today, really enjoyed the aircraft displays and battle re-enactments. The P40 and Tiger moth displays were my favorite, it is awesome to see what Dave can do with that old biplane! Look forward to next year!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 10, 2013 22:13:11 GMT 12
Nice photos Graham.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 10, 2013 22:16:38 GMT 12
It was great to see and catch up with loads of forum members too over the weekend.
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Post by komata on Nov 11, 2013 10:06:24 GMT 12
Wot, no photo's of Rudolf? (The P-51)? When despite attending for two days in a row, a P-51 flies around and over, but doesn't appear in any ground-to-air photos of a display it attended, something has to be wrong.....  Perhaps it has become simply to ubiquitous an attendee to even bother recording? One hopes not. A question regarding the TBF; I and several others were further-down the lake and awaiting the commencement of the P-40 display and also the arrival of the Avenger. We had a good vantage point and the visibility down the lake (i.e. roughly South) was excellent. Although I didn't see it myself, two others (also aviation enthusiasts) who were nearby, were adamant that in fact the 'Kitty and TBF had actually met up and held formation for a few minutes immediately-prior to the commencement of the P-40 display. Indeed, they asked others nearby if they had seen this occurrence. As I said,I hadn't (although only because I was having camera 'difficulties'). The area would have been roughly around Putararu/ Mokai (ie, well south of Lake Karapiro). The time? Approx 1405-1410 Did this in fact occur, or was it some sort of aberration (despite being seen by two separate individuals)? Understandably, those of us who were waiting for the TBF to arrive were somewhat disappointed at its non-appearance, especially as the comments previously noted had raised our expectations somewhat. Thanks. |
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Post by hardyakka on Nov 11, 2013 10:36:45 GMT 12
A question regarding the TBF; I and several others were further-down the lake and awaiting the commencement of the P-40 display and also the arrival of the Avenger. We had a good vantage point and the visibility down the lake (i.e. roughly South) was excellent. Although I didn't see it myself, two others (also aviation enthusiasts) who were nearby, were adamant that in fact the 'Kitty and TBF had actually met up and held formation for a few minutes immediately-prior to the commencement of the P-40 display. Indeed, they asked others nearby if they had seen this occurrence. As I said,I hadn't (although only because I was having camera 'difficulties'). The area would have been roughly around Putararu/ Mokai (ie, well south of Lake Karapiro). The time? Approx 1405-1410 The Avenger was scrubbed due to weather stopping it getting through from Ohakea. If the P40 did join up with another aircraft away from the Karapiro display, I doubt it would have been Plonky. Unfortunately I had to leave early on Sunday and missed the P40 display. Also my radio was being used to co-ordinate the displays and so I wasn't listening in to the traffic as I normally would. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 11, 2013 10:57:21 GMT 12
Komata, the Avenger didn't even get off the ground as far as I am aware. Had it gotten that far up the country it would never have been scrubbed. It was weather in the central North island that affected it. Cloud around the mountain region.
I have no knowledge of the P-40 formating on anything, but if it did it probably wasn't any aircraft connected to AiC. I don't believe the P-40 would even have gone down as far as Putaruru either as it was coming from Ardmore.
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Post by ErrolC on Nov 11, 2013 11:01:43 GMT 12
Wot, no photo's of Rudolf? (The P-51)? When despite attending for two days in a row, a P-51 flies around and over, but doesn't appear in any ground-to-air photos of a display it attended, something has to be wrong..... Perhaps it has become simply to ubiquitous an attendee to even bother recording? Or it was a short display (at least on Sunday), in conditions that were bad for photography, and people have other priorities (even if they got reasonable photos). As I have many photos of the P-51 in better conditions, and will likely see it again in a couple of weeks, perhaps you would like to come over and do my domestic chores after I've been away from the house for 12 hours (4 of them driving). I was planning on prioritising the Pacific and Gallipoli re-enactments when I get a chance to process photos this evening (as these are fairly unusual), sorry if this is 'wrong'. Actually, that last bit is a lie. |
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Post by suthg on Nov 11, 2013 11:25:18 GMT 12
I was late getting to the Lake - still at Mobil gas station adjacent on SH1 when the P51 flew over close by above SH1, in fact I was driving at the time so that's why I missed the Mustang. Cloud cover was quite low at the time too (not good for photography - all contrast and no detail or colour) so I am not sure what display he put on for the crowds at the Lake. I was doing family chores on my first fine Saturday morning at home... keeping the peace one might say!
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Post by komata on Nov 11, 2013 11:30:23 GMT 12
Thanks folks for the replies. Evidently the eyesight of the two aviation enthusiasts I mentioned may have been somewhat affected by the well-known 'Wishful-thinking' virus. Mind you, by way of possible mitigation, there were an awful lot of pied shags/cormorants flying and gliding around the lake, so it is possible that these could have contributed to the confusion.
And in respect of the Kitty. I thought I was looking at an aircraft carrying Oz Pacific-theatre markings, but Sharks Teeth? Are they accurate for the markings or has the AVG-look-alike virus struck again?
Errol, Thank you for the invitation , but no, I must regretfully decline the offer. However, to get back to the subject, thanks too for confirming the shortness of the Sunday display-time. I saw the P-51 fly in, stooge around for what seemed a very short time, then leave. I thought my watch was 'playing-up' but evidently not.
Again, thanks to all who replied.
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Post by baz62 on Nov 11, 2013 11:43:44 GMT 12
A question regarding the TBF; I and several others were further-down the lake and awaiting the commencement of the P-40 display and also the arrival of the Avenger. We had a good vantage point and the visibility down the lake (i.e. roughly South) was excellent. Although I didn't see it myself, two others (also aviation enthusiasts) who were nearby, were adamant that in fact the 'Kitty and TBF had actually met up and held formation for a few minutes immediately-prior to the commencement of the P-40 display. Indeed, they asked others nearby if they had seen this occurrence. As I said,I hadn't (although only because I was having camera 'difficulties'). The area would have been roughly around Putararu/ Mokai (ie, well south of Lake Karapiro). The time? Approx 1405-1410 The Avenger was scrubbed due to weather stopping it getting through from Ohakea. If the P40 did join up with another aircraft away from the Karapiro display, I doubt it would have been Plonky. Unfortunately I had to leave early on Sunday and missed the P40 display. Also my radio was being used to co-ordinate the displays and so I wasn't listening in to the traffic as I normally would. And it's a TBM not a TBF. Painted AS a TBF though.  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 11, 2013 11:44:28 GMT 12
Graham Bethell flew a magnificent full display in the Mustang on Saturday. His first run in from left to right along the lake was low hard and fast after diving in from 5000 feet, and it blew everyone's socks off. It was awesome.
Sadly on Sunday morning the cloud base was lower so he was limited to performing just the low manoeuvres of the routine, thus shortening the display somewhat. Someone will have photos, just be patient as most of us are still getting over the weekend. In fact there's a couple of the Armistice in Cambridge Facebook page already I believe.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 11, 2013 11:54:38 GMT 12
Whilst the Tiger Moth stole the show with Dave's awesome low level antics I must add that I was impressed with all the displays. They all rocked! I have never seen a Piper Grasshopper displayed before and Ross Crawford did a very skilful demonstration of its agility, and its slow flying too. Noel Kruse's Pitts display was as crisp and accurate as ever, and wonderful to see. The Mustang and P-40 both blew the socks off the crowd. The Dakota flypasts were wonderful to see. The Orion blasting down the lake was also very cool. And the Stearman on Saturday added colour and a great historical element too. Thanks to all our pilots and crews, and to the groundcrews - especially at Pioneer and Avspecs where both teams worked very hard to get the P-40N and P-51D respectively back in the air for us after major maintenance.
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Post by Bruce on Nov 11, 2013 11:54:52 GMT 12
The Avenger was scrubbed due to weather stopping it getting through from Ohakea. If the P40 did join up with another aircraft away from the Karapiro display, I doubt it would have been Plonky. Unfortunately I had to leave early on Sunday and missed the P40 display. Also my radio was being used to co-ordinate the displays and so I wasn't listening in to the traffic as I normally would. And it's a TBM not a TBF. Painted AS a TBF though. The Matamata Aero club had a fly in on Sunday, and one of the local Titan T51s and a Pitts Special were out doing some formation work Sunday Afternoon. I think they were to the North though, but may have come down the Kaimai Ridge and back through that area. |
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Post by suthg on Nov 11, 2013 13:24:20 GMT 12
I was in awe just watching the vertical display of Noel Kruse in the Pitts Special - so much so I never took many photos!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 11, 2013 18:24:46 GMT 12
Here are a couple of nice photos my little sister, Shelley Edhouse, took:   |
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Post by suthg on Nov 11, 2013 19:31:37 GMT 12
Nice shots - better camera than mine!! Going green...
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 11, 2013 20:14:13 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 11, 2013 20:18:54 GMT 12
Did you see the Waikato Times today?   |
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