Post by nuuumannn on Dec 3, 2013 11:09:20 GMT 12
Hi Folks,
Here are some images I took at the Nelson Airport Community Day. It wasn't so much an 'airshow', but a means of getting the public to the airport and interested in aviation; Kaye McNabb, Nelson Airport CEO described the event as a way of giving back to the public for supporting the airport. Close to 10,000 people went to the event. Not bad for one afternoon.
The date, 30th November is significant as it was 75 years to the day on which Cook Strait Airways flew the first commercial passenger flight from the Quarantine Road site in 1938. To commemmorate the region's aviation history, Richard Waugh and Graeme McConnell launched their book The Story of Nelson Aviation at the event.
Richard Waugh:
There was also a cake cutting ceremony. The Nelson Airport cake:
There were quite a number of aircraft and exhibitors within Air Nelson's Hangar One, such as this beautiful T-6G Texan 'Rozinante', which was the name of Don Quixote's horse; this also explains the windmills on the side; Quixote believed that windmills were evil, so went round destroying them!
A lovely Cessna 170 ZK-SJK:
Here are some images I took at the Nelson Airport Community Day. It wasn't so much an 'airshow', but a means of getting the public to the airport and interested in aviation; Kaye McNabb, Nelson Airport CEO described the event as a way of giving back to the public for supporting the airport. Close to 10,000 people went to the event. Not bad for one afternoon.
The date, 30th November is significant as it was 75 years to the day on which Cook Strait Airways flew the first commercial passenger flight from the Quarantine Road site in 1938. To commemmorate the region's aviation history, Richard Waugh and Graeme McConnell launched their book The Story of Nelson Aviation at the event.
Richard Waugh:
There was also a cake cutting ceremony. The Nelson Airport cake:
There were quite a number of aircraft and exhibitors within Air Nelson's Hangar One, such as this beautiful T-6G Texan 'Rozinante', which was the name of Don Quixote's horse; this also explains the windmills on the side; Quixote believed that windmills were evil, so went round destroying them!
A lovely Cessna 170 ZK-SJK:
) was cancelled and with the strong wind at Omaka, Bill wasn't able to arrive until later in the day. Consequently, the only flying display was by a Red Checkers Airtrainer.
