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Post by skyhawkdon on Mar 30, 2016 7:51:02 GMT 12
No to both questions Dave.
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Post by Mustang51 on Mar 30, 2016 8:25:14 GMT 12
Felt sorry for Bevan on Saturday. Not a word about him or the aircraft. The warbird and airshow display circuit needs more guys like him to be there when the older guys hang up their flight jackets for the last time. At least that was partially redeemed on Sunday
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Post by Peter Lewis on Mar 30, 2016 8:36:06 GMT 12
Also, was Colin Henderson's Messerschitt Bf108 there, and did it fly with the Buchon? No sign of it on any of the three days. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 30, 2016 14:20:10 GMT 12
About 15 minutes ago I was walking home along Shakespeare Street, Leamington, and looked up to see Harvard NZ1098 cruising directly up the street, nice and low. Was such a lovely sound. I assume the Harvard is heading home from Wanaka?
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Post by ErrolC on Mar 30, 2016 14:55:33 GMT 12
Felt sorry for Bevan on Saturday. Not a word about him or the aircraft. The warbird and airshow display circuit needs more guys like him to be there when the older guys hang up their flight jackets for the last time. At least that was partially redeemed on Sunday I'm looking forward to hearing airshow commentary being done like it should, at Wings Over Illawara! |
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Post by Mustang51 on Mar 30, 2016 16:20:40 GMT 12
Errol, Thanks for the vote of confidence. Getting into serious prep mode now. Just hope that I can live up to expectations. So sorry to see 57 on the grass Monday. Lots to do to get it back in the air again. So lucky that it did not happen during the show or practice days with far more (can I say it) unwanted media focus. Whole thing was handled well and no one hurt. Major regrets for me were stupidly rolling my ankle on Sunday night just before I was due for dinner with KTJ and not knowing Aeromedia was there on a last minute sortie to Wanaka.
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Post by lumpy on Mar 30, 2016 16:30:21 GMT 12
About 15 minutes ago I was walking home along Shakespeare Street, Leamington, and looked up to see Harvard NZ1098 cruising directly up the street, nice and low. Was such a lovely sound. I assume the Harvard is heading home from Wanaka? According to the MAC facebook page , it was at Omaka earlier today , so Id guess thats correct . |
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Post by Peter Lewis on Mar 30, 2016 19:48:14 GMT 12
Hi all, I'm after any photos or videos anyone might have of the RNZAF A109 display? Any help or a point in the right direction would be greatly appreciated. As has been said, its a bit of a challenge to get good shots of this type of low-viz colour scheme when you are shooting directly into the sun. Anyway:      |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 30, 2016 20:18:54 GMT 12
Those shots are marvellous Peter!!
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Post by flyguy1050 on Mar 30, 2016 20:26:08 GMT 12
Peter those are amazing! Excellent thank you so much!!! Any chance I could get a copy of them? Brilliant work!!
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Mar 30, 2016 20:28:49 GMT 12
Those images are extremely washed-out colour-wise, but that graphically illustrates the extremes you have to go to when you attempt to take good photographs of the A109 helicopters in their very dark low-viz scheme with a severely backlit background. I haven't managed to trawl through my memory cards and find the photos of the A109 I took, but I have no doubt whatsoever that my images will likewise be very washed-out colour-wise.
Omaka and Hood aerodromes are definitely much better locations to take photographs of dark aircraft because the sun is behind you.
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Post by Swingtail on Mar 30, 2016 21:37:29 GMT 12
Peter, those are great pictures, Thanks!
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Post by nuuumannn on Mar 31, 2016 16:31:51 GMT 12
Yes indeed, good clear images Peter and yep, very washed out, but the same with most of the military displays; the Texan IIs were particularly bad being black.
Article written and photos away to the publisher.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 31, 2016 17:38:21 GMT 12
It just shows the camouflage works on them.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 31, 2016 17:39:42 GMT 12
I actually reckon that the A109 is a really good looking helicopter, and there are not many helicopters in the world that I'd ever say that about. Are they nice to fly, Flyguy1050?
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 31, 2016 17:46:53 GMT 12
A nice article here: VETERAN ENJOYS WARBIRDS SHOW March 31, 2016 Wanaka Sun  Pictured: 92-year-old Clarrie Berryman watching the Catalina flying boat swoop over Lake Wanaka at the free community airshow for Warbirds over Wanaka. Photo: Nikki Heath Wanaka Sun (page 5) Published Thursday March 31, 2016 | Glenda Turnbull – email: journalist@thewanakasun.co.nz Watching the warbirds fly over Lake Wanaka last Friday brought many happy memories back to former RNZAF pilot Clarrie Berryman. Clarrie had a long career as a RNZAF Pilot. He did his pilot training in a Tiger Moth and then served in the Pacific Islands flying Kittyhawks and Corsairs in World War II. He also flew Mustangs and was very lucky to learn how to perform an eight-point roll in a Mustang. After the war he continued his career with the RNZAF and served in Cypress in the 1950s flying Vampires and Venoms. Then Clarrie and his family moved to Singapore where he served in the Malayan emergency as a No 14 Squadron flight commander. Once back on New Zealand soil he continued working with the RNZAF. He spent some time away from flying before resuming his flying duties with Invercargill company Amphibian Airways flying amphibious aircraft between Stewart Island and Invercargill. He then became a flight testing officer for Civil Aviation testing pilots for their private and professional licences. In the 1960s he moved to Christchurch and flew for Mt Cook Airlines. This was his last post before retiring from flying. He also trained pilots to fly the Fokker friendship for Air New Zealand before he retired to Wanaka in the late 1980s. He has lived here ever since. Clarrie’s interest in aviation didn’t end with his retirement….. Read the full story on page 5 of today’s Wanaka Sun… Wanaka Sun | 31 March – 6 April 2016 | Edition 759 www.thewanakasun.co.nz/community/veteran-enjoys-warbirds-show/ |
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Post by flyguy1050 on Mar 31, 2016 19:30:07 GMT 12
I actually reckon that the A109 is a really good looking helicopter, and there are not many helicopters in the world that I'd ever say that about. Are they nice to fly, Flyguy1050? It doesn't have the same robust, simple utility the Huey had but it is amazingly manouverable and hugely underrated. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 31, 2016 19:40:43 GMT 12
Cool.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2016 8:40:57 GMT 12
I quite like them too. But, as Dave recently said, I like everything  |
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Post by Peter Lewis on Apr 1, 2016 16:53:58 GMT 12
If you thought low-viz scheme on the A109 was a photographic challenge, try the C-17:   |
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