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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 8, 2018 8:25:36 GMT 12
That circle is one of thousands of artificially irrigated paddocks that now infest the South Island, taking all the water out of the rivers and completely changing the environment so what used to be sheep country can now run dairy cows or crops on it. It's all a bit of an environmental disaster in the making, but the Chinese dairy companies don't give a toss.
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Post by ErrolC on Apr 8, 2018 11:12:37 GMT 12
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Post by ErrolC on Apr 8, 2018 11:23:38 GMT 12
I wasn’t there on the Sunday. Did the paintball-packin’ lighties ever get to do their thing? After the Yak hit the target-holding-cherry-pickers on Saturday, I wouldn’t have been surprised if the airshow directors just called it all off completely. Shame if it was, as it looked like it would have been a cool novelty act. The “Target Holding Cherry Pickers” would be good name for a hillbilly country music group. Some photos of the Friday practice. If I'd realised that they were using paintball guns to pop the balloons I would have been more impressed! As it was I started my walk around the site as they began, so most of my shots are from ground level. www.flickr.com/photos/errolgc/sets/72157689625336940/with/41304715881/ |
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Post by Gavin Conroy on Apr 8, 2018 11:39:50 GMT 12
That circle is one of thousands of artificially irrigated paddocks that now infest the South Island, taking all the water out of the rivers and completely changing the environment so what used to be sheep country can now run dairy cows or crops on it. It's all a bit of an environmental disaster in the making, but the Chinese dairy companies don't give a toss. That circle is a bit different, from what I was told it is part of the NASA Balloon operation that operates at the airfield. |
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Apr 8, 2018 11:51:45 GMT 12
That circle is one of thousands of artificially irrigated paddocks that now infest the South Island, taking all the water out of the rivers and completely changing the environment so what used to be sheep country can now run dairy cows or crops on it. It's all a bit of an environmental disaster in the making, but the Chinese dairy companies don't give a toss. Yep....the last government even overthrew a regional council to facilitate those green circles. However, back to the topic at hand, which is the airshow last weekend....  And it was great to see the F-16 pilot, Richard Smeeding aka Punch, drinking a bottle of Speights while working his way along the gold pass enclosure fenceline....  |
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Apr 8, 2018 16:27:13 GMT 12
Shame he wasn't shouted a decent brew...
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Post by nadlam on Apr 8, 2018 19:41:09 GMT 12
Hi there, did anyone manage to get any photos of the Catalina on the sunday between 1720-1750? I had a magnificent flight in her.
Cheers
Nick
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Post by colford on Apr 10, 2018 17:05:21 GMT 12
ErrolC,
Thanks for those couple of photos of the Catalina from the Friday. That is me in the rectangular window ahead of the fuselage blister, facing rearwards with camera lens to the window as we took off. We saw the Dakota doing its thing over the lake whilst we were flying around, and I think we got some air to air of the Dakota.
Just got home back in Canberra late last night after touring around other parts of the southern South Island after WoW 2018 and still have to get around to downloading all the photos from my various cameras and memory cards so I can see exactly what I was able to capture at Warbirds Over Wanaka 2018 and the flights I had at the show. My baggage came back 5kgs heavier with airshow programs, caps, t-shirts, other aviation t-shirts, aviation books, aviation DVDs, patches (made my contributions to the USAF beer fund!), and a couple of non aviation NZ souvenir items - but with aviation connections. Oh, and a bottle of Tuimato Sauce!
Regards.
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Post by hardyakka on Apr 10, 2018 18:24:13 GMT 12
Thanks, Errol. Looks like there was some of “land through the archway” activity as well. |
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Post by hardyakka on Apr 10, 2018 18:28:12 GMT 12
And it was great to see the F-16 pilot, Richard Smeeding aka Punch, drinking a bottle of Speights while working his way along the gold pass enclosure fenceline.... What great name for a fighter pilot, Dick Punch   |
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Post by Peter Lewis on Apr 12, 2018 19:19:41 GMT 12
Now that I have been able to catch up a bit with Life, the Universe and everything, I can post a few of mine. Firstly the American taxpayers contribution: The Saturday F16  There was a different aircraft on Sunday  As has already been noted, Captain Speaking arrived back later on NZ7124 (sponsored by Speights?)  and the majestic C17 Globemaster is a really impressive beast  |
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Apr 13, 2018 7:36:18 GMT 12
Nice Pics Peter. The secret is DON'T PANIC...
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Post by Peter Lewis on Apr 13, 2018 17:22:11 GMT 12
Smoking is now officially discouraged - unless you are at an air show. It might be nine Yaks . . .  which later shrunk to seven . . .  five Black Falcons . . .  chased by five Harvards . . .  or just a single P-40 . . .  and a departing smoking Anson.  |
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Post by campbellbox on Apr 13, 2018 22:02:43 GMT 12
...and P-40 not a P-3 (that's a 12 days of Christmas joke FYI)
Thanks for the pics Peter. I'm looking forward to further installments.
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Post by Peter Lewis on Apr 14, 2018 16:42:53 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 14, 2018 17:05:17 GMT 12
I really don't know how you all got such great photos. Looking into that sunshine ruined most of mind. It must pay to have whizzy do fancy cameras in these circumstances.
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Apr 14, 2018 18:31:16 GMT 12
If you use an SLR camera, you can compensate for that sun in the background.
I had three SLRs at the airshow, two of them fitted with a lens of similar focal length, but using different settings, so that however the lighting was at any instant, I simply had to pick up the camera which was set-up closest for that particular lighting. The third camera had a lens fitted which was more suitable for closer action.
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Post by baz62 on Apr 14, 2018 19:09:07 GMT 12
Apart from providing and flying the Buchon (109) for the show, John Romain also helped a few Kiwis out with some bolts. A friend in mine in Blenheim is rebuilding a Tiger Moth and was after some particular bolts. Apparently they hold the undercarriage to wing to fuselage joint together so fairly critical. Being British built like the Auster naturally we tried the sources we used but to no avail. John Romain's company The Aircraft Restoration Company are heavily involved with all sorts of vintage types from Chipmunks to Blenheims so I wondered if he might know of any suppliers. A quick suitably grovelling email and I got back this reply: "Sure, how many do you want?".
Being thick I completely forgot he was coming to New Zealand so when I prattled on about using NZ Post's YouShop service he replied with "Or I could bring them when I come over for Warbirds over Wanaka?"
What a guy. And of course I nearly forgot until the Thursday before the show and had a "S@#t! The bolts!" moment as I was supposed to remind him a few days before he left the UK. This was made worse when John informed me the box his flying gear in it was missing care of some airport somewhere and guess where the bolts were? Friday the box was found! I didn't get to get the bolts off him (dreams of a sit in the Buchon shattered :-( ) as Jay McIntyre of Jem Aviation was getting some of these bolts and was at the show so he took them back to Blenheim.
The old saying it's not what you know but who you know springs to mind. If you're reading this John thanks for the help!!
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Post by Peter Lewis on Apr 14, 2018 20:30:46 GMT 12
I really don't know how you all got such great photos. Looking into that sunshine ruined most of mind. It must pay to have whizzy do fancy cameras in these circumstances. Adjust the exposure to +3 stops in most cases, when you are shooting into the sky. If you look at the backgrounds to these photos, you can see how washed out they are compared to subject. And 0f course - with both KTJ and I - there is no substitute for knowledge and experience. You can have the fanciest camera in the world but you have to know how to drive it. I watch all those hundreds of people with their I-phones and tablets, shooting away, and I just know all they are getting is a black dot in the middle of a sun flare sky. |
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Apr 14, 2018 20:49:02 GMT 12
I watch all those hundreds of people with their I-phones and tablets, shooting away, and I just know all they are getting is a black dot in the middle of a sun flare sky. Yep....I had one of them sitting next to me....the musical director of both Orchestra Wellington and the Vallejo Symphony Orchestra (San Francisco bay area) and he was using an iPhone to take photographs (he's now a Wanaka local, living at Luggate). I've seen what he has uploaded to his Facebook page, so I know exactly what Peter is talking about. And I found that with really dark-coloured aeroplanes, such as the C-17 and the C-130H, it was sometimes necessary to go to +4 stops to get the good results. And talking of photographs taken at the airshow, I have still only merely picked at mine. I've been rather busy lately, but I'll get around to it. |
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