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Post by ErrolC on Jan 23, 2018 19:07:01 GMT 12
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Jan 23, 2018 20:39:19 GMT 12
Regarding parking on the airfield on the Thursday, one Warbirds Over Wanaka many years ago, I turned up about an hour after the gates had opened on the Sunday (other people in my group were doing the mad dash that day to grab the favoured seats in the grandstand) and when I showed the Gold Pass at the entrance to the car park, I was directed down the road and in the main gate of the airport. Somebody obviously stuffed up; however I went and found a spot in the trade exhibitor's carpark and parked there. I was half expecting to find the car had been towed when I returned there at the end of the day (all the other cars in that carpark had exhibitor's stickers), but the car was still where I left it only a couple of hundred metres from the entrance to the gold pass enclosure. Score!!
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Post by baz62 on Jan 24, 2018 8:36:42 GMT 12
but now have permission to fly in for the Sunday show - ye ha! Who you Flying down with? Air NZ? How much. Presume it's not Gold pass? |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 24, 2018 10:08:02 GMT 12
I still need to find a way to get from Christchurch to Wanaka before the show. Looks like my possible option with Don is now not an option.
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Post by joey05 on Jan 25, 2018 6:55:27 GMT 12
What WWII Warbirds are in the line up? I've heard a Polikarpov mentioned, and the Catalina....Mosquito? Fw-190? Spit XIV? FW190 not airworthy yet and Mk XIV not likely as owner tends to only show her off at Omaka. Yes Poli will be there! Catalina confirmed (with Lake event too). Local P51 and Yak 3, Graham Frews Yak 3, (all of these are of course dependent on airworthiness at the time), the Deere Spitfire Mk IX and Avenger, Bill Reids Anson, DC3, Harvards, Yak 52s, Nanchang, Corsair and P40s, Warbirds P51, Dougs Spitfire TR9? theres a T28 confirmed, what have I missed..... Don't think the latest Mosquito will be finished in time although its been a while since an update! |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 25, 2018 9:19:43 GMT 12
Corsair and P40s... theres a T28 confirmed Are you saying you have seen the Corsair and both P-40's confirmed for the show? And which of the T-28's are you referring to? The two in NZ that are currently non-flying, or the one that is headed this way soon? |
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Post by joey05 on Jan 25, 2018 11:32:11 GMT 12
Corsair and P40s... theres a T28 confirmed Are you saying you have seen the Corsair and both P-40's confirmed for the show? And which of the T-28's are you referring to? The two in NZ that are currently non-flying, or the one that is headed this way soon? Sorry wasn't confirming F4U or P40s. T28 was reported by the ODT as returning after a 14 year hiatus, being owned and piloted by the one and only Brett Emeny. Newspapers rarely get things wrong..... |
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Post by ErrolC on Jan 25, 2018 11:39:51 GMT 12
Are you saying you have seen the Corsair and both P-40's confirmed for the show? And which of the T-28's are you referring to? The two in NZ that are currently non-flying, or the one that is headed this way soon? Sorry wasn't confirming F4U or P40s. T28 was reported by the ODT as returning after a 14 year hiatus, being owned and piloted by the one and only Brett Emeny. Newspapers rarely get things wrong..... T-28 is listed on the show's website - as is a unspecified P-40. Of course things can change. |
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Post by skyhawkdon on Jan 25, 2018 16:13:28 GMT 12
but now have permission to fly in for the Sunday show - ye ha! Who you Flying down with? Air NZ? How much. Presume it's not Gold pass? Yeah in and out of Queenstown. $370 return. Silver Pass. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 25, 2018 17:28:01 GMT 12
That's cheaper than one way from Chch to Wanaka on Intercity!
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Post by baz62 on Jan 25, 2018 17:38:08 GMT 12
Yeah in and out of Queenstown. $370 return. Silver Pass. Wow thats good. So rental car to and from Wanaka I presume? I'm going to see if the Aero Club are looking at flying a Partinavia down. |
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Jan 25, 2018 17:53:16 GMT 12
I'll probably get to see Christchurch briefly on the way down and also on the way back.....from 25-30,000 feet or so, provided it isn't cloudy.
Only nine weeks from today until I head down to Wanaka for the airshow. That nine weeks will slip by in no time at all.
This will be Warbirds Over Wanaka number fifteen for me. It's hard to believe fifteen airshows and 28 years has slipped by so quickly.
I didn't make it to Warbirds On Parade in 1988, but I was at the first Warbirds Over Wanaka in 1990 (I can still remember the heat & dust that Easter) and have been to every one since.
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Post by skyhawkdon on Jan 25, 2018 20:04:36 GMT 12
Yeah in and out of Queenstown. $370 return. Silver Pass. Wow thats good. So rental car to and from Wanaka I presume? I'm going to see if the Aero Club are looking at flying a Partinavia down. Will catch a ride to and from the show with Mum and Dad (they live at Frankton) and also have Silver Passes on the Sunday. |
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Post by skyhawkdon on Jan 25, 2018 20:06:17 GMT 12
That's cheaper than one way from Chch to Wanaka on Intercity! Surely not Dave. There are various bus options these days - try Atomic Shuttle. |
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Post by mumbles on Jan 25, 2018 20:53:54 GMT 12
That's cheaper than one way from Chch to Wanaka on Intercity! Surely not Dave. There are various bus options these days - try Atomic Shuttle. I'm impressed Atomic Shuttle are still around. My wife and I had a couple of very ordinary experiences with them in the 2000's  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 25, 2018 21:04:32 GMT 12
I'm not joking Don, Intercity wanted around $380 one way on that route when I first looked at it over a month back. Ridiculous. Now the price has dropped as they seem to have added another bus that day but that means some poor buggers spent that much for 7 and a 1/4 hours on a bus!
Naked Bus still has no listings for that day, I don't know if it is all booked out or just too far ahead in time for them.
I'd never heard of Atomic Bus, it seems to be just a South Island thing. And guess what, they do not go to Wanaka!
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Jan 25, 2018 21:12:44 GMT 12
Atomic Suttle. That's a name from the distant past.
I travelled from Queenstown to Christchurch with them once....it must have been at least 20 years ago and was most likely after a Warbirds Over Wanaka airshow.
I seem to recall they picked us up at the gate of the apartment we were staying at by Perkins Road along the Frankton Arm.
Interesting to hear they are still going.
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Post by mumbles on Jan 25, 2018 22:04:36 GMT 12
Atomic Suttle. That's a name from the distant past. I travelled from Queenstown to Christchurch with them once....it must have been at least 20 years ago and was most likely after a Warbirds Over Wanaka airshow. I seem to recall they picked us up at the gate of the apartment we were staying at by Perkins Road along the Frankton Arm. Interesting to hear they are still going. Did Dunedin Christchurch and then Christchurch to Picton with them in 2003. The first trip was ordinary, the second was "never again" bad. |
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Post by thebrads on Jan 26, 2018 7:46:49 GMT 12
Dave add this to your options, if you get to Cromwell (which is the major bus interchange for the area) I'll get you to Wanaka from there.
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Post by Naki on Jan 26, 2018 13:13:07 GMT 12
Buchon making an appearance too!??
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