Gisborne Photonews aviation photos

[Dave Homewood]

Looking through old issues of the Gisborne Photonews online I've happened upon a some great aviation photos so I thought it might be worth sharing some of them here in a varied thread:

Here is one of their local boy and well known RNZAF pilot Bruce Donnolly DFC over Gisborne in a Tiger Moth. He was a Vietnam veteran, a Skyhawk pilot, and later an Air New Zealand pilot. He famously displayed the Boeing 747 at an airshow in Auckland. I know a lot of people in the Air Force, the airline and Warbirds knew him before he passed away, and he was well respected. This is from No. 156, June 14, 1967.

[Dave Homewood]

A shot of six Vampires low and tight over Gisborne, and below that an aviation display in a local department store. Why don't local department stores do displays to interest the public in aviation these days? This is from No 128 : February 24, 1965. Does anyone know the date the Vampires displayed at Gisborne?

[Dave Homewood]

An Iroquois SAR demonstration from No 207 : September 8, 1971

[Dave Homewood]

Another display at Adair's store. Some cool models for those days. This is from No 213 : March 22, 1972

[Dave Homewood]

An airshow - From No 128 : February 24, 1965

[Dave Homewood]

That must have been when the Vampires displayed there?

[mit]

There is some likewise interesting pictures in the Nelson Photo News

[kiwithrottlejockey]

Somewhere at this group, there is a thread containing a heap of stuff I posted from Gisborne Photo News a few years ago.

[baz62]

Mar 16, 2018 20:29:52 GMT 12 Dave Homewood said:

An airshow - From No 128 : February 24, 1965

I see that's the Air Force Museum's Freighter NZ5903.