Hawker hunters

[l29]

For those that love the hunter, you had better get to Tauranga for your last viewing because in the next few weeks they are about to head overseas.

[ZacYates]

My last time seeing ZK-JIL fly was while Sam and I were walking over the bridge out of Bulls on our way to the 2012 airshow - I saw and heard a dot in the distance. Then I learned it was her last display altogether...

I enjoyed it while it lasted Photos by my dad Dave at Wings Over Wairarapa 2003:
Wings Over Wairarapa 2003_0077 by Zac Yates, on Flickr
Wings Over Wairarapa 2003_0078 by Zac Yates, on Flickr
Wings Over Wairarapa 2003_0079 by Zac Yates, on Flickr
Wings Over Wairarapa 2003_0075 by Zac Yates, on Flickr
Wings Over Wairarapa 2003_0076 by Zac Yates, on Flickr
Wings Over Wairarapa 2003_0081 by Zac Yates, on Flickr
Wings Over Wairarapa 2003_0080 by Zac Yates, on Flickr

And my brief video of her in action at Wanaka three years later:



And now I remembered I never sat in the two-seater. Darn.