found this story - the above story doesn't seem to be in the archived story page:
www.bayofplentytimes.co.nz/localnews/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3760737&thesection=localnews&thesubsection=Trust relocates aircraft to new Tauranga base
13.01.2008
By JOHN COUSINS
A nationally significant aircraft collection is shifting to Tauranga, drawn by the pulling power of one of the Bay's tourism success stories, Classic Flyers Museum.
The New Zealand Historic Aircraft Trust has started construction of a $400,000 hangar next to Classic Flyers, after deciding to leave Auckland's Ardmore Aerodrome.
It is the culmination of two years' negotiations to join forces with the Bay of Plenty Classic Aircraft Trust and represents an exciting new chapter in the history of a tourist attraction established only two and a half years ago.
Once completed in March, the trust's hangar will display a Cessna A37 Dragonfly ground-attack jet used in the Vietnam War, a vintage Tiger Moth, a World War 2 Harvard, and two beautifully restored classic passenger aircraft from the 1940s and 1950s - a de Havilland Dominie and a de Havilland Devon.
The decision by the two trusts to operate in tandem comes less than three months after the Waikato owner of New Zealand's biggest privately-owned military collection agreed to rehouse his spectacular exhibits in a hangar behind Classic Flyers.
Like the Tauranga Military Collection, admission to the NZ Historic Aircraft Trust's hangar will be through Classic Flyers, so it becomes one seamless operation.
NZ Historic Aircraft Trust trustee Bruce Chapman, of Tauranga, said their objective to keep old aircraft operational fitted in well with Classic Flyers, which was a successful aircraft preservation trust.
Mr Chapman said the trust had been lucky to get such a good site for its hangar.
"Tauranga is looking after us very well."
Classic Flyers chief executive Andrew Gormlie said the shift to Tauranga from Auckland would also increase the flying time of the old aircraft. He said it was good for old aircraft to be flown regularly, rather than deteriorating on the ground.
Mr Gormlie said there would be mutual benefits for both organisations from the quieter NZ Historic Aircraft Trust coming in with the more commercially focused BOP Classic Aircraft Trust.
"This is another significant step forward in our operation.
"We are very pleased to have them come down."
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