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Post by nzompilot on Apr 16, 2009 0:49:48 GMT 12
Good luck Craig! Nice to know you shift to a foreign country and the first thing you do when you arrive is log onto the forum! ;D Of course mate, got to have my priorities straight - i.e. plan move so I could attend Classic Fighters 1st, then move, then make sure the 1st thing I do after getting net access, is keep up to date with the happenings in the forum, and NZ aviation. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 16, 2009 12:12:27 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 16, 2009 13:10:55 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 16, 2009 13:57:36 GMT 12
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Post by oldfokker on Apr 16, 2009 14:15:27 GMT 12
About to test the structural integrity of the airframe !  Mick |
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Post by oldfokker on Apr 16, 2009 14:20:00 GMT 12
Gracing a perfect sky   Mick |
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Post by baz62 on Apr 16, 2009 16:01:53 GMT 12
Good luck Craig! Nice to know you shift to a foreign country and the first thing you do when you arrive is log onto the forum! ;D I must have missed that somewhere. Where did you go Craig? Aussie? Baz62 ;D |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 16, 2009 16:11:36 GMT 12
He's tootled off to Brisbania.
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Post by John L on Apr 16, 2009 16:54:00 GMT 12
The Be2f and the 504K are quite superb. Surely, they should commandeer the same sort of respect as the Spit - they do to me. Historically speaking, the Be is probably of far more importance, as a sole flying survivor, but, I guess WW1 spotters don't have the same glamour that WW2 iron has. A shame.
What motors have they got in the Pfalz and the DVII?
Great photo's guys - if I have to live outback W.A., at least I can see what's going on back home.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 16, 2009 16:55:48 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 16, 2009 17:11:18 GMT 12
The Be2f and the 504K are quite superb. Surely, they should commandeer the same sort of respect as the Spit - they do to me. Historically speaking, the Be is probably of far more importance, as a sole flying survivor, but, I guess WW1 spotters don't have the same glamour that WW2 iron has. A shame. Great photo's guys - if I have to live outback W.A., at least I can see what's going on back home. Well, I for one thought that the Avro 504K and the Be2 were among the grand highlights. The Spitfire was fantastic but I'd never seen either of the WWI types before in the flesh, not least in the air. I was so stoked on Thursday morning when I got to meet Stuart and Wayne Tantrum and watch and film them take the Avro up, whilst the Be2 was also taken aloft too. It was an amazing experience. Here's a photo of Wayne and Stuart with the aircraft they restored.  I think it is more significant to the NZ scene than the Spitfire or the Be2, being a genuine original member of, and oldest survivor of the NZPAF and RNZAF. And the amazing array of pilots who flew it in the 1920's and 1930's alone makes it a national treasure. I'm not sure if it had a WWI history but that doesn't matter, it's NZ history is hugely significant alone. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 16, 2009 17:45:32 GMT 12
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Post by skyhawkdon on Apr 16, 2009 19:47:24 GMT 12
I couldn't make it to the show but have been following this thread with much interest (and jealousy!). I have to say that having seen the photos on here that I am amazed at some of the earlier criticism by some people, regarding some aspects of the air show. I don't want to start up the debate again, but I think everyone involved in organising and running the air show (all volunteers I believe) deserve a huge round of applause. Where else in the world can you see this unique line up of historic aircraft and other displays? So what that there was only one Spitfire and one Kittyhawk! Not so many years ago it was unheard of to have any WWI or WWII era fighters at an air show in NZ!! I'll never forget the Wigram Wings and Wheels in 1985 when ZK-TAF gave its first public display - I thought I was in hog heaven. We are very privileged to now have so many WWI and WWII fighters flying and under restoration in NZ - as the famous saying goes - Lest We Forget.
And I'm sure the RNZAF had good operational (and possibly financial) reasons for some of their aircraft not being able to attend the show. Again I remember the bad old days when the RNZAF couldn't even afford to put an aircraft on static display at an airshow, let alone fly at one!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 16, 2009 20:01:43 GMT 12
I'm sure most of us fully agree with you Don, and join in on the round of congratulations and thanks to all involved, but we're definately not going to start debating the issue again.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2009 20:08:59 GMT 12
The Be2f was, to me, second only to the Spit, as I've spent a long time (for a 21yr old  ) watching PV270's restoration and keenly awaiting the day I would see and hear her in the sky in person. I'm a major fan of the more sedate observation aircraft of WW1, so seeing the Be on the field was a tremendous surprise! I spent all of every display by her with my mouth either gaping or grinning. She was, and is, pure magic to see in the air. I am finding it very hard, as during the weekend, to find words sufficient to describe my feelings about ZK-BFR. Sadly none of the guys at work seem to care about WW1 types so any gushing is lost on them, they only ask about the Spit. I see on TVAL's site that they not only plan a Be2f repro, but also two Be2cs! Oh to have the funds to purchase one....I wonder how one goes about being observer/air gunner in TVAL aircraft? I appreciate the rarity and significance of the Avro too, and hearing from Gene that she was the original was great, but the Be took my heart. Don, I agree wholeheartedly with your sentiments. I've been lucky to have been a child during the heyday of Wanaka, seeing amazing aircraft pass through our country, and realise that even twenty years ago such shows probably couldn't take place. Jon, I'm fairly sure the D.VII and Pfalz both have DH Gipsys of some sort. Both are veterans of "The Blue Max" film. Nice shot of Stu and Wayne Dave (not to mention those of the aircraft...looking forward to your film footage!). I took a candid pic of Tantrum Sr which I thought was rather appropriate, the man of the hour admiring the result of several years hard graft - Be2f A1325/ZK-BFR.  |
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Post by woodinhead on Apr 16, 2009 20:14:11 GMT 12
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Post by oldfokker on Apr 16, 2009 20:47:39 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 16, 2009 20:56:49 GMT 12
Wow! Those two are terrific!
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Post by lumpy on Apr 16, 2009 20:58:30 GMT 12
Brilliant photos oldfokker !As has already been said , these two were real stars of the show !
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Post by oldfokker on Apr 16, 2009 21:17:07 GMT 12
Must have been the reason I spotted grown men with misty eyes !  |
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) watching PV270's restoration and keenly awaiting the day I would see and hear her in the sky in person.
blowing a bit of smoke
