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Post by the_flying_surfer on Jan 15, 2010 17:19:01 GMT 12
Nope, SKYTRAIN / TACEX is February... around 10-25th TBC
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2010 8:37:52 GMT 12
A sign perhaps that the organisers are short of "headline" acts? By now I would have expected there to be more "firm" details on the aircraft attending. Lets hope they have a few surprises up their sleeve! I second those sentiments Don. For months now I've gone on to the WOW website looking for the poster featuring the "mystery overseas aircraft not seen before" and still nothing. I'm going regardless, but I'd love to know what I'll see! I for one have never seen any RAF or Ad'A machines - or personnel, actually - in the flesh so it will be interesting to see what the "involvement" from the foreign forces will be. |
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Jan 16, 2010 12:01:30 GMT 12
I for one have never seen any RAF or Ad'A machines - or personnel, actually - in the flesh so it will be interesting to see what the "involvement" from the foreign forces will be. I have....at the airshow commemorating the 40th? anniversary of the opening of Auckland International. The RAF displayed aeroplanes at that airshow. I seem to recall one of them was a Harrier. I've still got the official program from that airshow somewhere. I must look it out sometime and refresh my memory as to exactly what the RAF displayed. And when I was a young fella, I saw an RAF Vulcan bomber displayed at the airshow commemorating the official opening of the current Napier airport. Plus, when I was 5½ years old, I was taken to the airshow held as part of the opening of Wellington International in 1959. I can remember various RAF aeroplanes being displayed at that show, although the memory is a bit hazy as to exact details. I can however still vividly remember the mishap involving a RAF Vulcan. You never forget an incident like that, or the RNZAF Sunderland scraping its hull along the runway when it got a bit too low during a flypast. However, with regards to Warbirds Over Wanaka in general, I have felt for the past few years that the airshow has been on a slow wane since the glory days of the 1990s and early “noughties”. I still attend, because it is a great social occasion and you still get to see a lot of awesome flying acts, but I have felt for quite some time that Omaka's star has been rising as Wanaka's has been gradually waning. |
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Post by obiwan27 on Jan 16, 2010 12:28:23 GMT 12
A sign perhaps that the organisers are short of "headline" acts? By now I would have expected there to be more "firm" details on the aircraft attending. Lets hope they have a few surprises up their sleeve! I second those sentiments Don. For months now I've gone on to the WOW website looking for the poster featuring the "mystery overseas aircraft not seen before" and still nothing. I'm going regardless, but I'd love to know what I'll see! Well to my imagination the "mystery overseas aircraft not seen before in NZ" would have originally referred to the FW190. However I am not sure of the staus of this aircraft unless someone else can enlighten me? So perhaps it is that, or something else? |
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Post by Kereru on Jan 17, 2010 7:53:03 GMT 12
"Mrs Deans said four air forces were involved for the first time – the Royal New Zealand Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force, representatives from the Royal Air Force and French pilots from New Caledonia. " Not forgetting the US Air Force will be there? www.aircraftimages.net/display.php/Lockheed_689Typhoon or Tornado will be most welcome if they are not snowed in in UK? ;D See you there. Colin |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 20, 2010 10:48:15 GMT 12
The Red Arrows would be a coup but they're too scared to cross the Tasman with them. They've flown all the way to Aussie before though I'm told.
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Post by shorty on Jan 20, 2010 21:25:27 GMT 12
My bet is that the representatives from the RAF will be the defence attache from the High Commissioners Office and the French ones will just be a bunch from New Caledonia on a offically sanctioned jolly. The USAF one will be a flyover on the way to the Pole.
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Jan 21, 2010 0:18:05 GMT 12
My bet is that the representatives from the RAF will be the defence attache from the High Commissioners Office and the French ones will just be a bunch from New Caledonia on a offically sanctioned jolly. The USAF one will be a flyover on the way to the Pole. Those of us who sneaked into Wanaka Airport on the Thursday last time got to see a brief display by the USAF ski-equipped Hercules when it arrived, flew a couple of low passes, then landed. It was actually amazing just how many people were there on the Thursday. I flew down to Dunedin on the Thursday morning and picked up a rental car, then drove to Taieri Mouth to briefly visit an old friend, then on to Cromwell where I checked into my accommodation for the weekend. It was still before mid-afternoon, so I headed off to Wanaka Airport to see what was what, and there was actually a lot of flying going on, including the arrival of the USAF Hercules — I think I've got some photographs somewhere on one of my external hard-drives. |
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Post by betsy46 on Jan 21, 2010 20:19:08 GMT 12
Hi Dave,
The (DC-3) Betsy is back. Been a long 6 months or so....just working so hard...
Well, we have been invited to attend Wanaka again.
We are planning to leave from Ardmore on Thursday 1st April, and head to Wanaka. After dropping off pax, and our equipment, we will head to Queenstown.
$950 return (Ardmore - Wanaka /Queenstown-Admore.)
Includes inflight refreshments, meals.
During the 3 days , the DC-3 will leave ZQN, and take paying pax to Wanaka.
At the end of the airshow, after any Scenic flights, the DC-3 will return to Queenstown.
Beat the traffic over the Crown Range and fly DC-3!!!
$60 return, Queenstown - Wanaka- Queenstown (each day) for Pax who flew down from Ardmore.
$90 return for pax Queenstown - Wanaka - Queenstown.
Contact Jessica and Eugenie at the Office.
09 - 479 1379
0274 382 297
flydc3@paradise.net.nz
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Jan 25, 2010 14:40:19 GMT 12
Wing walker promises thrills aplentyBy JOHN EDENS in Alexandra - The Southland Times | 5:00AM - Monday, 25 January 2010 ON A WING AND A PRAYER: German wing-walker Peggy Krainz will
be performing at Warbirds Over Wanaka during the Easter holidays.A German wing walker has promised to deliver an unforgettable performance at this year's Warbirds Over Wanaka international air show.
Peggy Krainz, 39, will be looping and rolling at speeds of up to 240kmh attached to a Boeing Stearman aircraft piloted by her partner Friedrich Walentin during the pair's first visit to New Zealand.
Ms Krainz, in a statement, said she was not frightened during wing walks but was conscious she must stop when tired.
"During the display I move up on the wing and between the left wings — it is hard work for me.
"We will give the spectators some unforgettable moments," she said.
During the act the wing walker communicates with the pilot using hand signals and is attached to the aircraft by a safety cord.
The German daredevil has thrilled crowds with more than 600 aerial displays.
The Wanaka air show programme has not included a wing walker for more than 20 years.
This year's show runs from April 02 to 04.www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/3258094/Wing-walker-promises-thrills-aplenty
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Post by davidm on Jan 25, 2010 21:42:47 GMT 12
It is a while since I went to Wanaka (2002) but we are going again this year, staying outside QT on a property with friends.
The WoW website lists lots of wineries and fine food outlets and vendors but nothing of aeronautical or modelling interest. IIRC there were some back then...do such vendors still attend?
David
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Jan 25, 2010 22:33:19 GMT 12
While on the topic of Warbirds over Wanaka...
I've mentioned it before, but here goes again.
I've got one of the Railway Welfare Trust holiday apartments at Frankton (just down the road from Queenstown Airport) for seven nights over the Easter period, although we will only be actually occupying it for five nights. It is a three-bedroom apartment on three levels with million-dollar views towards The Remarkables and is sited directly across the road from the Frankton Marina. Zac and I will be sharing the apartment, but there is one bedroom still up for grabs if anyone hasn't arranged accommodation yet. The cost is cheap (considerably less than $100 per person for the entire long weekend, if there are three of us), but you'd have to bring your own sheets, pillowcases, towels and teatowels. Everything else is in the apartment (apart from groceries). I have got a rental car booked for the weekend, so if anyone would like to stay there but doesn't have their own transport (due to flying in like we are), then transport to and from Wanaka for the three days of the airshow isn't a problem.
Zac and I are both flying to Queenstown on the same direct flight from Wellington, due to arrive at 13.20hrs on Thursday 1st April; and we are both flying out of Queenstown on the same direct flight to Wellington, departing Queenstown at 12.55hrs on Tuesday 6th April, so you'd need to arrive and depart within that period of time/dates.
It doesn't worry me whether the third bedroom remains empty or not, but if anyone planning to attend Warbirds over Wanaka is stuck for accommodation, then get in touch with me. First in, first served.
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Post by bugracer on Feb 2, 2010 0:20:29 GMT 12
Hi Dave, The (DC-3) Betsy is back. Been a long 6 months or so....just working so hard... Well, we have been invited to attend Wanaka again. We are planning to leave from Ardmore on Thursday 1st April, and head to Wanaka. After dropping off pax, and our equipment, we will head to Queenstown. $950 return (Ardmore - Wanaka /Queenstown-Admore.) Includes inflight refreshments, meals. During the 3 days , the DC-3 will leave ZQN, and take paying pax to Wanaka. At the end of the airshow, after any Scenic flights, the DC-3 will return to Queenstown. Beat the traffic over the Crown Range and fly DC-3!!! $60 return, Queenstown - Wanaka- Queenstown (each day) for Pax who flew down from Ardmore. $90 return for pax Queenstown - Wanaka - Queenstown. Contact Jessica and Eugenie at the Office. 09 - 479 1379 0274 382 297 flydc3@paradise.net.nz I'll be going , I think I convinced the wife to come up in the DC3 so Im looking forward to it !! Any pointers in flying in a DC3 ? She is worried about our 1 year old and the pram . I dont think it will be an issue since they would have flown with babies for years before ! Gold pass here for the whole weekend . If it means paying extra for a Zero to come then so be it ! I would have paid even more to see the fw190 fly ! |
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Post by ErrolC on Feb 2, 2010 14:56:29 GMT 12
www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/lifestyle/3280233/Warbirds-and-songbirdsWarbirds and songbirds The Press Last updated 09:07 01/02/2010 A Japanese Zero from World War II and, probably, modern jetfighters from Australia will carve up Central Otago skies at this Easter's Warbirds Over Wanaka airshow. JILL HERRON reports. The world's best carrier-based fighter, Japan's Mitsubishi Zero, when introduced into World War II service, had excellent manoeuvrability and long range. Zeros were used in the Pearl Harbour raid and later for kamikaze assaults. Eleven thousand were produced between 1940 and 1945, but today only several exist in museums around the world, with just three airworthy. After months of negotiations with its owners, a crated Zero is being transported from the United States and will be assembled at Wanaka Airport. It will be a centrepiece for 70 other aircraft at this Easter's international airshow Warbirds Over Wanaka and the first time that a Zero has flown in South Island skies. Wanaka will host one of the greatest collection of warbird aircraft ever seen flying in New Zealand, including Kittyhawks, a Supermarine Spitfire, a Mustang, a Vought Corsair and a Catalina flying boat. Lithuanian aerobatics star and world champion Jurgis Kairys will return to thrill his Kiwi fans, and German wing-walker Peggy Krainz will make her Wanaka debut. And a contingent of modern Royal Australian Air Force fighter jets are "90 per cent" confirmed to roar across the Tasman and rattle the Upper Clutha, says event manager Mandy Deans. A fresh focus by a determined new airshow management team is set to shape a broader future for the event that goes well beyond admiring lovely flying machines - much to the delight of show founder Sir Tim Wallis. It is over 20 years since Sir Tim, aviator, entrepreneur and ideas-man extraordinaire, convinced the Wanaka Lions Club to give him a hand with instigating an airshow. Wanaka Airport boasted little else at the time, the only permanent residents being Sir Tim's Alpine Deer Group and scenic flight operators Aspiring Air. Sir Tim's rookie airshow organisers were delighted when 14,000 people turned up to enjoy overhead warbirds and, on the ground, his brother George Wallis' vintage machinery. Over the following years the biennial show was interspersed with fly-in events on special occasions. By the mid-1990s, Warbirds Over Wanaka had established itself as an internationally recognised event. Three-day shows in the last decade have attracted between 85,000 and 100,000 people, injecting millions of dollars into the local economy. Internationally acclaimed acts and special guests are the norm, and that, combined with the Upper Clutha's mountain scenery, elevates it as a starring event in the world of warbird air shows. Innovations for this year's event, says Deans, include more family- friendly facilities such as educational displays and a specific children's entertainment area with a creche. "There will be face painting, a puppet show, inflatable Space rocket, bungy trampoline and lots more." Dads will not be forgotten, she says, and will enjoy their own blokes' barn with an emphasis on hunting, fishing, boating, flying, eating red meat and other bloke-oriented pursuits. Also new on the ground will be an aircraft sales market and the Goodbars.co.nz Regional Wine and Food Expo. Returning to provide 1930s and 40s entertainment are Frankie, of Christchurch. Their performances are described by leader Lois Trenberth as modelled "loosely" on famous American vocalists The Andrews Sisters, great boosters of wartime morale among the military services. The act also has ingredients from other entertainment stars of the era such as Vera Lynn and Ella Fitzgerald. Frankie, which will perform daily, includes Trenberth's daughter Emily Trenberth and niece Cher Hunter, and Nadine Hoskins, Catriona MacDonald and Anna Jack. * Warbirds Over Wanaka 2010: April 2, 3 and 4 (Friday to Sunday). Further information and tickets available on the airshow website www.warbirdsoverwanaka.com.
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Post by aeromedia on Feb 4, 2010 18:46:41 GMT 12
An advert I heard on Newstalk ZB in Christchurch today mentioned. . . ."Warbirds Over Wanaka . . . . . .see the blah blah blah . . . . and Supersonic Jets." !!!!!! Someone not telling us something, or have they hotted up the Cessna A37?  ?? ;D Maybe its an ill-informed copywriter or maybe it's the Aussies with some F18's? ?  |
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Post by Naki on Feb 4, 2010 20:54:26 GMT 12
A RAAF F-111 just had a display at the airshow in Singapore ..so it could be here for one last time.
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Post by lesterpk on Feb 4, 2010 21:21:21 GMT 12
Looks like I'll be making my first trip to Wanaka this year. I'll be working though, accompanying the might Seasprite. Drop by and say hello if you get the time.
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Feb 4, 2010 21:50:25 GMT 12
A RAAF F-111 just had a display at the airshow in Singapore ..so it could be here for one last time. That would “make my weekend” if the F-111s returned for a final display in NZ before they are retired. |
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Post by Kereru on Feb 5, 2010 7:14:04 GMT 12
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Post by vgp on Feb 5, 2010 11:32:09 GMT 12
According to this article Singapore was the last International display by an F-111 - but you never know do you? would be good if they did turn up at wanaka. although I think you will see a few more times in aussie before the end of the year. caption for Flight Global highlights video VIDEO: Singapore Airshow display highlights (F-111, A-10, F/A-50, M346) As I've noted before, this airshow is the F-111's international curtain call, so it's the last time you'll see the "dump and burn" trick anywhere (the US Air Force called it the "zippo"). The Royal Australian Air Force plans to retire the F-111 in December. But it may not be the last time American spotters see the jet, or so I hear. Note to spotters: Keep an eye out for the skies over China Lake in July. www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2010/02/video-singapore-airshow-displa.html |
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