We turned up in time for the 10am start of the display.
RNZAF Kiwi Blue Parachute Display Team.
Some interesting condensation around the propellers.
The Hercules ended its display by releasing some chaff.
Then there were 14 helicopters. They had hidden in the valley beyond the runway so appeared by rising from the valley.
Sport Aircraft Display.
Kitfox VII.
Hornet STOL.
Sea Rey.
Brendan Deere’s Spitfire. His uncle, Al Deere, shared a tent with Max for 18 months during WW2 when they were on 485 (NZ) Squadron. Max and Noel went and talked with the pilot, Sean Perrett, after the display, a nice guy.
The Yak-52s taking off.
Max and Noel watching the Spitfire display.
Back to the Yak-52s.
The WW1 display.
The glider duo display.
Richie McCaw’s dad flew the glider tow plane again.
I flew in this with Gavin Wills (chap in the orange hat) on Tuesday.
Moths plus Chipmunk.
Jurgis Kairys in a Sukhoi 29 vs Greg Murphy in a Lamborghini.
Noel and Max.
Jet racing.
Jurgis Kairys taking off for his display.
DC-3.
Mustang and Spitfire taking off.
Most of the people in the stand had their gold caps on (signifying their gold pass entry).
Not surprised are you? 🙂 Ice cream from Rush Monroe’s (Hawke’s Bay)!
The smoke ring from an explosion.
Avenger.
Avro Anson.
Then there was a bit of a battle…
One down….
Ignoring the colour scheme, we decided we’d quite like this – a Just Aircraft Highlander Super STOL.
It was a thoroughly good day. The weather had threatened a good amount of rain for much of the day but it never really came to anything more than a few spits.
We drove back to Cardrona and had dinner at the Sombre Duck (!) on-site.