We turned up in time for the 10am start of the display.

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RNZAF Kiwi Blue Parachute Display Team.

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Some interesting condensation around the propellers.

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The Hercules ended its display by releasing some chaff.

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Then there were 14 helicopters. They had hidden in the valley beyond the runway so appeared by rising from the valley.

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Sport Aircraft Display.

Kitfox VII.

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Hornet STOL.

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Sea Rey.

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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.

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The Yak-52s taking off.

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Max and Noel watching the Spitfire display.

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Back to the Yak-52s.

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The WW1 display.

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The glider duo display.

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Richie McCaw’s dad flew the glider tow plane again.

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I flew in this with Gavin Wills (chap in the orange hat) on Tuesday.

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Moths plus Chipmunk.

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Jurgis Kairys in a Sukhoi 29 vs Greg Murphy in a Lamborghini.

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Noel and Max.

 

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Jet racing.

 

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Jurgis Kairys taking off for his display.

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DC-3.

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Mustang and Spitfire taking off.

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Most of the people in the stand had their gold caps on (signifying their gold pass entry).

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Not surprised are you? 🙂 Ice cream from Rush Monroe’s (Hawke’s Bay)!

 

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The smoke ring from an explosion.

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Avenger.

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Avro Anson.

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Then there was a bit of a battle…

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One down….

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Ignoring the colour scheme, we decided we’d quite like this – a Just Aircraft Highlander Super STOL.

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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.