I came away with almost 200 pictures from the day, of which I have kept just under 180 so far. Over the next few weeks, you can expect to see some of these pop up in this blog. I'll trde y and arrange them in topics which may make sense, but that in itself will take time.
Meanwhile here are a few samplers from throughout the day. They are, from top to bottom [apologies if I get a description or two wrong!]:
Fokker D.VII [World War One era -thanks Whitehawk!]
Two North American Harvards taking off
Polikarpov I-153 "Chaika" [Russian WWII fighter]
Two P40 Kittihawks and a Vought F4U Corsair
de Havilland Vampire
![Not sure of type [World War One era]](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7WZnZvojlVMhUrHhjDCBH51cXJkkRP4ZkVMSRjaO89Go8OE5tYnES-T0mabdBhJwGEo_SqU_FKisf1SK64jU5h9x2sWZBHgMqw0ZmpUOiGvhHm8cu7kfdO4od_rmDc-YtMlmg/s1600-h/P1201409_blogger.JPG)
Awesome sounds like it was a great day! Lookin foward to more pics heh heh.
ReplyDeleteTop photo is a Fokker D.VII, Late WW1 and easily the best scout (fighter) of the war. It had the reputation of making even a mediocre pilot look good.
Thanks Whitehawk for the details! I've updated the original post. Cheers, Rodney
ReplyDeleteI guess they either fixed that Fuga fighter or sourced a new one from somewhere else? I seem to recall that the Fuga crashed in Taupo some time in 2003?
ReplyDeleteUmmmm.... Fuga? Not sure what you mean there - sorry :-(
ReplyDeleteHehe, turns out I don't know what I'm talking about either :) I mistook the Vampire for a Fouga CM.170 Magister - 'Fuga' appears to be a bastardisation of 'Fouga'. ZK-FGA was at WoWai in 2002 (snapped), but it crashed the day before the Taupo Airshow (20/3/2004), killing the pilot and a crewman. Full details : ZK-FGA, Firth of Thames near the township of Kaiaua, 19 March 2004
ReplyDeleteAhhh, yes, that would explain it... I was at work in Takapuna [you know where, Guru!] on that day when I saw the initial reports in the NZ Herald website...
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