In additional to their formation display, these aircraft undertook a "bombing" attack on a WW1 era tank :-)
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Showing posts with label Stampe. Show all posts
Sunday, April 29, 2012
ANZAC WW1 Airshow at Masterton : Stampe and Tigers
Somewhat post-WW1, but still very interesting, are the de Havilland DH82a [ZK-BMY & ZK-ANQ] and Nord Stampe SV4C [N10702]. The Stampe was apparently copied from the Tiger Moth, hence the similar looks.
In additional to their formation display, these aircraft undertook a "bombing" attack on a WW1 era tank :-)
In additional to their formation display, these aircraft undertook a "bombing" attack on a WW1 era tank :-)
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Remembrance Day 2008 # 2: Stampe SV.4
Here are a number of pictures of the Stampe SV.4. I'm not too familiar with this type, although as one commentator [at the flying display] stated, it looks similar to an DH82A [Tiger Moth]. Perhaps, if you don't look to closely at the tail, the wings or the fuselage [did I miss anything?] :-)
The aircraft was put through its paces several times during the day. Here are some of the pictures, including takeoff, in formation with the Tiger Moth, during the ribbon cutting demonstration, and a few other pictures. If you look closely at the pictures you'll notice that the pilot is sitting there without a headset or helmet [but at least with a windscreen]. This looks like real flying! Wikipedia has some more information on this type.
The aircraft was put through its paces several times during the day. Here are some of the pictures, including takeoff, in formation with the Tiger Moth, during the ribbon cutting demonstration, and a few other pictures. If you look closely at the pictures you'll notice that the pilot is sitting there without a headset or helmet [but at least with a windscreen]. This looks like real flying! Wikipedia has some more information on this type.
Remembrance Day 2008 # 1: Got there and Initial Pictures
In my last post, I indicated that the weather was not too good for the trip to Masterton/Hood Aerodrome for the Remembrance Day flying display. The Wellington ATIS* was reporting a surface wind of 340 deg, 25 knots, gusting to 35 knots and the 2000' wind was 330 deg, 32 knots. This may not sound too bad, except that Wellington consists of, and is surrounded by, a multitude of hills. Also, due to cloud, we had to travel south of the ranges positioned to the east of Wellington, so we anticipated getting a hammering.
Not the sort of day to take the uninitiated up for a pleasant scenic!
At this point, I should mention my passenger. Rochelle is a forecaster with the Metservice, has a CPL and made me promise not to say anything mean about her on this site [paranoid, perhaps??? :-)]! So I wont! No need to anyway - it's hard to beat having a decent pilot who also understands the weather really well, sitting next to you on a day like yesterday! :-) Thanks for coming!
With some help from ATC** we were given a higher than normal altitude to depart at and surprisingly missed all of the really big bumps on the way out. There were just a [fairly] gentle series of ups and downs once we headed north from Palliser Bay to Masterton. Masterton itself was a lovely day, with the wind sitting around 5-10 knots, occasionally gusting a little higher.
All in all, a good flight. Arrival at Masterton consisted of a Standard Overhead Rejoin*** procedure [when I say Standard Overhead Rejoin, I realise no one outside of New Zealand will know what that means... oh well!], a passable landing, then parking up for the day.
Anyway, on to the pictures. Here are a series of pictures of the aircraft on the flightline. These are not all of them, and I'll have some more up in later posts, including a large number of aerial shots. I just have to finish sorting through the 190-odd that I've kept!
Top to bottom are:
Not the sort of day to take the uninitiated up for a pleasant scenic!
At this point, I should mention my passenger. Rochelle is a forecaster with the Metservice, has a CPL and made me promise not to say anything mean about her on this site [paranoid, perhaps??? :-)]! So I wont! No need to anyway - it's hard to beat having a decent pilot who also understands the weather really well, sitting next to you on a day like yesterday! :-) Thanks for coming!
With some help from ATC** we were given a higher than normal altitude to depart at and surprisingly missed all of the really big bumps on the way out. There were just a [fairly] gentle series of ups and downs once we headed north from Palliser Bay to Masterton. Masterton itself was a lovely day, with the wind sitting around 5-10 knots, occasionally gusting a little higher.
All in all, a good flight. Arrival at Masterton consisted of a Standard Overhead Rejoin*** procedure [when I say Standard Overhead Rejoin, I realise no one outside of New Zealand will know what that means... oh well!], a passable landing, then parking up for the day.
Anyway, on to the pictures. Here are a series of pictures of the aircraft on the flightline. These are not all of them, and I'll have some more up in later posts, including a large number of aerial shots. I just have to finish sorting through the 190-odd that I've kept!
Top to bottom are:
- Stampe SV.4
- The flightline, DH82a Tiger Month followed by Pfalz DIII, then 3 Fokker Dr. 1 Dreidecker then others
- Fokker Dr. 1 Dreidecker
- Nieuport XI
- Bristol F.2B Fighter
- Sopwith F.1 Camel Scout
- Se5a Scout Experimental
* ATIS - Aerodrome Terminal Information Service
** ATC - Air Traffic Control
*** Standard Overhead Rejoin - [usually] the preferred joining procedure in New Zealand for an unattended/unfamiliar airfield, especially if the circuit in use is not clear [ie, no existing circuit traffic] or there are a large number of aircraft in the circuit.
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