Omaka for lunch: Aug 2009: #2

After a quick bite to eat at the Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre, we headed back to our aircraft for the flight back to Wellington. Before taking off, I snapped photos of a few of the aircraft that happenned to be there - mostly visitors in this case.

Here they are, top to bottom:

Piper PA28-180, ZK-DFL, registered to Kapiti Aero Club
Cessna 172N, ZK-KAS, also of Kapiti Aero Club
Hughes 369HS, ZK-HER, of Cloudy Bay Helicopters
Nanchang CJ6, ZK-JQS, of Omaka Real Flying Club
Falconar F-12, ZK-DBI, registered at a Rolleston based syndicate
General picture of the flightline back towards the Marlborough Aero Club hanger and clubrooms, including Piper PA38-112, ZK-EIY, registered to a Blenheim based owner

WAC Open Day 2009 #4: Warbirds

We were privileged to have two warbird aircraft fly in especially for this day. The first to arrive was the Nanchang CJ6, ZK-JQS. The second was the mighty Goodyear Corsair FG-1D [ZK-COR].

As you'll see if a couple of the pictures, after refueling and starting, the pilot folded the wings and taxied out past the pumps before extending them again. The sound of this beast is amazing and I'm privileged to have seen this amazing aircraft again!

The Nanchang is usually based at Omaka aerodrome,. and the Corsair at Masterton aerodrome. I hope to see both of these aircraft when I head [weather permitting] to the Classic Fighters airshow at Omaka this coming weekend.

Nanchang visitor

I arrived at the Aero Club early today, expecting a good day to go flying, and I wasn't at all disappointed. On arrival I saw something very interesting - a Nanchang CJ-6! Warbird aircraft don't visit Wellington often, so it was good to see.

ZK-JQS is registered to the Omaka Real Flying Club, based [not surprisingly] at Omaka airfield at Blenheim. The first three pictures were taken at Wellington. The last two? Guess where I got to today.... Omaka :-)

Enjoy!