Warbirds over Wanaka 2006 |
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| This P40 was restored in New Zealand by Pioneer Aero Restorations Limited . They have a good section on their website devoted to it, click here to see it (opens in a new browser window).I took this in the setting sun on the Thursday night before the show. | 
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As we arrived for the friday morning practice day, the RAAF were finishing their F-111C display... just amazing! They repeated the display in the afternoon. |
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This Yak 3 is a conversion from a Yak 11 radial engined trainer. It seems to have a subtly different nose profile to the new build one seen here in previous years. This is his second landing... first being about 3 meters prior to this one. :-) The grass runway was quite bumpy, quite a few aircraft bounced at this point. |
| This is a replica of Burt Munro's motorcycle, built for the movie "The World's fastest Indian". This raced along the runway as part of the lunch time entertainment. |  |
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And just to prove it did... |
| We were priviledged to have 3 P-40's this year, and I only managed a decent photo of one. Blink three times, you'll get the effect. | 
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More welded wing flying by the Hurricane IIa and the Spitfire XVI. |
Not a sharp photo, but a good view! |
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Aircraft photography is like clay bird shooting - it's better to wait until they're on the ground! I hope the Hurricane stays in New Zealand, it is a very special aircraft. |
The Polipads did a terrific display... |
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...as did the Roaring Forties! |
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The sublime Hawker Hunter. |
The newest P-51 in the country? |
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The NZ Army had two LAV 3's on display. interesting how many people had to tap the pointy bit to see how solid it was! |
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