cyberpilot Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Here in NZ it's the summer airshow season and yesterday I worked as an aircraft marshaller at my local aero club which co-hosted Thames Wings & Wheels at NZTH. Around 70 aircraft flew in for the occasion which was a pretty good turn out for a small town airshow. There was even a visitor from the States - a Wyoming based C182 which is touring NZ popped in for a couple of hours. In between running around showing them where to park in sizzling 32C temperatures I managed to shoot quite a few pix that I thought I would share with you guys. They provide a pretty good snapshot of the recreational aviation scene in NZ which today is very much dominated by light sport aircraft - GA aircraft like C172s are largely confined to flying schools. One of the highlights of the day was an excellent display by the NZ Warbirds "Roaring Forties" Harvard/Texan team. BTW Thames airfield is also known as Sir Keith Park Memorial Airfield. Park, who was born in Thames, was a World War One flying ace and went on to steer the RAF to victory in the Battle of Britain during the Second World War. He retired from the RAF as an Air Chief Marshall and lived out the rest of his life in NZ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Enjoyed reading and looking at the shots from your air show thank you for showing. cheers Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petfy Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Unfortunately the Evans Head fly in (AU) was recently held when bad weather was expected so not many aircraft attended. So thanks for the "reproduction" shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper31 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Some great looking aircraft in these shots! Thanks for sharing...I really enjoyed seeing them Love that orange Beaver especially! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvdboomen Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 6 hours ago, Sniper31 said: Some great looking aircraft in these shots That was my thinking to when looking at the pictures. A good pack of warbirds too, like the Mustang, P-40, Stearman and of course the Moth. Nice to see a Kiwi roundel next to the Commonwealth ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddler Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Some lovely shots of great planes there. Glad it was such a successful day for everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Colbert Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Awesome shots thanks for sharing! Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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