NZFF

Haven't done any flight simming since Christmas but did manage an hour or so at Dairy Flat last Saturday when an aerobatic comp was on...

Slingsby T-67





Giles G-202







Furio









The recently completed Pitts 12 - what a great sounding and looking aircraft - has a Russian Radial







Not a very good pic but rather rare - ex Canterbury Aero Club Beagle Pup

Love the rego - ZK-NUT Nice pics

Nice photos, that Pitts is a monster! The Beagle is an interesting looking aircraft too, there can't be too many of them in the country.

That there Beagle has been repainted , it was in the typical red white factory finish last i saw it at Christchurch and was when the CAC used the apron oppisite the International terminal .

FlyingKiwi wrote:

QUOTE (FlyingKiwi @ Jan 18 2011, 04:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Nice photos, that Pitts is a monster! The Beagle is an interesting looking aircraft too, there can't be too many of them in the country.

There are two Pups in the country (another has just arrived) and one Bulldog (the more powerful military version). Just realised that all the aircraft I photographed are quite rare with only or two of each in the country.

Awesome Photo's Naki Thanks for shareing all very cool - cheers.

HamiltonWest wrote:

QUOTE (HamiltonWest @ Jan 20 2011, 09:05 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Awesome Photo's Naki Thanks for shareing all very cool - cheers.

Naki - More organisation than me. I was there shooting all day but I've been stuck rebuilding my kitchen instead of sorting photos... Awesome day though

Pete

I finally got the gallery up-to-date.

Here are couple of shots, the rest are in my gallery here... Brian Langley Gallery







Pete

Not my sort off aircraft Pete but that radial powered Pitts , i would love to see that perform .

Ian Warren wrote:

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Jan 27 2011, 01:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Not my sort off aircraft Pete but that radial powered Pitts , i would love to see that perform .

The S12 Pitts was awesome I'm getting worried... I have always been interested in homebuilt + aerobatic machines but last weekends trip has me loving the WW1 stuff. I feel so old!!!



As for who is who...

The older of the two is Paul Marshall, President of the NZ Aerobatics Club and owner of Pitts S1-S ZX-WIZ. He was presented the trophy by Stuart Langley, Brian's son.

Stuart is also a pilot - on Metroliners. Stuart arrived at the end of the day for the presentation. It was a special moment as Paul was also a business partner with Brian.


I learnt to fly at Stratford Aeroclub 22 years ago with Stuart - and he still recognised me!!! Totally unexpected and an awesome finish to the day!!!

Pitts S1-S ZK-WIZ is a 1981 factory-built machine that has been in NZ since 1989 thanks to Mr W Arnold and has been owned by great pilots like John Luff and Doug Brooker before being setup in a sydicate in 1999.



Pete