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by **Gavin Conroy** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 3:42 pm

Here are a couple of photos taken as these aircraft were on there way to Wanaka.
The third shot was taken from the ramp of the C-130 and will give you some idea as to what some of us got up to.
Special thanks to the RNZAF and Ian Brodie for organizing that flight.
It was a life time highlight for me as well as others on board.

Also flew with the Thunder Mustang (Thanks Simon) and also with Ryan on a rather unique formation flight so it was a good forum catch up with some of the guys and photos will follow in due course.
Havent started sorting photos yet as there are heaps of them but more air 2 airs will follow soon.

Great airshow by the way. 8-)
Highlights for me WW1 as usual, Jurgis snap rolling an I-16, P40 firing its guns, and meeting up with good friends just to name a few.

by **Ian Warren** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 3:52 pm

Jezz .... ! That would have been a ride ! , that 51 , Gavin were is the P40 with its special ammo :thumbup:

by **AlisterC** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 4:23 pm

Ian you can hear the P40 firing it's guns in my video

Awesome pics Gavin! You get all the BEST invites

by **Ian Warren** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:32 pm

Albatross wrote:
QUOTE (Albatross @ Mar 24 2008, 04:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Ian you can hear the P40 firing it's guns in my video
Awesome pics Gavin! You get all the BEST invites

Yeah

, and there is some gun flash

, I seen live firing of 1 .5 browning , tracer round , off course no way having live rounds in the 40 :rolleyes:

very risky with so many NZFF members around the airshow grounds :lol:

but true

by **Gavin Conroy** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 9:05 pm

Thanks for that.

by **Charl** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 7:45 am

WOW DVDis now available, Gavin would've seen much of this action from the C130 ramp.

by **Gavin Conroy** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 4:56 pm

Charl wrote:
QUOTE (Charl @ Apr 6 2008, 07:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
WOW DVDis now available, Gavin would've seen much of this action from the C130 ramp.

That is indeed a great into and having been on the ramp of the Herc they will have some great footage so purchasing this one is a must and will posts a couple of photos from that flight soon.
The Red Checkers provided an awesome view.

by **Gavin Conroy** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 7:26 pm

Here are a few more

by **Daniel** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 7:30 pm

Those are just great

Great aircraft and backdrop.
You produce some spectacular pictures.

by **TimG** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 7:37 pm

Perfect Pictures!

I like the P-40 one.

by **Anthony** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 7:40 pm

Great pictures again Gavin

, but you are a professional photographer, so why wouldn't they be awesome?

by **Naki** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 8:20 pm

"wow" nice pics - as much as I am a big fan of P-40s and P-51s that Furio looks absolutley stunning - and its made & designed right here in NZ

by **Gavin Conroy** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 8:50 pm

Thanks, here are some more, plenty more to come once the next Classic Wings magazine comes out this week.

by **FlyingKiwi** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 12:40 pm

Just out of interest, in the CT-4 formation shot, is that an airstrip just to the lower left of the second CT-4 from the left? I noticed it in a couple of your photos - looks a bit like a runway?

by **K5054NZ** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 4:56 pm

Got the latest issue of Classic Wings yesterday - my congratulations on a truly superb cover shot. I'd be immensely proud of that, great work! *applauds and hands over a Tui* Gotta say your pics inside were great too, love the one of Currawong going in guns blazing!

I love the P-40 peeling away, awesome!

by **Yak52aholic** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 6:02 pm

Aha! I see a Yak-50! Not that much of a difference......

Great pics Gavin.

by **Gavin Conroy** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 8:23 pm

That is an airstrip in the photo.
It is used as an emergency strip during the show.
Yip I am a big fan of the Yak 50 but you cant beat the grin on The Kittyhawks mouth.
The Corsair ooked awesome up close as well.

by **TimG** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 4:11 pm

I saw some of your photos in the Air Force News today.

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WOW 2008 Air 2 Airs.

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