Wings Over Wairarapa 2009

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Postby ardypilot » Sun Jan 11, 2009 1:08 pm

Celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, Wings Over Wairarapa is now firmly established as a must see biennial event on the Australasian aviation event calendar. Wings Over Wairarapa shares its home at Hood Aerodrome with some of the finest privately owned collections of First & Second World War aircraft in the world, providing a backdrop for a show that is hard to rival.

Date: 17 Jan 2009 - 18 Jan 2009
Time: Gates open 8.30am. Air display running from 11.00am to 4.30pm
Adult price: $30
Child price: $12
Family price: $70

http://www.wings.org.nz/



It's less than a week away and surprisingly I havn't heard a peep about the upcoming WoW (featuring a flying Spitty for the first time) mentioned here!
There must be at least one NZFF'er attending the show- unfortunaltly I can't get myself down to Hood this time around, but I expect to see plenty of pics posted online from other members! biggrin.gif
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Postby Ace » Sun Jan 11, 2009 4:24 pm

I live across the road, so I'll be there Trolly!
Also was able to obtain a media pass this time around, so hopefully I should be able to post plenty of pics for ya.

For all those coming from all around NZ and elsewhere hope you enjoy the show biggrin.gif
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Postby markll » Sun Jan 11, 2009 6:42 pm

Trolly wrote:
QUOTE (Trolly @ Jan 11 2009, 02:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
It's less than a week away and surprisingly I havn't heard a peep about the upcoming WoW (featuring a flying Spitty for the first time) mentioned here!
There must be at least one NZFF'er attending the show- unfortunaltly I can't get myself down to Hood this time around, but I expect to see plenty of pics posted online from other members! biggrin.gif


Yup I'm gonna be there! Wouldn't miss the opportunity to drool over (possibly) two Spitfires...though I'm a bit concerned about not being able to find much progress news on Brendan Deere's Mk IX - the organisers of Wings told me as long ago as April that it was meant to be there, and they've even listed in on the website, but given that it was meant to have made it's first flight in November, and the restoration team's website still makes no mention of that having happened... :/

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Postby cambridgedan » Sun Jan 11, 2009 8:59 pm

yay i am going to be there we are flying down from tauranga in the sports cruiser yay cant wait biggrin.gif
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Postby Squawk1200 » Sun Jan 11, 2009 9:25 pm

I'll be there, another member here (Bestpilotindaworld) and myself are flying down to Christchurch from Nelson, and then riding up on the Southern DC3 cool.gif for the day on Saturday!
Can't wait, sounds like it's gonna be a good show!!
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Postby flightnse » Sun Jan 11, 2009 11:12 pm

I am flying down from auckland to go to it.
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Postby Adamski » Mon Jan 12, 2009 1:34 am

flightnse wrote:
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I am flying down from auckland to go to it.

What in? (Do you want another passenger? LOL ... I was wondering whether the Dak will be going ...
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Postby ardypilot » Mon Jan 12, 2009 11:25 am

QUOTE
I was wondering whether the Dak will be going ...[/quote]
This was in this month's DC3 newsletter:

Wings over Wairarapa
January 17th-19th
$220 ($275 for non-associates) incl GST
and in-flight catering
We have a flight and accommodation
package, with two nights (Sat and Sun) ...so
remember to tell the boss that you won’t be
in on Monday…
New motel, great accommodation rates.
Depart Ardmore first thing Saturday
morning, breakfast on board, and land ready
for action!
Depart Masterton Monday morning.
Contact Jessica for accommodation asap.
First in— best dressed ...
as accommodation is rare in Masterton.
(Transport and dinner details TBA)
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Postby Adamski » Mon Jan 12, 2009 12:21 pm

Trolly wrote:
QUOTE (Trolly @ Jan 12 2009, 12:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
This was in this month's DC3 newsletter:
[i]Wings over Wairarapa
January 17th-19th
$220 ($275 for non-associates) incl GST
and in-flight catering

Thanks!! I wonder whether I can afford it! Last year's trip down to Ohakea was amazing though ....
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Postby spongebob206 » Mon Jan 12, 2009 5:53 pm

Ace wrote:
QUOTE (Ace @ Jan 11 2009, 05:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I live across the road, so I'll be there Trolly!
Also was able to obtain a media pass this time around, so hopefully I should be able to post plenty of pics for ya.

For all those coming from all around NZ and elsewhere hope you enjoy the show biggrin.gif


Hey Ace,

That beautiful Corsair lives by you. I hear it has been out ready.

Hopeing to make it down for Sunday. be a fool not to.

See you all there?
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Postby Ace » Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:57 pm

Don't believe the Corsair has been flying, may have taxied around though.
Keith Skilling (Corsair Pilot) turns up tomorrow I think, so could fly anytime after that, and is definitely booked in for two practice runs on the Friday.
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Postby gojozoom » Wed Jan 14, 2009 7:21 am

We could all meet sometime on Saturday... Would be good to put faces to names finaly...
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Postby Bandit » Wed Jan 14, 2009 7:34 am

For those of you interested in the Deere Spitfire.

There was a big write up in our local Manawatu paper last weekend. Here
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Postby K5054NZ » Wed Jan 14, 2009 5:43 pm

I'll be there Saturday! And yes, I foresee the return of my NZFF shirt to an airshow field! Looking forward to seeing all those black shirts!

I'll not want to be moved whilst the displays are on, but perhaps the "musical interlude" at 1150hr would be a good time for a meet? Mind you, I'll be there from around 0900 and it'd be great to have some folks to tag along with! BTW you can check out the programme at WoW's site: http://www.wings.org.nz/programme.shtml




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Postby cooldad » Thu Jan 15, 2009 8:54 am

Hey guys, I got a pleasant surprise last night when I got home. I just found out I won the Mustang flight over Wellington alongside the Spitty. I've never won anything before! Hope to catch up with some of you guys on Saturday.

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Postby FlyingKiwi » Thu Jan 15, 2009 11:06 am

How awesome is that, glad to hear an NZFF'er got the flight. biggrin.gif
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Postby Naki » Thu Jan 15, 2009 12:25 pm

cooldad wrote:
QUOTE (cooldad @ Jan 15 2009, 09:54 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hey guys, I got a pleasant surprise last night when I got home. I just found out I won the Mustang flight over Wellington alongside the Spitty. I've never won anything before! Hope to catch up with some of you guys on Saturday.

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Postby Ian Warren » Thu Jan 15, 2009 12:50 pm

cooldad wrote:
QUOTE (cooldad @ Jan 15 2009, 09:54 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hey guys, I got a pleasant surprise last night when I got home. I just found out I won the Mustang flight over Wellington alongside the Spitty. I've never won anything before! Hope to catch up with some of you guys on Saturday.

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A Pleasant surprise ! ... jezzzz you are a Cooldad .. ohmy.gif ..
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Postby Ace » Thu Jan 15, 2009 1:10 pm

Aw bummer, I was looking forward to that one! haha

Congrats! And I agree with FlyingKiwi.

Kittyhawk and Corsair were running through there routines just before - looking sharp.

Other than that not too much been happening, most things will proabably show up tomorrow sometime I'd imagine.
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Postby K5054NZ » Thu Jan 15, 2009 3:57 pm

Ace wrote:
QUOTE (Ace @ Jan 13 2009, 07:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Don't believe the Corsair has been flying, may have taxied around though.
Keith Skilling (Corsair Pilot) turns up tomorrow I think

Don';t forget Gene de Marco is also Corsair rated winkyy.gif

Great, ZK-WDQ, star of the show, has belly-landed apparently. Feck. That sucks.
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