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If you are passing through Blenheim and have a couple of hours to spare here is the place to go well worth at least two hours of your time.

A quick walk through showing some of the things you will see at the Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre

Caproni Ca22 1914 80hp Le Rhone rotary engine


Taube 1910 100hp Mercrdes engine



Morane-Saulner Type BB 1915 110hp Le Rhone rotary engine


Airco De Havilland D.H.2 1915 100hp Gnome Monosoupape engine


In the bachground Fokker E.111 'Eindecker'1915 100hp Oberursal U.I engine

Resting up between sorties


WW1 Aircraft Workshop


Breguet 14.A2 1916 Renault 12Fe, 300 hp engine


Curtis MF Flying Boat 1918 100hp Curtis OXX6 engine


Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 1916 200 hp Hispano-Suiza engine


Gotha G.IV 1917 engines 2 × Mercedes D.IVa, 260 hp each each


Vickers Vimy 1917 two 200 hp Hispano-Suiza 8 piston engines


Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a 1917 200 hp Hispano-Suiza 8b V-8 engine


Flying low over the trenches

Nieuport 24 1917 130 hp Le Rhône rotary engine


Nieuport 27 1917 120hp Le Rhone rotary engine
Sitting in a very precarious position


Siemens-Schuckert D.IV 1918 engine 200hp Siemens Haiske SH.IIIa rotary


Fokker Dr.I 1918 engine Oberursel Ur.II 9-cylinder rotary engine, 110 hp


Pfalz D.III 1917 engine Mercedes D.IIIa 6-cyl. water-cooled in-line piston engine, 180 hp


Halberstradt D.IV 1916 Benz Bz.III 150 hp straight-six engine


De Havilland D.H.4 1916 Rolls-Royce Eagle VII inline liquid cooled piston, 375hp engine

Looks most impressive and well worth a visit. Next time I'm passing through I'll see if I can arrange to leave my wife at home so I can take the time out for a proper look see.

The well know act by Keith Caldwell , jump from the damaged SE into a sloppy trench and surviving.

Looks like a fabulous spot Doug, thanks for sharing. Am planning a road trip on my motorbike round the south island in February-ish so will definately call in

Missed this sorry Doug ....what a great place . Must plan another visit soon.

It is a truly world class museum. If you have any interest in WW1 aviation it is a MUST see. We are very fortunate to have such a phenomenal place in little old NZ.

Agent X20 wrote:It is a truly world class museum. If you have any interest in WW1 aviation it is a MUST see. We are very fortunate to have such a phenomenal place in little old NZ.

Quite a few superb museums in little old NZ.

Nice..thanks for posting these ...must get there one day!