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by **Naki** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 3:02 pm

If you haven't heard its all off guys - postponed untill further notice which probably means for ever - see this thread over at Wings over Cambridge. I guess those that bought tickets will be after Mr Ross!

by **creator2003** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 3:21 pm

Yeah i thought that was the case , MR KEN ROSS your name is MUD ,and thats the nice way of putting it ,you sux !!!!
he now has 1.5 million plus my $55 on his head .. he is truly one dumb shi_
I will take him to small claims court if i can ,just to make things even more difficult for the dick ,he would have to show i would of expected and will have to face all the people he ripped off ,if not he will be arrested for not showing up to a court of law ..

The news has said today that he has still to the 3rd of march for the consents ,but my guess its truly over for us up here ,,the sponsers have also said they would put on something for the ticket holders as a good will thing ie a band or something ...
Now thats some good sponsers

by **Daniel** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 4:02 pm

I feel sorry to all people who have got tickets to this airshow.

Mr Ken Ross is going to be a wanted man

There has always been something not right with this airshow.

by **victor_alpha_charlie** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 5:04 pm

I always thought it looked a bit tacky and dodgy- maybe I was right for once

Man I'd be pissed if I paid $55 to see that show (or no-show? :lol:

).

by **Anthony** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 5:04 pm

The entire thing smelt a bit fishy and I feel sorry for anyone who spent money on tickets, or worse, made plans around or dependent on this airshow.

Like Daniel said, Mr Ken Ross will be a wanted man

Cheers
Anthony Harris

by **WLG** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 5:08 pm

Hey guys,

I heard on the radio, that the guy that orginised the airshow is on Campbell live tonight. Don't coun hold me to it though...

by **victor_alpha_charlie** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 5:23 pm

WLG wrote:
QUOTE (WLG @ Feb 27 2008, 06:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hey guys,

I heard on the radio, that the guy that orginised the airshow is on Campbell live tonight. Don't coun hold me to it though...

And James finally makes a post..

by **K5054NZ** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 8:24 am

Was he on there? Did he front up at last? *readies AK*

EDIT: Just watched the story online. Goodness me, as one of the gents at Dave Homewood's site called it, he's succeeded in making NZ's Biggest Airshow.....Fiasco! Looking forward to seeing Ken Ross at some point.

by **ardypilot** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 4:29 pm

Watched the story on Campbell Live myself last night, some poor guy poored $250,000 into advertising and hasn't heard a thing back from this Ken Ross feller! :unsure:

by **chopper_nut** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:37 pm

Big fiasco, but is it really a surprise?? Mayby Iv just lost faith in the airshows but the American L39 display team? Get real! NZ biggest airshow? pis* off! I didnt believe a word of it from the moment the advertising started.

by **SUBS17** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 5:26 am

What I'd like to know was who was it that was responsible for preventing the resource consent from being granted as there was plenty of time to get this show ready they were advertising well in advance and surely must have had plenty of money to payoff the star players. Sad to see people not getting their money back maybe you should talk to the consumers institute to see if there are any other options to getting your money back. Personally I never pay for airshows in advance as I usually just pay at the gate for exactly this reason.

by **ZK-MAT** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 7:19 am

I don't think anyone prevented the resource consent from being granted - it just was not applied for, or was applied for way too late. Ultimately the guy who was running it didn't do things right from the outset. As far as getting money back goes, it would probably be like getting blood from a stone, regardless of what rights you may have under law

by **HardCorePawn** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:41 am

Original marketing == Poorly planned and executed... did you see the tacky brochures?? not to mention misleading... did you see the small print that said just because something was pictured in the brochure did not mean that it would actually be at the show??
Website == Poorly planned and executed... never updated and pretty vague
Resource consents == Poorly planned and executed... guy did not deliver what was required... and was told as much by the council, LTSA and police. Then did not front up to the meeting arranged to sort it all out... TWICE
Ticketing == Poorly planned and executed... people not getting tickets, restrictive conditions on where you can stand, no single tickets in the cheaper sections...

Essentially the entire event has been poorly planned and executed... I really cannot see evidence of the '5 years of planning' which supposedly went into this... I have a feeling the guy thought it would be a walk in the park, and just got snowed under by the sheer amount of work required to stage such am ambitious event... which is a shame, because it could have been a spectacular event...

Hopefully, it will get sorted and something will be put on... or everyone will get their money back... $1.15 million is a whole lot of cash!

by **Anthony** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 3:17 pm

Hey guys, CommComm is seeking to freeze Mr Ross's assets apparently, as well as all the money from the airshow. :clap:

Hopefully this will stop him from doing a runner with the money or spending on something that's not an airshow.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4428257a11.html

Cheers
Anthony Harris

by **Blabzillaweasel** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 2:49 pm

Im most likely going depends if my dad gets back from england on time, i agree with the whole airshows arent for cars but i wouldnt mind the v8's ^_^

by **HardCorePawn** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 3:08 pm

Blabzillaweasel wrote:
QUOTE (Blabzillaweasel @ Mar 19 2008, 03:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Im most likely going depends if my dad gets back from england on time, i agree with the whole airshows arent for cars but i wouldnt mind the v8's

going where??

by **ardypilot** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 11:30 pm

Not sure if this was picked up on:

More Charges for Airshow Man
Sunday, 28 September 2008

The man behind the Wings and Wheels over Waikato air show that never happened is facing more than 200 extra
charges.

Ken Ross appeared in Hamilton District Court on Friday on 232 charges laid under the Fair Trading Act.

The Waikato Times reported the charges were filed against Ross' two companies, Hawker Holdings Ltd and
Airshow.co.nz.

Ross also faced an extra two charges of fraud, bringing the total number of fraud charges to 12.

No pleas have been entered.

A status hearing was adjourned until December so disclosure could be given to Ross' counsel.

Ross was remanded on bail.

Ross's company, Airshow.co.nz Ltd, was last month placed into liquidation by Associate Judge John Faire following a
brief hearing at the High Court in Hamilton.

The Wings and Wheels over Waikato event was to have taken place on the weekend of March 7, but ended up being
postponed indefinitely, leaving sponsors and ticket-holders out of pocket.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4709014a11.html

by **TimG** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 5:20 pm

I was just looking at the airshow website www.airshow.co.nz and they have an embedded youtube video of the Ramstein Airshow accident, which happened in 1988! Why??? I don't see what that has to do with the Hamilton Airshow.

by **Alex** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 6:29 pm

I think it's fair to say that the Hamilton show is not going to happen. The organiser chap is under investigation for fraud I think.

Alex

by **TimG** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 6:53 pm

I don't think it's going to happen either. But I still don't see what it's got to do with the airshow in Germany. Are they trying to say that would have happened in Hamilton?

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