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by **Fauville** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 2:53 pm

Had the wonderful sound of merlins reverberating over the upper harbour this afternoon, over Whenuapai, unfortuneately only saw them from a distance from Beachhaven displaying over the airfield, anyone get down there today? 2 spits and the mustang I believe...

by **markll** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 10:50 pm

Fauville wrote:
QUOTE (Fauville @ Feb 26 2011,3:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Had the wonderful sound of merlins reverberating over the upper harbour this afternoon, over Whenuapai, unfortuneately only saw them from a distance from Beachhaven displaying over the airfield, anyone get down there today? 2 spits and the mustang I believe...

Would have been the 485 Squadron reunion, yes?

by **Adamski** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 1:11 am

markll wrote:
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Would have been the 485 Squadron reunion, yes?

We went to the open day at North Shore - and were pleasantly surprised to see flypasts by the Mustang, Doug Brooker's Spit and the Warbirds DC-3. All of them cruised off to Whenuapai (but we weren't told *why*). The reunion could certainly explain that!

The Open Day itself was a great success. For the grand total of $2 to park the car, we were treated to almost a full day of flying. Some aerobatics, some flypasts and some scheduled flights (the Trislander). The organisation was *superb*.

by **HamiltonWest** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 4:55 pm

Did an RNZAF Airtrainer take part in the North Shore Open day? Theirs was an RNZAF Airtrainer heading south sunday evening around approx 6pm.

by **Adamski** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 6:22 pm

HamiltonWest wrote:
QUOTE (HamiltonWest @ Mar 2 2011,5:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Did an RNZAF Airtrainer take part in the North Shore Open day? Theirs was an RNZAF Airtrainer heading south sunday evening around approx 6pm.

I didn't see one - but then I was in the bar for a bit

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There was a reunion at Whenuapai - it could have gone down for that.

by **HamiltonWest** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 9:23 pm

Adamski wrote:
QUOTE (Adamski @ Mar 2 2011,7:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I didn't see one - but then I was in the bar for a bit .

There was a reunion at Whenuapai - it could have gone down for that.

Thanks for the reply Adamski - must of been whenuapai - if anyones interested the Airtrainer was NZ1989

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