Classic Fighters 2011

[ardypilot]

QUOTE (victor_alpha_charlie @ Apr 24 2011,4:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hey mate, who was flying MRH on Friday? Wasn't Matt Miller was it?

Hey VAC, nope there were three of us flying down in it. Haven't met Matt before. Marc , the CFI at Wellington Aero Club was the PIC

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great pics......thanks very much for shareing them[/quote]

Cheers ! Looking forward to seeing many more from the weekend

[HamiltonWest]

QUOTE (Splitpin @ Apr 23 2011,8:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

great pics......thanks very much for shareing them

I agree all very

[leow5263]

Sorry, required to remove.

[Gavin Conroy]

If you were at Classic Fighters yesterday and took photo's of the Sounds Air Caravan doing the low pass leading two P-40s can you please post them here please.

[Gavin Conroy]

QUOTE (leow5263 @ Apr 29 2011,10:15 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Here is one of my shots.. not a Gavin Conroy quality.. but hey..

Was also good to get young guy like yourself up to see what it is all about.

[ardypilot]

I was there for the Saturday. Really enjoyed it, and even took a few snaps myself.







These are only hand held point and shoot quality, but if you'd like to see more, the rest can be viewed on my blog at Classic Fighters Airshow - Part 1 and Classic Fighters Airshow - Part 2

Love the shots from other members in this thread who had better camera equipment!

[Ian Warren]

Great Photos Andy , That tank , must be a Panzer MkIV with a pak 75mm , Weta works tank build and not a real one Bugger !

Forgot to say .. were they bloody hell were you .. A fantastic meeting place and BBQ on Saturday across the road at Doug's place .. YUMMY

[ardypilot]

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Apr 25 2011,5:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Forgot to say .. were they bloody hell were you .. A fantastic meeting place and BBQ on Saturday across the road at Doug's place .. YUMMY

Cheers Ian- was stuck in the que for a Bacon and Avo roll at the time I got the text from Deane, had already been in it for about 10 mins at that point so thought I might as well commit.
Hope the BBQ/Beers went well that night!

[Splitpin]

Great pics Trolly the rainbow over the spit and stang is a nice touch, summed up the weather just nicley.

@James...you are now Gavin Jnr Fantastic shot

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (Trolly @ Apr 25 2011,6:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hope the BBQ/Beers went well that night!

Mate , you missed the night , hells even the morning was great , Bacon and Egg sami specials , the Chef my BBQ Bro Rick ..guurrrrr

[leow5263]

Gavin, Cheers.. it was so incredible to go up and experience that, epically with those aircraft.. It's a flight i will never forget
Wish I could of gotten some better pictures though, but not bad for my first time I guess.

Marty, Don't know about that! most likely be once in a lifetime experience.. (Not complaining though)

[Ian Warren]

James , You lucky son of a John called who called James and a bloody bloody lucky bugger

[mustang808]

For those interested I have uploaded a video of my day on Friday (Practice day) which includes takeoff out of NZWN, some of the displays, as well as landing and departure out of Omaka. Quality is not the best sorry !

[Gavin Conroy]

Will be a while until I can post any A2A but here is one from a media flight on the Thursday before the show, but one of the Checkers was ill so the team could not display.
The other shows Graham at 1/125 during his first pass.

[Ian Warren]

Holy shite ... Two pics that pic me up

[Gavin Conroy]

Here is a take off shot from a flight we conducted on the Wednesday before the show for TV3.
Very colourful background.



Rolling around the Red Checkers.
One of the pilots was quite ill so the team could not fly at Classic Fighters 2011 which was a shame.



Was tight for time but I shot up to Ardmore on the Thursday before the show to fly with the Tomahawk.
It is such a stunning aircraft and am quite pleased with the photos from the flight, especially the near head on ones

[leow5263]

I can see how those 3 months of planning pay off! I am really looking forward to getting the air show DVD, should be some amazing footage on it!
New Zealand is a great place to be, you don't really get the air shows overseas and you get here, very unique!
How did you get that shot of the checkers? Were you inverted in the other air trainer or something?

[Gavin Conroy]

QUOTE (leow5263 @ May 5 2011,10:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I can see how those 3 months of planning pay off! I am really looking forward to getting the air show DVD, should be some amazing footage on it!
New Zealand is a great place to be, you don't really get the air shows overseas and you get here, very unique!
How did you get that shot of the checkers? Were you inverted in the other air trainer or something?

The Checkers photo was taken from another CT4E during a barrel roll around the main formation.

[Splitpin]

[scaber]

Excellent shots Gavin. Because of my interest in photography I was planning to try and look you up during the show but somehow with all that was happening I didn't get around to it - besides I would guess that you were pretty busy with all you had to do. Anyway, it's good to be able to enjoy your work and re-experience some of the emotions of the event.