Thursday, April 12, 2012
Warbirds over Wanaka 2012
We bought tickets for the Friday Practice and got a look at most of the planes in action. Great weather and such a good mountain background.
This high performance glider has a 60:1 glide ratio (it flys 60 meters and drops 1 meter) and as well as being aerobatic, in the right wind it can fly from Omarama to Gisborne and back at 26,000 feet!
These Yak 3s are high performance and shot down many German fighters in WW2. It was the first public outing for one of them.
The Corsair performs well with a 3000 HP engine, hence the cranked wings to give the prop clearance on carrier landings and takeoffs.
There were two Dakotas, one from Ardmore, the other Christchurch.
Two P40 Kittyhawks took to the air.
This Hawker Beechcraft Texan T6C was on a visiting road show as an air force trainer.
A Hawker Hunter flew in from Queenstown as the runway was too short at Wanaka.
A large number of choppers put on a synchronised display.
The Air Force Hercules put on its show of short landing and taxying backwards. In the second photo it has released 'chaff' or pyrotechnics to confuse head-seeking missiles.
The Vampire is always nice to see flying.
Two Spitfires made a brief showing.
A pair of Mustang P51s flew a fast display then disappeared down the Clutha River valley before popping up again.
Model aircraft flyer Frazer Briggs did the best flying on the day, totally in control of this model.
I really was expecting some large displays of WW1 aircraft, but this one was the only one I managed to photograph and the two planes stayed in the distance.
This high performance glider has a 60:1 glide ratio (it flys 60 meters and drops 1 meter) and as well as being aerobatic, in the right wind it can fly from Omarama to Gisborne and back at 26,000 feet!
These Yak 3s are high performance and shot down many German fighters in WW2. It was the first public outing for one of them.
The Corsair performs well with a 3000 HP engine, hence the cranked wings to give the prop clearance on carrier landings and takeoffs.
There were two Dakotas, one from Ardmore, the other Christchurch.
Two P40 Kittyhawks took to the air.
This Hawker Beechcraft Texan T6C was on a visiting road show as an air force trainer.
A Hawker Hunter flew in from Queenstown as the runway was too short at Wanaka.
A large number of choppers put on a synchronised display.
The Air Force Hercules put on its show of short landing and taxying backwards. In the second photo it has released 'chaff' or pyrotechnics to confuse head-seeking missiles.
The Vampire is always nice to see flying.
Two Spitfires made a brief showing.
A pair of Mustang P51s flew a fast display then disappeared down the Clutha River valley before popping up again.
Model aircraft flyer Frazer Briggs did the best flying on the day, totally in control of this model.
I really was expecting some large displays of WW1 aircraft, but this one was the only one I managed to photograph and the two planes stayed in the distance.
# posted by Doug @ 3:27 PM 
