Some more random shots from WARBIRDS OVER AWATOTO

 

 

 

Some ones Airforce Corsair, BAE Hawk, Farchild A-10, UAV Reaper

 

EDF (Electirc powered Ducted Fan) Glider.

 

Great looking Grumman Hellcat

 

Heather and her 90inch electric powered Spitfire with Sound.

 

When she fires it up you hear a Merlin......:0)

 

Spit Montage

 

Junkers JU 52 main motor in the nose outers free wheeling....

 

Fraser Briggs Russian LA-7 fighter Montage

 

Couple real nice looking Me-109's the bottom one around 10 foot wingspan

 

Nemisis Pylon Racer very nice.....

 

John's beautifully detailed Focke Wulf FW-190 Butcher Bird

 

John likes his planes as right as he can get them so when he visited Oshkosh and Muesums in the States he found there was a error in his paint job so came home and repainted it to get it right.

 

rear of pic is the Rose clan of 486 Model Shop fame.

 

Now big planes require BIG Trailers.

 

IC powered Spitfire.

 

Really Impressive Grumman Tigercat Montage

 

Nice couple Zero's

 

Adveries P-40 and Tony

 

Ya gotta have some weapons....

 

Couple great ole Trainers Texan ( Harvard) and Tigermoth

Some random shots from WARBIRDS OVER AWATOTO

 

 

 

Ya gotta love a Corsair

 

F-15 Turbine powered montage

 

F-20 Tiger Shark

 

Montage of Flightline shots

 

Top shot looking over Turbine powered Macchi

 

Frasers P-47

 

Montage P-47 Shots

 

Nice German captured P-47 Electric powered

 

T-28 Trojan and Hughes 369 (or D version) Japanese Airforce colours.

 

Both Electric powered.

 

 

Today at the Warbirds over Awatoto (Napier) Radio Control Fly in we
experienced the most spectacular peice of flying to day by Freaser
Briggs.

I think ya knows who Fraser is but in case ya don't.

(Frazer is considered the most skilled IMAC (International Miniature
Aerobatic Club) competition pilot in the country and has represented
New Zealand internationally for over 10 years.Frazer has been
regularly traveling to the States and all over the
world competing with success both as an individual and as a NZ Team member in
IMAC competitions. His results include:
• 4th, 1999 Tournament of Champions
• 3rd, 2003 Tucson Aerobatic Shootout
• 1st, 2004 Tucson Aerobatic Shootout
• 3rd, 2005 Tucson Aerobatic Shootout
The main annual competition for
Frazer is the Tucson Aerobatic Shootout
which is held in Arizona every October.
This year Frazer finished 7th overall in the
invitational category.)

It's 41% scale and weighs around 18kg. The Raven aerobatic aircraft lost a
wing in flight due flutter and he was able to fly it and bring it down
with very little damage. Only Fraser could have done this he's that
good a pilot.

Check out the Photo's taken this afternoon Sunday 24th. these are not
altered in anyway straight from my camera.

 

 

 

 

Just amazing.

 

Did two circuits before landing

 

Down

 

Before... Thats Fraser to the rear.

 

Sheared of at the Root

 

Thats one big Arse Spar

 

Fraser checking out the Damage which was quite light Cheif investigator Briggs Junior assisting.

 

two more before shots

 

Now for an interesting bit. We also passed by Possum World on Marine Parade today as well .....

 

Sweet place to go have a look all things Possum and a Mini as well whats more to like......

 

 

Well out and about this Saturday and was whizzing past Napier Airport (NP) and a few Jets in for Barry Gibbs concert tonight at the Mission Estate. The to biggest two are for the Gibbs crowd. Couple Lighties as well. Some very nice Choppers sitting next to the Tower as well.

Napier unfortunately has become a closed Airport as such very hard to get pic's through security fences etc.

These taken from IPhone so not that flash.

Aussie visitor

 

Lon range shot.......

 

I think it's ZK-PGA

 

Nice Bell and Kawasaki

 

Lil Robbie out the back all on it's lonesome

 

Looks like only GA machine left at Napier Aero Club Nice looking Arrow

 

Couple Operators at NP

 

 

 

This is ABB's new site in the new Industrial park at NP

 

This has left Napier Aero Club rooms looking like this. They even cut off the edge of the Terrace to put the road in......

 

NP Tower Anothother jets tail you can just make out.