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  • Warbirds Over Wanaka 2010 wrap up

    Hi all time for the final report from warbirds over Wanaka 2010...
    Day one of the show dawned fine and sunny but a little breezy, the crowds were lining up from before gates opened at 7am to get in and enjoy the flying action with many arriving to see 2 drawcards, first the RAAF and their 4 ship formation flying from 3 sqdn and their F/A-18a hornets and all the way from Southern California and the Commerative Air Force, the Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero.
    The Zero was displayed at Warbirds by 2 pilots, SoCal wing CO Col Steve Barber, & Col Jason Sommes... Race fans will recognize the name of Jason Sommes who raced at Reno in T-6, Biplane & F1..
    The Zero flew 2 sequences a day with Jason flying a solo display, the Steve flying the pm sequence involving The Catalina clubs PBY5a, 2 P-40's and a FG-1D corsair, with predictable results and the Zero being dispatched.
    The F/A-18's arrived on scene and displayed their Ground attack prowess and then arriving again later in the day and flying a supremely tight 4 ship display.
    By the time the F-18s arrived in the afternoon on saturday the winds were blowing 30 degrees across the runway and gusting 30kts, so for these line pilots to fly a tight display was incredible.
    Unfortunately the winds forced the cancellation of several displays.
    One item that didnt get cancelled was Jurgis Karyis who flew formation with the NZ warbirds C-47 with Jurgis and his self designed Juka but with Jurgis parked firmly under the C-47 between the motors....
    Sunday Dawned cold and with Rain overnight dampened down the dust that started blowing around the day before.
    the 2 P-40's started the show before the NZ Yak 52 team showed their stuff.. the 8 SHIP formation team showed their brilliant show off, before 11 of the 15 airworthy T-6's formated..
    Another special formation was the Zero and Mk9 spitfire, this tribute to the forgotten RAF campaign in Burma during WW2.

    There were many fine acts this year, to many for a tired airshow goer to report on.. so here are some pics...

    Jurgis..

    Jurgis and C-47.. this has not been photoshopped together


    F/A18s



    Zero


    La-9


    11 T-6's


    Thats some, got some 4000 pics to go through....
    race fan, photographer with more cameras than a camera store

  • #2
    Re: Warbirds Over Wanaka 2010 wrap up

    Thanks for posting. Please put the 11 AT6s up. I sure would like to go there one year.
    Lockheed Bob

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    • #3
      Re: Warbirds Over Wanaka 2010 wrap up

      woops i put the wrong pic up..
      here are the 11 T-6's...

      these are just a small peek at over 3000 images shot over the course of 3 days.....
      race fan, photographer with more cameras than a camera store

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      • #4
        Re: Warbirds Over Wanaka 2010 wrap up

        Thanks for the eleven T6s photo.
        Lockheed Bob

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        • #5
          Re: Warbirds Over Wanaka 2010 wrap up

          No probs, of the 11, 9 are privately owned ex RNZAF T-6's one is an ex South African Air Force T-6 that has the Ice Cream IFR upgrade and the last is currently still on charge with the RNZAF as part of the RNZAF Historic flight.
          race fan, photographer with more cameras than a camera store

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          • #6
            Re: Warbirds Over Wanaka 2010 wrap up

            some more pics from WOW 2010
            The syndicate owned T-28C


            Wing walking act from germany


            Jerry Yagens DH Rapide


            A cool formation, L-39, DH Vampire, P-51
            race fan, photographer with more cameras than a camera store

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