Another pic from the wee airshow

Do you chaps realise that this month marks 20 years since that P51D’s first airshow performance in this country. It is twenty years since Sir Tim Wallis set the warbirds movement in NZ alight. Amazing.

Who flew the Corsair?

Keith Skilling … nice photo’s from your mate Turbo 😉

Alrighties, thanks for putting it so nicely, Daz 😀 ,…

Check out the size difference between the Corsair and Messenger….was Monty a wee lad ? 😀 😉

TNZ

My pleasure! 😉

The Corsair had to be big ‘cos of all the burger-munching Yanks! :p

Last couple for now…..will post more later

When was the last time you saw 2 Piston Provosts together in NZ ?

TNZ
PS..hope you liked 🙂

Beautiful P-51…..

Who flew the Corsair?

Alrighties, thanks for putting it so nicely, Daz 😀 ,…

Check out the size difference between the Corsair and Messenger….was Monty a wee lad ? 😀 😉

TNZ

Absolutely, yes please Chris.

Please thank your mate from us all.

I never realised Monty’s Messenger was yellow underneath. Why was this? Did he get it from Training Command? It’s a very colourful beast. I also wonder what the V signified on the bottom, is that a squadrom code?

Another anomaly is I note the Corsair in US colours still wears its famous RNZAF “Irate Donald Duck” logo that was worn on many RNZAF Corsairs. I believe it was the mascot of a Servicing Unit. The nose art is obviously left over from its old scheme, I wonder if the OFMC had intended the US colour scheme to be merely temporary and it was to be returned to its proper RNZAF scheme? I hope the RNZAF roundels do reappear soon, now that its home.

Does a bear **** in the woods? 😉

Got lots more, anyone interested ??

and more…

TNZ

Okay, no probs posting so here’s a couple more…