Historics From New Zealand, Australia And Japan

The displays at the Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre (Blenheim, upper South Island) are of a similar style, also done by Weta Workshops.

Those displays in the WW1 Wellington exhibition are [I]so good![I]

I doubt whether there are any museum displays in the UK which come anywhere near the standard of these.

No problem Ant! I followed the restoration when I was younger and always looked forward to seeing it fly, but it’s in a very good home and (from the photos) looks great.

Really nice photo’s, excellent

Thanks to Dave H. and K5054 for the Lincoln/Tui Sport info. A real shame that -BMV wasn’t flown again, but they must have had their reasons.

Ant.H mentioned a Cherub-powered Sport being restored to fly. It was ZK-BMV, however when it passed to new owners they decided not to fly it and it’s now on display at the Ashburton Aviation Museum in a lovely silver and yellow colour scheme: http://nzcivair.blogspot.co.nz/2014/07/ashvegas.html

Nice photos.

I showed my wife, a former QARANC Captain, the image of the QA in the Gallipoli exhibit in post #8. She said the woman portrayed looks remarkably similar to a nurse she served with in the QAs. And no, she did not serve in the Gallipoli campaign. 🙂 However, she said the uniforms seem to have changed little.

Also, great to see a RNZAF Bell 47G3. My favorite helicopter and the only warbird I’ve soloed.

ZK-ADV is in fact a non-flying replica of the one and only Tui Sport, which was a local design based somewhat on the Lincoln Sport but different.

Avro 626 writeup
https://www.airforcemuseum.co.nz/aircraft/avro-626/

Avro 626.

Fascinating!

Whats the silver biplane in between the Oxford and the Anson?

RNZAF Museum – Christchurch

That is the end of New Zealand, will add Australia later.

Thanks for the comments so far.

On with photos.

The next two museums, though short on planes (only one in the set) I thought would be of interest. The first set was an exhibit created by Sir Peter Jackson and the second set was an exhibition that Weta Workshops curated, both about different aspects of WWI. Both exhibits are found in Wellington.

The Great War Exhibtion

Gallipoli: The scale of our war – Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.

The Sir Edmund Hillary Alpine Centre

Enjoyed those photos, look forward to seeing more – thank you.

Thanks Ant. It was a new one on me. Looks a neat little aircraft.

Great pics, thanks for sharing. It sounds like a great trip, looking forward to seeing more.

ZK-ADV is a Lincoln Sport, a 1930’s homebuild design. There are a couple of others in NZ, including one that was being restored to fly with a Bristol Cherub. Has it flown??

An excellent roundup. Interesting number of UK designs which rather points to a lost market since WW2. What type is ZK-ADV in the 11th photograph?

Neat. Note that the MOTAT Sunderland has since had its tail fin fitted.

Thanks very much! Great photos