RNZAF Red Checkers

Very nice photos. Believe it or not I never knew the airtourer was aerobatic.

Nice shots there Gavin also nice to see another display team the other side of the world.

James

Very fine pictures!
The Airtourer competed to replace Chipmunks in Denmark. (Early 70’ies). It lost to the Swedish MFI-17. But Sweden chose the Scottish Bulldog! Later Norway went for MFI-15’s. I had the good fortune to travel with “Baby Blue”, the RDAF Flying School display team, to Koksijde, Belguim, last Summer. The amount of displacemnt in this typical “slow mover”-team- mostly up/down – is unbelievable. Yet hardly noticable from the ground. What is the smoke system like? (We’ll never get a smart paint job! But maybe some ather gimmick 😀
PJC, ATCO

There are some more good ones but they are with a couple of magazine editors so will have to hold them for now.

here are a few more………lots more to come:)

am very impressed with your photos as well Richard:)

Well thanks, Gavin.

And I see that you’ve definitely saved the best for last, those first two shots just leap out at you!

Richard.

here are a few more………lots more to come:)

am very impressed with your photos as well Richard:)

That solo shot of 1994 is awesome!

Richard.

Excellent photographs and thanks for sharing. That must represent a large chunk of the RNZAF. I met the guys at a show at Ardmore about 5 years ago and they were really helpful, especially when I told them that I fly an Airtourer here in the UK. It is one of the Hamilton-built ones so it’s a Kiwitourer!

35 degress that day, saw them fly over my work with Nanchang in tow.
Shame it aint Kiwi-Red, nice pics mate