I remember watching them , there were DC 3’s as well , with squealing brakes , and in a hanger the 2 seat Spitfire IDN and a Stinson . I cannot recall the rego for the Stinson , but I do remember , someone saying ” I suppose you think that’s a Lysander sonny ” . There was also a Tripacer , why that stuck in my memory I cannot think . I think Ford were storing new cars at one end of the airfield too ?

There are some pictures on the Net somewhere , I will see if I can find you a link . From memory blue featured in the cabin .

According to an item in a newspaer quite a while ago , Weta had made the masters for the Lancasters , and a GRP company just north of Wellington had produced the moulds from these , these moulds had then been sent to China for the production of a number of replicas. I believe the number was something under ten . What was not clear was exactly how much of a Lancaster was being reproduced . If I remember correctly the owner of the GRP companys nose was way out of joint because he had wanted to produce the replicas here .

Both the lost U2 and the Herc shootdown are well documented , shortly after the collapse of the Soviet bloc , the US visited the Herc crash site .

One for the pilot , one for the navigator and engineer I think .

The BE2 replica , currently under restoration in the UK ?

What about a replica , didn’t Skysport build or operate some floatplanes ?

The aircraft in Bravo Two Zero was I think a Boeing 727 . I believe an RNZAF Andover was rolled deliberately just for fun , the crew almost got away with it . There is a medium sized military twin that is current on the display curcuit which is rolled as part of its normal display routine , I think it was at the Avalon display earlier this year in Melbourne that during it roll one engine failed , the pilot complrted the roll , turned and lexecuted an emergency landing back on the runway he had just left and many of the crowd were unaware that an emergency had just occured.