Dave, thanks to your excellent pics it looks like we Kiwi’s are taking over this thread (very appropriate as its Wanaka time)

As soon as I figure out how to attach a pic will try and post afew also !

Great Airshow, that Hamilton one !

I had a ride in the mighty Cat at Palmerston a few years later, great stuff, sort of like flying in your living room !

I will hopefully make it to Duxford in Sept, was last at Wanaka in 1998…..

…. am very homesick !

Give the P51 Miss Torque a pat for me !

… go easy on that fine South Island beer !

Dave

Have driven past this often whilst on the way to Masterton !

Nice to know is still there !

Check out the Military Aircrew Forum on Pprune there is a current thread on Ejection Seats, has the picture !

Dave,

have just been reading there is an open day at Ohakea tomorrow, P40 attending !, will you get to that one ?

Have seen many a good show there ! Whilst in Palmerston had many a good night in the mess also ! As a new B Cat I once did a BFR for Jim Rankin (all round good guy, I think still the RNZAFs only current A1), In return he put me in the Macchi Sim for a blast, great fun, but I crashed at least twice ! Another great guy who was very supportive of us civi types was Dave Forrest. He had flown an exchange tour with the RAF flying the Hawk. He told me one night that he had flown a Hawk into a Royal Navy base for an airshow and was told by some Air Marshall “you get in there faster and lower than any Navy pilot” ….. which he did…. he got a phone call shortly afterwards ” well done, but not that low next time” !

Could have been a couple of ex A4 jocks getting a quick rating before leaving to join the airlines !