Airshows & Diaplays

What can you say about Warbirds over Wanaka but WoW. Every time they manage to improve on the previous show. 

I would like to thank Owen Baxter, Gavin Conroy, Josh Kelly and Maurice Williams for sending in their photographs some of which I have reproduced here. Many of the photographs on this page were taken by Richard Watterus who works for Avspecs as an aircraft engineer and came down to Wanaka to keep an eye on the Thunder Mustang but I think you will agree that he also takes some pretty good photographs.

Many thanks to Ray Mulqueen and the very professional team at the Alpine Fighter Collection for helping us out with hangarage even though as you will see in some of the photos space was at a premium throughout the weekend. I hate to think what the total value was of all the aircraft in that hangar!

An added bonus for us was the number of Thunder Mustang owners that came down from the United States  to New Zealand for the airshow including Reno race winner and holder of several world speed records in the C1-c class John Parker and his wife Jan. John is on the the left of the photograph below, Richard Watterus (Avspecs) in the centre and George Gibboney on the right. I always forget just how stunning this part of New Zealand can be until seeing it again through the eyes of visitors.