Big airshow @ NZTG this Sunday (Feb 17th)
 

Tauranga City Airport hosts SportAvex 2008, the Sport Aviation Expo this Fri/Sat/Sun. As is traditional the event finishes with an airshow.

Flying programme starts @ 1100, break for lunch then airshow proper from 1300.

Display programme includes;

First public demo of Falcomposites Furio!

Thunder Mustang + T-51 Mustang, Microlights plus a number of other sport/homebuilt aircraft.

Many warbird and historical aircraft; DC-3 Dakota, PBY Catalina flying boat, Russian Yak-52 formation aerobatic team, Korean War era Bell 47 MASH chopper, Harvard, Stearman, Tiger Moth and Dominie.

Extreme aerobatics with Doug Brooker in his MX2, high performance glider aerobatics, parachutists, a mass fly-past of helicopters based at Tauranga City Airport, World War 2 “dog-fight” re-enactment, gyrocopters, micro-lights and the Royal New Zealand Air Force “Red Checkers” aerobatics team.

Gates open 0800, Adults $10.00 accompanied kids U12 free.

SAANZ is giving away flying scholarships from some of the proceeds too.:ok:

Have they got the formation sheep hanglider team this year?

The Romney Roulettes?

It was a daggy show...
It rained and they were drenched...
The spot landing with the rear legs into gumboots was a crowd pleaser...

Tinpis:}:}:}:}:} Brilliant...

I'll be there....if only to see one of Doug's 2 new aircraft!! My (9yr old) boy has been following the MX2's progress closely and is just about popping veins to see it!

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Unfortunately the photos don't do justice to the paint job....much brighter in person

Gawd...I got sick just looking at it slackie
Its one them overpowered point-uppy, jerk-sticky,stretch-face , black-outy thingies int it?

Slackie ,the spot near where the WAC is now I can recall in the olden daze a topdressing pilot in a Tiger Moth doing consecutive loops and running his wheels through the grass
Get yer mate to try that

Sounds like a life limiting manouvre!!:eek:

Mate it was done every airshow
It was near the main road and the punters could see the Tiger looping and would swing in
The Tiger pilots could keep that stuff going for as long as they liked

Who remembers leaflet drops for air pageants?
Teams of small boys would race all over town and not one was left ungathered in the hope of winning a joy-ride in a Tiger