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Wings Over Wairarapa Wings over Wairarapa is a biennial Airshow at Hood Aerodrome in Masterton. When the 2011 show was held, we had been planning to fly in, and we had a full plane. The weather though had other plans and we decided to try again another year. That year was this one, 19 th January 2013. We left early in the morning from Hawera where the raising sun was orange (from the Australian fires maybe.) We flew along the coast past Ohakea and Foxpine, we crossed the range South of the Manawatu gorge. Yak 52’s The visibility on the Eastern side of the range was reduced. But traffic on 119.10 was all heading the same way, to Masterton. Getting into Masterton was easy, all uncontrolled and everything worked as it should. We were parked on the Eastern side of the field and driven ov er to A i r s h o w side. We ha d time to look around the trade stalls and ground displays. They had a seven story hot a ir balloon that they could only have up for a Iwi the Kiwi short time as it started to get too windy , but Iwi the Kiwi was a sight to see, although not actually flying. Iwi has a silver fern on front left side and on the other side a place for advertising measuring 23 x 23 foot. The Yaks put on a good display, if not slightly sporadic the first time they were in the air. But the real reason this was the popular Airshow that it was, was the fact that this was the last show the Mosquito would be at prior to the two week process of preparing Mosquito to be shipped to America in a specially designed shipping container. The Mosquito put on a good show, of course. There was also some great formation displays that had the mosquito leading. The jets also had a good formation display with three L-39’s a Strikemaster and two Vampire’s. We enjoyed watching the RNZAF displays with the Iroquois, Orion and 757. Unfortunately the red checkers weren’t there. We enjoyed our day and there were plenty of people from Hawera we spotted over there, but the best was to arrive at an Airshow is to fly in. We have valuable asset in our planes and taking them on a day trip to an airshow is a fun and educational experience. Next major airshow is Classic Fighters at Omaka over Easter. Flying into O m a k a Airshow is a bit more complicate d and is best y o u t h o r o u g h ly read the AIP supple me nt. With a bit of r e s e a r c h you’ll enjoy your flight. Jet Formation Mosquito leads the force Hawera Aero Club Incorporation 4
FlyingNZ Nationals 2013 In November Hawera Aero Club had a strong team compete in the Regional Competitions in Te Kuiti. Graeme Bycroft and myself (Julie Ingram) competed in the Ivon Warmington Liferaft dropping competition and came away with a win. Winning at Regional level gives you the opportunity to attend and compete at the Nationals. The Nationals this year were in Motueka, a nice close place for us to attend. Motueka Aero Club were very helpful and very friendly. They had members always happy to give us a ride into town for a donation to their new hanger fund. We flew down to Motueka on the Thursday morning arriving in time for lunch. We enjoyed a great meal on the Thursday night, all catered for by the club. Friday we had to be at the field early for the briefing. Then because our competition wasn’t till 4pm, Graeme decided he needed to get into town for a breakfast of Eggs Benedict. Breakfast eaten we returned to the airfield, because it was almost lunch time and we’d ordered lunch! We had to get ready for our competition, I had to get my harness on and we had to take out all loose items and remove the door. Our competition is the Ivon Warmington trophy, where the pilot (Graeme) flys an approach at 200 feet and informs me (Julie) when he wants the raft pushed out the door. When the competition was over it was also the end of the full day of competition flying. We had two excellent speakers at the Friday night dinner, with Graeme planning on putting big wheels on 172 and moving nose wheel to tail with plans to land it on big rocks in river beds. Saturday was a rest day, we were meant to fly to D’urville Island but the wind was wrong, so we headed to Karamea for lunch then Murchison and back to Motueka. That night was prizegiving and guess what…We Won! First Time Hawera’s won that trophy! Motueka Airfield Murchison Karamea Hotel Saturday Night Smiles Hawera Aero Club Incorporation 5
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