Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:09 amThought it would be a good idea to keep all members photos from Whenuapai in one easy to access thread rather than separate topics scattered around the place- so please post them in replies here.
Here are a few of my own- I tried to keep my eyes on the planes this year, rather than my lens- as in previous shows it felt as though I'd missed all the action, so most of my shots are ground based only, of the show craft taxing, landing and taking off.
These first few of the Warbirds were snapped by my brother on the little point-and-shoot Panasonic Lumix I took around Europe last year- I was saving the juice in my Fujifilm S7000 for when the heavies came out later.
Iriqouis:
What we'd all come to see- surprisingly quiet to be honest, although the decibals shot up when it was shoved into reverse thrust on the short demonstation landing. Was really happy to finally see one of these put through it's paces as I missed the RAAF display last year at Wanaka due to the low cloudbase on the Saturday I attended:
The King Air- which performed on in a new formation along with four CT-4's, one on each wing and two directly behind it- I was talking to a Huey pilot later in the day and found out that all RNZAF helecopter pilots actually train on both the fixed wing aircraft mentioned in this display, before moving onto the Sioux, then the UH-1!!
"Pride of the fleet"
Terribly angled shots of the C-130
And the P3:
-And that's the last of my shots. I wasn't close enough to the crowd line to capture any decent snaps of 'Formation Thunder' or the F-18 unfortunately, although I'm expecting many others have.
The reason for this being that due to an amazing feat of luck, my name was drawn out of the 'Win a flight in a Huey' competition box, and at 3.45, I had to go attend a briefing down at the other end of the apron (hence the unusual perspective of the last shot of the Orion). I really must thank Paul (Naki) for this, who I bumped into when walking into the show, and stopped with him to fill out an entry form. We'd all been standing together near the tower watching the morning half of the show, but one of my eyes was getting really sore due to the crappy contact lenes I was wearing, so I went back to my car to get my sunnies. When I returned to watch the C17 performance in the afternoon, me and my brother had to find a new spot further down the flight line away from the loudspeakers, and lost sight of Paul. It was only when he came up behind us and tapped me on the shoulder saying he'd heard my name called out that I realised I had a voicemail message calling me over to the promo tent to collect my prize! Otherwise I would have never of known- thought it was a joke at first
I've got a few really cool vids and pics from the Huey flight after the show that I've posted here
This was definitely the best airforce open day show that I've been to out of the last three years. Look forward to seeing everyone else's snaps!
Here are a few of my own- I tried to keep my eyes on the planes this year, rather than my lens- as in previous shows it felt as though I'd missed all the action, so most of my shots are ground based only, of the show craft taxing, landing and taking off.
These first few of the Warbirds were snapped by my brother on the little point-and-shoot Panasonic Lumix I took around Europe last year- I was saving the juice in my Fujifilm S7000 for when the heavies came out later.
Iriqouis:
What we'd all come to see- surprisingly quiet to be honest, although the decibals shot up when it was shoved into reverse thrust on the short demonstation landing. Was really happy to finally see one of these put through it's paces as I missed the RAAF display last year at Wanaka due to the low cloudbase on the Saturday I attended:
The King Air- which performed on in a new formation along with four CT-4's, one on each wing and two directly behind it- I was talking to a Huey pilot later in the day and found out that all RNZAF helecopter pilots actually train on both the fixed wing aircraft mentioned in this display, before moving onto the Sioux, then the UH-1!!
"Pride of the fleet"
Terribly angled shots of the C-130
And the P3:
-And that's the last of my shots. I wasn't close enough to the crowd line to capture any decent snaps of 'Formation Thunder' or the F-18 unfortunately, although I'm expecting many others have.
The reason for this being that due to an amazing feat of luck, my name was drawn out of the 'Win a flight in a Huey' competition box, and at 3.45, I had to go attend a briefing down at the other end of the apron (hence the unusual perspective of the last shot of the Orion). I really must thank Paul (Naki) for this, who I bumped into when walking into the show, and stopped with him to fill out an entry form. We'd all been standing together near the tower watching the morning half of the show, but one of my eyes was getting really sore due to the crappy contact lenes I was wearing, so I went back to my car to get my sunnies. When I returned to watch the C17 performance in the afternoon, me and my brother had to find a new spot further down the flight line away from the loudspeakers, and lost sight of Paul. It was only when he came up behind us and tapped me on the shoulder saying he'd heard my name called out that I realised I had a voicemail message calling me over to the promo tent to collect my prize! Otherwise I would have never of known- thought it was a joke at first
I've got a few really cool vids and pics from the Huey flight after the show that I've posted here
This was definitely the best airforce open day show that I've been to out of the last three years. Look forward to seeing everyone else's snaps!
jeepers , think Gavin has some competition 
Just Brillliant 
