Merged: Tauranga Air Show

[Kahu]

Here's some pics of what I saw today at Tauranga, which for$10.00 was very well organised

The Vampire



RNZAF





The Yaks



Cessna towing 2 gliders


And War Birds Over Tauranga

[hamstickZKFLT]

I'll Put mine up as soon as the 920 pics have finished coming off the camera!

[Daniel]

Great Airshow!
Pleased that some one has posted shots.

[Anthony]

Yer today was pretty good.

Here's 11 random pictures I took today, but they're fairly rubbish. THere's actually 23 pics from today on my Flickr, but some of them didn't end up in the set. I'll fix that later.

I regret taking the cr@p camera today, when I really should have taken the good one. There's around 200, but I can't be stuffed waiting for ~200 pics to upload, and many of them are the same as what's here, but with a slightly different angle or something like that.

Oh well, it was a great day. because of the airshow and because of the Beech I went on a tour-y thing of.

Cheers
Anthony Harris

[FlyingKiwi]

Looks like it was a good show, love that first shot of the Checkers, you timed it just right.

[Gavin Conroy]

Here a few shots from today.
Only flew in for the airshow part and it was great, well done to all invloved.

[creator2003]

That last shot is just awesome its telling alot of storys in it ,he looks like hes a gonna
nah truly your shots are always great , the lens you must have on that thing
thanks

[ZK-MAT]

After seeing these there's no way I'm going to put any pictures I took on here lol.

Awesome shots!!!!!!

[kiwibarguy]

Wow ,Great photos Gavin! You sure have a steady hand and an eye for capturing the moment. Nice little piece of camera you have there, well done!

[Bazza]

Thanks Gavin, I like 'em all but especially the DC3, lovely clear shot which will look good on my desk-top - must be my age ?

Despite living at Papamoa, thru family committments, missed this one - the first ever...!

From where I was I didn't even get to hear the sounds. Tks again

Bazza.

[Ian Warren]

Super photos Gavin
first pic they went up
last pic they went down

[FlyingKiwi]

Awesome shots Gavin, is that third one down the Sukhoi that was formerly (or possibly still is) RA-3358K?

[K5054NZ]

Nice shot of the Cub and gliders, dude!

[spongebob206]

Awesome

Thanks

[ardypilot]

Was a great show wasn't it, I've taken roughly exactly the same photos from the same angles, only your camera has a far better zoom than mine- that mustang was hard to catch in frame!

[Fauville]

Amazing clear shots Gavin, question, whats the best shutter speed to use so the props don't 'stop' in shots?

[Gavin Conroy]

QUOTE (Trolly @ Feb 23 2008, 04:11 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Was a great show wasn't it, I've taken roughly exactly the same photos from the same angles, only your camera has a far better zoom than mine- that mustang was hard to catch in frame!

zoom has its downside and panning technique is a better skill to learn.
My camera and lens weigh in at 3kg and is always handheld so it is a tiring time, weights are handy thats for sure

QUOTE (Fauville @ Feb 23 2008, 08:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Amazing clear shots Gavin, question, whats the best shutter speed to use so the props don't 'stop' in shots?

1/250th or below for prop aircraft and 1/80 for helicopters.

QUOTE (FlyingKiwi @ Feb 22 2008, 11:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Awesome shots Gavin, is that third one down the Sukhoi that was formerly (or possibly still is) RA-3358K?

tip its the same aircraft wearing its new NZ rego

[hamstickZKFLT]

Was a great day!

Here are a few of my 920 pics I took all day!

[ardypilot]

Had a great day at the Tauranga Airshow yesterday, met up with Naki and spent the afternoon getting sun burnt while snapping pics from the crowd line, a few meters down from Colin Hunter!

There was quite a variety of aircraft on display, as you can see in other members' posts- my favorite being the ZK-TAF Mustang and Doug Brooker's MX2 aerobatic aircraft. I was also extremely impressed by the Bayflight C152 Aerobat display, the pro pilot throwing the aircraft around the runway like a amateur student pilot, dipping the wings so low it reminded me of the infamous Portuguese TAP A310 display. The commentator also amused the crowd by calling out a registration plate of a silver Honda car that apparently double parked, then after no one claimed it, a chopper picked it up, flew it around above the crowd, then dropped it onto the grass from a few hundred feet in the air- made me laugh! The Red Checkers also had a few more tricks up their sleeves since I saw them last year at Whenuapai, which I no doubt will be displayed again at Wanaka next month.

Anyway, here are a selections from the photos I took, didn't come out anywhere near as good as I had hoped, and look terrible in comparison to the work of many photographers there with massive zoom lenses- enjoy a different perspective anyhow"¦ 16 images, 2.17mb:
















And after the show, we went for a walk up to the top of Mount Maunganui- amazing views all round:


Didn't leave Tauranga till 8.30, finally arriving home at around 10.40 due to a big crash on SH1 which caused diversions all around South Auckland! Had work at 5am this morning too so I'm pretty much exhausted for now- expect a new batch of pics from Whitianga next weekend

[Charl]

Looks like good weather for an airshow!
Some nice pics there, good Checkers montage, like the Squirrel shot...
And if SWK is a kitplane, it looks amazing!
What's the history of the MASH Bell??