Ashburton Aviation museum

[Splitpin]

Shot down to ashvagas today with some stuff i sold on trademe, and decided to pop into the museum.....and Im glad i did.
First of all ,it was kind of weird to see Robs work in the flesh....everything were it should me......cheers Mr Corn

They have an interesting collection....includeing a harrier , a meteor, and on the 21st a skyhawk. They have just received a hunter forward section...a T, to go with the canberra....also a porterfield, cherokee 140, beech skipper, h500...etc etc
2 vampires, a devon, and about 4 choppers in various states of repair....even have a R22....and an F-27 outside.
Nice to see ZK-AMY tucked up in the hanger as well.......they really do it well down there considering their location and finances

BUT......as i made my around the hangers.......i looked up.....and there it was .......a big blue Airtruk......the trip just paid for it self

If your down this way...its worth stopping and having a look....$5.00 donation is all they ask for. Interesting to note that have 54 resident GA aircraft living in hangers on the airfield......great place.

Check it out sometime.

[AlisterC]

I was going through my photos down there the other day and saw the blue airtruk amongst my snaps and thought about mentioning it to you lol
It certainly is a great place to visit.

[Ian Warren]

Marty , Great place , amazing to see how big the airport /base was during WWII , the place really comes alive today , on a Saturday , climbing into the nose of the Canberra as bombadier showed there was no way in hell your going to get out if you hit in combat .

[connor]

Yes, a very good museum indeed. Many different aircraft as well as a lot of history. There's even a part of the vostok rocket as well, it dropped off while orbiting over NZ!

[Splitpin]

Did i mention they have an Airtruk ........oh yes i did.....tell you they have an AIRTRUK .......its blue......the airtruk that is

[Ian Warren]

Yip that great ole airtruck called a DC-3 and she really looks great with that Blue tail

[deeknow]

QUOTE (Splitpin @ Sep 3 2011,1:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Did i mention they have an Airtruk ........oh yes i did.....tell you they have an AIRTRUK .......its blue......the airtruk that is

Where's the glorious evidence??? I want Truk pics

[connor]

QUOTE (deeknow @ Sep 3 2011,6:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Where's the glorious evidence??? I want Truk pics

None of the rest of us want to see any pictures of it, ever.

[Rotordude]

QUOTE (Splitpin @ Sep 3 2011,1:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Did i mention they have an Airtruk ........oh yes i did.....tell you they have an AIRTRUK .......its blue......the airtruk that is

Was that the Russian Version??
It is big, it is blue, and it definitely is a truck

[Ian Warren]

Oh bloody hell , here we go again , this is so 2010

[dbcunnz]

QUOTE (Rotordude @ Sep 4 2011,9:43 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Was that the Russian Version??
It is big, it is blue, and it definitely is a truck

It is an ex Russian one but was brought out to NZ and used for a while before being donated to the Ashburton Aviation Museum by Marty

[Rotordude]

LOL hell Doug, can ya put a coffee spray warning on this post pls

[scaber]

Here is is Ian, in all its woeful glory . . . . I guess after seeing this you will planning a trip down to Ashburton to get full enjoyment from this wonderful example of aircraft perfection both in form and performance!

Please excuse the background shot, this was extracted from a 360x180 panorama which was made maily for the purpose of showing the two vampires ....