Another sucessful open day at Omaka

[lowglow]

A bit cold and greyish sky's, but another great day at Omaka



Good to see ZK-MUD all finished and awaiting CAA checks



Some of the WWl line up



Grahams Dr1 looks great in black, also complete and awaiting it's CAA check over





Good to se Tony has his first Gnome completed running and sold





TVAL dropped in on Friday with planes on their way to Wanaka good to see some on display also today





ZK-RFR undergoing maintenance at the moment

The highlight for me would have to be getting asked by Graham Orpham if I felt like a flight in his lovely old Fleet, that was definitely a great experience, we made several circuits over the area with 3 touch and goes included.
Won't forget that in a while.

[emfrat]

Wonderful to see

[deeknow]

Oh man, what a glorious line-up, gotta get my sorry behind down there for a visit one of these years.

[lowglow]

QUOTE (deeknow @ Mar 9 2014,8:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Oh man, what a glorious line-up, gotta get my sorry behind down there for a visit one of these years.

You must. The line up is getting better all the time. A couple more WWl aircraft well on there way to competition and a Spitfire not too far away either.

[Bazza]

Thanks for sharing, a great lineup, I'm a great fan of the "old Stuff."

[Ian Warren]

Superb photos , jeez a treasure trove of weekends !

[FlyingKiwi]

These sorts of open days are a really good idea - often a much better opportunity for the general public to engage with the pilots and aircraft than at the big airshows where they're very much "on the other side of the fence" so to speak.

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (FlyingKiwi @ Mar 10 2014,12:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

These sorts of open days are a really good idea - often a much better opportunity for the general public to engage with the pilots and aircraft than at the big airshows where they're very much "on the other side of the fence" so to speak.

Toatlly agree, I think what makes Omaka apart from the rest is having a Museum of interest also following the aircraft on the field, and the other types seen here covers everyones interest .. bloody Great!

[HamiltonWest]

Pics

[K5054NZ]

Great shots! And very generous of GMO to take you for a blitz in the Fleet - a nice machine that.

Omaka is an astounding place, I lived in Blenheim for a while. There are things going on there that will make you drool!