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Kittyhawk takes off into the sun.
Tight close up of the Catalina's starboard aengine.
Rob Fry shows his style in the late afternoon sun in his SU-29 which he shared with Svetlana Kapanina. Lots of port rudder to offset the propellor torque. Camera set @ 1/125th sec and stabilised with Canon IS plus Kenyon KS-4 gyro.
Kittykawk shows the patina of its age in the late afternoon sun at Wanaka.
Polikarpov I-153. Over 1,000 BHP from the radial engine. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polikarpov_I-153 for more background information.
Polikarpov I-135 banking hard with the Wanaka hills behind. For some intersting background on this aircraft read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polikarpov_I-153
A pair of DH 115 Vampires accompany an L-39 Albatross (l) and a Cessna Dragonfly. Lower aircraft is former RAAF T-35-w A79-649. (Thanks to Gina Wilson for the precise details).
An Original Blériot Type XI with the Harris Mts behind. The Blériot XI was the first of Louis Blériot's aircraft designs to be wholly successful. He proved exactly how successful a machine it was by several cross-country flights before thinking about attempting to cross the channel. Soon after 04:30 on Sunday 25 July 1909 Louis Blériot took off from the French coast and forty minutes later he crash-landed near Dover Castle, to become the first person to cross the English Channel in an aeroplane. Following this success, Bleriot's monoplanes sold well and many flying schools adopted them as standard trainers. They were used in races and competitions and even in military roles. A Blériot with the more powerful 50hp Gnome Omega rotary engine was used for the first aerial post from Hendon to Windsor in September 1911. Today, the Blériot is still popular as many Blériot replicas are flying, some powered by original engines, others powered by more modern engines. The type also represents a significant portion of early New Zealand aviation history. In 1913, an American, Arthur &#8216;Wizard&#8217; Stone, arrived in Auckland with his Blériot XI. On the 19th April a large crowd at the Auckland Domain witnessed his first flight (albeit brief) when he flew a short distance before undertaking a forced-landing. Not discouraged, he made further flights the same month from Epsom&#8217;s Alexandra Park (one covering nineteen kilometres). Stone and his Blériot had made the first long, sustained and truly practical flight in New Zealand. On the 3rd June the aircraft was written off by a fence on the boundary of Napier&#8217;s racecourse. The Blériot XI imported exclusively for Warbirds over Wanaka is an original licence-built machine built in 1918. Owned by Swedish pilot Mikael Carlson, it was rebuilt in the early 1990&#8217;s and is one of only three left flying in the world. Powered by a 70-hp Gnome Omega rotary, it cruises at a sedate 42 knots. In 1999, Carlson recreated history when he flew the aircraft across the English Channel - 90 years after his predecessor. With thanks and acknowldgement to Warbirds Over Wanaka 2000.
The Blériot banking gingerly. Designed by Louis Blériot and Raymond Saulnier (of Morane Saulnier) the Blériot XI was a light and sleek monoplane constructed of oak and poplar. Flying surfaces were covered with cloth. The aircraft's original configuration included a R.E.P. engine spinning a four blade metal propellor which proved to be unsatisfactory. Blériot decided to use a 25 horsepower Anzani 3 cylinder engine with much better results despite its crude nature. Blériot could be assured of the Anzani running continuously for an hour. The Blériot XI also had some groundbreaking technologies such as castoring landing gear, allowing for crosswind landings. Wing warping (instead of ailerons) controlled the aeroplane's roll. The tail section of the Blériot XI included a horizontal stabilizer with an elevator, and a rudder, but no vertical stabilizer. Unintentionally, Blériot added lateral stability to the design by leaving the aft section of the fuselage uncovered. This created enough drag to add stability to the aircraft's flight characteristics.
Polikarpov I-153. Over 1,000 BHP from the radial engine. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polikarpov_I-153 for more background information.
Polikarpov I-153. Over 1,000 BHP from the radial engine. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polikarpov_I-153 for more background information.
Polikarpov I-153. Over 1,000 BHP from the radial engine. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polikarpov_I-153 for more background information.
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