Posted by admin on Apr 2, 2018 in Blog | 0 comments

Our friends from Air Corps Aviation posted up an old video of ours on the test firing of the 50 Cals prior to the 2012 Warbirds over Wanaka Airshow. This has resulted in a lot of interest, comment and questions from people who have previously not seen this clip. The P40N-1 ZK-CAG has flown at this show with the guns fitted on 4 occasions 2008, 10, 12 and...

Posted by admin on Mar 9, 2018 in Blog | 2 comments

Just for those that are interested and there seem to be quite a few, I have added some new P39 photos on the website. As Steve said it is now getting that close you can taste it.

Posted by admin on Nov 28, 2017 in Blog | 1 comment

You know it is the “Silly season” starting when you have the Christmas functions in fully swing and  group visits through the hangar. Last weekend it was a group from TACCOC and this weekend we are proud to show the members of the WONZ Forum around, great excuse for a major clean up. The P39 is progressing well and we are waiting delivery of...

Posted by admin on Nov 16, 2017 in Blog | 0 comments

Just as a bit of fun (although not all fun) we decided to have a cooking competition the rules were pretty clear anything that could be cooked in the small muffin tins we provided and no packet mixes. So every Wednesday for the past couple of months we have been teated to some mouth watering delicacy’s. I am very happy to say no real failures,...

Posted by admin on Oct 16, 2017 in Blog | 5 comments

It finally happened last week Bristol Freighter NZ5911 was uplifted and moved off our tarmac to the Ports of Auckland to begin it’s journey back to Filton. This was the end of what has been a rather large logistical exercise with the container carrying the engines, props and other ancillary parts having left early last month. This aircraft when...

Posted by admin on Sep 18, 2017 in Blog | 30 comments

The announcement in Classic Wings Downunder has caused quite a stir it seems there are a lot of people out there who are as excited as us about this. We have already had a lot of questions asked about all manner of details so hopefully my bullet points below will answer most of these. The project is currently owned by Pioneer Aero. It is located at our...