Shots from the Hood Aerodrome Open Day at Masterton last weekend. Not a full airshow, but Legend Aviation's Harvard was doing experience flights all day, Corsair ZK-COR came down for the occasion, and a possibly unique formation pass with Wellington based Strikemaster 72, all three ex RNZAF machines in RNZAF colours.
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Besides the technical challenge, another reason for recreating the shot was that in 2013 Air New Zealand 737's were starting to be retired in favour of the A320, and so the opportunity wouldn't be there for much longer. Here is the very last ANZ 737 arrival and departure from Wellington in 2015
Revisiting that time about 10 years ago when I recreated a photo my father took of an NAC 737-200 landing at Wellington in 1968 (I think possibly the first) with an Air New Zealand 737-300. It wasn't until much later that I noticed it was the exact same wooden telegraph pole/lamppost in both pics.
As of today the Orion is officially retired from RNZAF service, after more than 55 years and countless search and rescues. I've taken a bunch of photos of them over the years, but this one being chased by its shadow is one of my favourites.
Sam Hall