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Welcome Welcome to Wings Over Wairarapa Air Festival 2017, which promises to be another spectacular event for its 10th airshow.

Wings is always one of the major highlights on our region’s calendar and Masterton District Council is proud to support this iconic event which helps to put our town on the world map in terms of aviation.

With 24,000 visitors expected over the course of the three days, Wings brings great economic benefits to Masterton and the Wairarapa as a whole.

We are delighted to be hosting the 10th Wings Over Wairarapa Air Festival at Hood Aerodrome and the third organised by the Wings Over Wairarapa Community Trust. We continue to maintain a strong relationship with the NZ Sport and Vintage Aviation Society who contribute significantly to the event. Wings Over Wairarapa Community Trust have worked tirelessly since the successful 2015 event to produce another outstanding festival with some new and innovative attractions. For the first time in the history of Wings we have organised

For the first time there will be action in the skies after nightfall, with the visit of the AeroSPARX gliding team, who will be performing a stunning night show on Saturday 18th February.

They will be showcasing night flying, pyrotechnics and light displays. Wings Over Wairarapa wouldn’t be possible without the wonderful efforts of a number of key people, led

by Wings Over Wairarapa Community Trust Chairman Bob Francis, his fellow trustees and Event Manager Jenny Gasson.

Enjoy the weekend!

Lyn Patterson Mayor of Masterton

a Saturday night show.

There have been some changes to the Trust since 2015 with two new Trustees joining us. The Trustees are myself, Nick Rogers, Norm Williams, John McMullan, Sam Osborn, Kieran McAnulty and expert adviser John Lanham. The management of the event is being expertly led by Event Manager Jenny Gasson, supported by Chris Tracey and Yvonne Way. We thank them and we also acknowledge the vital support of our sponsors.

Bob Francis Chairman Wings Over Wairarapa Community Trust.

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Introduction The Wings Over Wairarapa Air Festival 2017 is our 10th airshow and, this year, features the talented team from AeroSPARX and GliderFX. They have come to demonstrate precision flying, and their night show will be a first for New Zealand.

As well our air show will feature rare aircraft from WWI, alongside some of the classics from WWII. While these historic aircraft are always crowd favorites, there will also be dynamic displays of contemporary aircraft, agricultural, aerobatic and military aviation - giving a glimpse of the future of aviation here in New Zealand.

Wings has always recognised the pilots of the world wars. With WWII now 75 years behind us, the

number of living veterans sadly gets less each year, but we welcome those who can attend. The powerful WWII fighters on display keep memories alive and honour those who fought for our freedom.

entertainment for families too. On the ground there will be mock battles, a children’s zone, contemporary and vintage military vehicles, static displays, trade sites and food & wine.

Yet our Air Festival also celebrates the skill and determination of the flyers who make up the aviation industry today.

On behalf of the team who put this year’s air show together, I welcome you all, and wish you an enjoyable time at the Wings Over Wairarapa Air Festival 2017.

This year Wings is a complete festival with exciting ‘must see’

John Lanham, Flying Display Director

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Contents

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Welcome Introduction Glider FX and AeroSPARX The Black Falcons RNZAF’s Aerobatic Team Aerobatics The Great War: The Darkest Year The TVAL Collection Combat Aircraft of WW11

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Map Autogyro The Jet Story The Commentary Team Gliding to Inspire our Youth Agricultural Aircraft

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Ground Technology at Wings over Wairarapa Air Festival 2017 The Vintage Aviator Flying Weekends Wairarapa Balloon Festival Eventful Autumn in the Wairarapa Acknowledgements

Military Vehicles The RNZAF

Masterton’s Fighter Squadron

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Glider FX and AeroSPARX

Wings Over Wairarapa Air Festival 2017 is proud to present, for the first time in New Zealand, two unique teams from UK, GliderFX and AeroSPARX. The skilled pilots revolutionise aerobatic displays with the world’s most exciting aerobatic gliders.

LEDs, smoke and pyrotechnics on the gliders give an extra dimension to their manoeuvres.

The AeroSPARX team fly formation aerobatic displays in their two modified Grob G109 Motorgliders, flying only a few feet apart.

The display is magical by day, but comes alive at night as the wingtip pyrotechnics paint the night sky with light for a visually stunning display.

The Aerosparx Teams’ pilots, Guy Westgate and Tim Dews, have 20 years of

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display experience between them. Tim is known in UK as ‘Mr Grob’ having run a successful business maintaining the aircraft and now leads the only night formation team in Europe.

Guy is an airline pilot and flies Boeing 787 Dreamliners for British Airways from Heathrow.

The Grob 109b Motor Glider was developed in Germany during the 1980s as a two seat trainer.

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It has 95hp engine with a propeller that can be feathered in flight (giving a glide ratio of 1:28). In the RAF, the Grob is known as the Vigilant and is used for training Air Cadets.

• Wingspan 17.4m • Manoeuvre Limits +4/-0 g • VNE 130 kts As well, Guy will also fly his GliderFX S1-Swift at the show, attempting two new Guinness World Records, for rolling his glider.

The attempts will be for: • the most number of continuous rolls ever performed, both on the aerotow (still attached to the tow plane) and • once released in free flight

Official judges will attend to witness and validate the record attempts.

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Guy will also be bringing back a stunt that was first performed in New Zealand in 1995, towing a glider by helicopter.

The single-seat S1 - Swift is a high performance aerobatic glider made of composites. The Swift had its first flight in Augus 1991. Only 30 production Swifts have been made, and it is the world’s most successful glider in aerobatic competition and air show display flying • Wingspan 12.7m • Manoeuvre Limits +10/7.5 g • VNE 155 kts

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The Black Falcons Wings Over Wairarapa Air Festival 2017 is proud to present The Black Falcons, the RNZAF’s new aerobatic team. Flying the impressive T-6C Texan II. The team will present their full display in public for the ÿ rst time.

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RNZAF’s Aerobatic Team Commanding the historic RNZAF ° ight.

BF#4: SQNLDR Hayden Sheard hails from North Taranaki but he completed school at Katikati College.

He joined the RNZAF in January 2001. Hayden is the Black Falcons Synchro Pair Leader.

The Black Falcons team is: BF#1: SQNLDR Brett Clayton was born in Napier and joined the RNZAF in 1999. Brett is the Ofÿcer Commanding Central Flying School.

BF#2: FLTLT Daniel Pezaro grew up in Wanaka and attended Mount

Aspiring College. Dan joined the RNZAF in 2003 and is a Flying Instructor at No 14 Squadron.

BF#3: FLTLT Stuart Anderson moved to New Zealand from South Africa and joined the RNZAF in 2005. Stuart is the Ofÿcer

BF#5: SQNLDR Sean Perrett was born in England and joined the RAF in 1985. Sean ° ew the Harrier, instructed on the Hawk and was in the Red Arrows. In 2003 he moved to New Zealand to join the RNZAF. He is currently an instructor at Central Flying School.

BF#6: FLTLT Michael Williams grew up on a farm in Northland, and attended Dargaville High School.

Michael joined the RNZAF in 2003 and is currently an Instructor at the Central Flying School.

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AEROBATICS

Formation aerobatics are perhaps the ultimate test of precision ˜ ying. The leader must navigate the whole formation safely while providing the best spectacle to those on the ground, while all others in the formation must hold their position within centimetres, despite turbulence, wind gusts and speed changes.

A tight formation is no place for the faint-hearted! This year Wings Over Wairarapa Air Festival 2017 will include aerobatics from a vintage Tiger Moth, contrasted with a display by the modern MXS and also a formation display by the New Zealand Yak52 team, the Red Stars.

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Tiger Moth

MXS

The DH.82 Tiger Moth is a biplane designed

by Geoffrey de Havilland in the 1930s and operated by the RAF, RNZAF and many other air forces as a primary trainer aircraft.

The MXS is a specialist carbon-fibre sport aerobatic aircraft designed in 2005 and built by MXR Technologies in the USA for intensive aerobatics.

The aircraft is owned and displayed by Doug Brooker of Auckland, New Zealand.

Technical specifications Span 8.94m Length 7.3m Speed 175kph

Technical specifications Span 7.31m Length 6.26m Speed 210 knots

The Red Stars Yakovlev Yak 52 The Yak 52 is a two-seat primary trainer produced in Romania. Designed for training, it has full aerobatic capability and it is a popular competitive aerobatic aircraft in Eastern Europe.

Technical specifications Span 9.3m Length 7.75m Speed 300kph

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The Great War: The Darkest Year

The Wings Over Wairarapa Air Festival 2017 commemorates the brave men who ˜ ew and fought in the air over the Western Front a century ago. 1917 was the darkest year of the war to date, with the RFC enduring ‘Bloody April’ before Allied troops bogged down at Paschendaele, while U-boats stalked the Allied sealanes. Today our ˜ ying display focuses on aircraft of that dark year.

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The TVAL Collection Hood Aerodrome is the home of a unique collection of WWI aircraft, maintained and operated by the engineers and pilots of The Vintage Aviator Limited (TVAL). TVAL is unique, manufacturing both airworthy and static aircraft from the 1914-1918 period for museums and private collections. They achieve authenticity with the original designs by undertaking meticulous research.

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TVAL works under Civil Aviation Authority certiÿcation and systems, and the CAA regularly audits the company. The TVAL collection is rotated through displays in Hangar14 at Hood aerodrome.

Note: Not all types listed may appear at Wings 2017, depending on wind conditions and serviceability.

The DH-4 was a two-seat light bomber which entered service in 1917. Some 1400 were built in the UK and over 1800 were built in the USA, where it remained in service until 1932.

Technical speciÿ cations: Span 13.2m Length 9.5m Speed 230kph

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Royal Aircraft Factory BE2f

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Royal Aircraft Factory SE5a

The BE2 series was designed at the Royal Aircraft Factory as a stable, reliable aircraft for observation and reconnaissance. The BE2f is the world’s only flying example.

Designed in 1916, this was Geoffrey de Havilland’s attempt to combine the performance of a ‘tractor’ type, but with the visibility of a ‘pusher’ aircraft. The DH-5 was a poor fighter but proved to be a good ground attack machine.

Technical specifications Span 36’ 10” (11.2m) Length 27’3” (8.3m) Speed 72mph (116kph)

Technical specifications Span 7.8m Length 6.7m Speed 164kph

Technical specifications Span 8.1m Length 6.4m Speed 222kph

Sopwith Triplane

Sopwith Camel

Albatros D.Va

Known as the ‘Tripehound’ by its pilots the Sopwith Triplane had superior climb rate and manouverability to contemporary German fighters. The Germans responded with the Fokker Triplane.

The Camel was arguably the most successful Allied design of the period. The TVAL Camel is painted in the colours of New Zealand’s Capt Clive Collet. The engine speed is controlled by ‘blipping’ the magneto.

The Albatros D.Va entered service in 1917 but structural problems led the Albatros Company to quickly design the improved D.Va. The type was widely used by the Imperial German Air Service in 1917 & 1918.

Technical specifications Span 8m Length 5.7m Speed 187kph

Technical specifications Span 8.5m Length 5.7m Speed 185kph

Technical specifications Span 9.0m Length 7.3m Speed 186kph

These aircraft were introduced in large numbers in 1917.

Powered by 150 hp Hispano Suiza V8, they became known for their manoeuvrability. New Zealander Capt Keith Caldwell won the Military Cross flyin the SE5a.

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Fokker DVIII Nick-named ‘the flying Razor’ by allied pilots, the Fokker DVIII was a parasolwinged monoplane armed with two synchronised machine guns. It entered service in October 1918 and proved to be very effective but too late.

Technical specifications Span 8.3m Length 5.7m Speed 204kph

Nieuport 11 (Bebe)

BE12

This French fighter entered service in 1916 and won air superiority over the Fokker Eindecker. It was based on a pre-war air racer and with it the French formed the first specialist fighter squadrons

The BE12 was based on the BE2c, with a more powerful engine and more fuel. It entered service in 1916 but proved vulnerable to enemy fighters. It was also used for night defence of London and more successfully in the Middle East.

Technical specifications Span 7.55m Length 5.8m Speed 156kph

Technical specifications Span 11.3m Length 8.3m Speed 164kph

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Combat Aircraft of WWII

The sights and sounds of the aircraft that fought for our freedom between 1939 and 1945 still bring an emotional tear to the eye of the vets who served with them.

And the big warbirds invoke passion and enthusiasm in aviators of all ages.

Air power proved essential to the Allies’ victory in the Second World War, so this year Wings Over Wairarapa presents six famous types from that great con˜ ict. A maritime patrol and important training aircraft, the unique Avro Anson, is our star for 2017.

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Avro Anson Mk 1 Designed in 1935 as a maritime reconnaissance bomber, the Anson was Coastal Command’s most important type when WWII began. After brief front-line service, Ansons then had a vital training role with the Commonwealth air forces.

Technical specifications Span 17.2m Length 12.8m Speed 188mph (302kph)

Grumman TBM-3E Avenger

Supermarine Spitfi e Mk IX

The RNZAF operated 48 of these bombers from 1943 to 1959, with two squadrons flying on operations i the Solomons, 1944. The Avenger at our Air Festival is part of Brendon Deere’s collection at Ohakea.

The charismatic Spitfi e went through continual development and served in most theatres during WWII. Spitfi e PV270 carries the markings of New Zealand’s ace Battle of Britain pilot Alan Deere.

Technical specifications Span 16.5m Length 12.5m Speed 442kph

Technical specifications Span 11.2m Length 9.1m Speed 600kph

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Masterton’s Fighter Squadron Wings Over Wairarapa Air Festival 2017 this year pays special tribute to No. 14 Squadron RNZAF with aircraft from throughout the Squadron’s long history on display. But the Squadron’s story starts here at Hood Aerodrome.

In the dark days of 1942, after the Japanese conquered Singapore, the RNZAF had to hastily shift its role to home defence.

Kiwi ÿghter pilots who had escaped from Singapore were formed into a new squadron, No. 14, and sent to Hood Aerodrome.

Equipped with Harvards and P-40 Kittyhawks, the pilots pooled their experiences and worked the new squadron up to operational standard.

Peter Norman, then a teenager who later joined the RNZAF himself, wrote an informal history of the squadron in Masterton: ‘With 14 Squadron at Masterton’s Hood Aerodrome’. The aircraft were dispersed around the airÿeld and

often had to be towed along the local roads. The present aero clubroom was used as a ° ight ofÿce, including rooms for the Commanding Ofÿcer, ° ight commanders and pilots, and where parachutes and ° ying gear would be ready for use.

“I remember one Sunday tennis party when there was a sudden alarm and all the pilots rushed to the airÿeld and into the air to investigate a ° eet of unknown ships. We were told later, in conÿdence, that the ° eet was

bringing American Marines to Wellington.”

There was one death during the ten months the squadron trained at Masterton. Twelve days after he arrived in November, 1942, 20 yearold Sgt/Pilot Arthur Law’s Kittyhawk entered a dive at 2400 metres when breaking away from a dummy attack. Failing to recover, the airplane crashed near Greytown.

The Squadron left Masterton in February 1943. Security was tight in wartime but people soon learned the Squadron was on the front line in the Solomons. One of the pilots, Masterton farmer Geoff Fisken, named his aircraft ‘Wairarapa Wildcat’.

By the War’s end he was the Commonwealth’s leading ace in the Paciÿc.

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A TRIBUTE TO NO. 14 SQUADRON. Three types of warbirds that equipped No. 14 Sqn during WWII.

North American Harvard

Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk

Goodyear FG-1D Corsair

Built before WWII as an advanced trainer, the Harvard at Wings Over Wairarapa is a crowd favourite - who doesn’t recognise the distinctive sound of the Harvard’s propeller tips.

No Wings Air Festival would be complete without the inclusion of the Kittyhawk.

This P-40E was originally based here with No. 14 Squadron in 1942. It is presented in the colours of the ‘Flying Tigers’ of China.

The RNZAF operated Corsairs in 1944-45 and with No. 14 Sqn during the occupation of Japan, 194548. After years as a gate guardian this Corsair was taken overseas before being returned to New Zealand.

Technical specifications Span 12.8m Lenngth 8.8m Speed 314kmh

Technical specifications Span 11.42m Length 10.2m Speed 609kmh

Technical specifications Span 12.5m Length 10.15m Speed 684kmh

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Saturday & Sunday Morning

Event begins 10.15am

Agricultural aviation Old & New

Parachute drops

UK international autogyro display

WWI: TVAL Showcase

GliderFX:

Aircraft of 1917

Squirrel (helicopter) tow and drop: extreme aerobatics

Avenger, Tiger Moth, Agricola, Yeoman, Beaver, Cresco & AirTractor Helicopters: H300spray; H500 fertiliser; Squirrel bucket; Cresco; water ÿnale.

AeroSPARX

Aerial ballet with smoke and music

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Saturday & Sunday Afternoon

Lunch

Ground displays Large scale RC jet models

Tribute to No. 14 Squadron

RNZAF

C130 arrives, role display and lands Helicopter formation arrival Handling and role displays A109, NH90 and Seasprite

WWI: TVAL Showcase

Aerobatics Old & New

Tiger Moth display & MXS; Race Peugeot 308 Gti & MXS, MXS Display

1942 to present day Harvard NZ1037 P-40 Kittyhawk & Corsair pair Vampire display Venom display Strikemaster display

Finale Yak52 aerobatic team display Wings over Wairarapa Air Festival 2017 Night Show Gates open at 7.00pm

A magical event full of night flying, py otechnics, air ballets and displays lit up on the ground and in the skies, set to music.

Black Falcons; RNZAF Texan aerobatic team international debut

Saturday NIGHT FEATURING: RV7s Race, UK international autogyro display, TVAL: WWI tribute, T-6 Texan solo display, GliderFX twilight display, AeroSPARX displays with pyros, lighting, fla es and music.

Event ends at 9.30pm

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Welcome to Wings Over Wairarapa 2017 Our map will help guide you around the site, but if you have any questions, please visit our information tent There is so much to see and do, and we hope you will enjoy all that we have on offer.

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The Autogyro

An autogyro (from Greek for ‘selfturning’) uses an unpowered rotor in autorotation to develop lift, and an engine-powered propeller to provide thrust.

While similar to a helicopter in appearance, the autogyro’s rotor must have air ˜ owing through the rotor disc to generate rotation and hence lift. So the autogyro is not the same as a helicopter and must have forward speed to ˜ y.

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engineer Juan de la Cierva to create an aircraft that could ˜ y safely at slow speeds, the ÿ rst autogyro was ˜ own in 1923, at Madrid. In ÿ ction, autogyros have been ˜ own by James Bond, Dr Who, Mad Max and Pippi Longstocking!

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The Jet Story

It is now 73 years since jet Ăżghters Ăżrst entered service during World War II: the Me262 in Germany and the Gloster Meteor in Britain. Today the jet airliner is the mainstay of civil aviation, and gas turbines also power helicopters, heavy transports and modern trainers, as well as a growing range of private and Warbird aircraft. This year Wings Over Wairarapa Air Festival 2017 features three types of jet, which each have a special relationship to No. 14 Sqn RNZAF.

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Plane spotter guide:

de Havilland Vampire T.55

de Havilland Venom

BAC 167 Strikemaster

The Vampire entered RNZAF service in 1951. The T.55 Vampire trainer on display, ZK-RVM, served in the Swiss Air Force until 1991. It was purchased by Brett and Jill Emeny of New Plymouth in 1997.

The DH 112 Venom was developed from the Vampire.

No. 14 Sqn flew enoms in action in Malaya, against the communist guerrillas. This Venom, an ex-Swiss aircraft, flies f om Ohakea for its display today.

The RNZAF bought 16 Strikemasters in 1970 for No.14 Sqn as a fighter lead in trainer. They were used until 1991; one ex-RNZAF aircraft appears at this year’s Air Festival.

Technical specifications Span 11.6m Length 10.5m Speed 883kph

Technical specifications Span 12.7m Length 9.7m Speed 1030kph

Technical specifications Span 11.23m Length 10.3m Speed 774kph

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The commentary team

Trev Graham

Peter Anderson Kieran McAnulty

Trev is head commentator and creative director for Wings Over Wairarapa Air Festival 2017.

Australian commentator Peter Anderson is an aviation historian, author and contributor to international aviation magazines.

Kieran joins our Wings Over Wairarapa Air Festival 2017 commentary team after attending many Wings air shows in his capacity as a volunteer firefighter

He is deeply involved and is a foundation member of Australian Warbirds. Peter is the historian for the renowned Temora Aviation Museum for which he is the commentator at their Showcase Weekends, as well as Warbirds Downunder. He is happy to share his enthusiasm for the restoration and preservation of aviation history.

This year he is looking forward to picking up the mic, offering a local element to the commentary provided by his colleagues.

He is based in the UK and has nearly 40 years professional experience in the air show world. He created Flightline TV for Discovery Channel and was instrumental in establishing the European Warbirds scene. He has been involved with nearly 1,500 air displays and aviation events including the ultimate classic Warbirds show, the Duxford (UK) Flying Legends Air Show.

Keep an eye out for Kieran walking around the crowd with a camera in tow – he’ll be looking for people to interview about what they’re enjoying of the Wings Over Wairarapa Air Festival 2017.

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Gliding to Inspire our Youth

Youth Glide New Zealand is a youthbased organisation with the goal of teaching young people about gliding in a safe and fun environment. Safety is a high priority with Gliding New Zealand and Youth Glide New Zealand upholds its safety standards.

Youth Glide is dedicated to providing soaring experiences and training camps for young men and women under 26 years of age. A good grounding in soaring at an early age will provide exciting opportunities for youth, open up interesting career paths and bring in

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new members to the sport of gliding. The sport of Gliding inspires and develops young people’s imagination, character and self-determination, with the excitement and possibilities of flight as a lifelong adventure sport or a fulfilling aviation-related career prospect.

For example, the first Youth Glide Mini Camp to be held at the Greytown Soaring Centre was held over Labour Weekend 2016.

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they achieved much, advancing the students in the soaring qualifications Youth Glide New Zealand is a non-profit organisation, dependent on the help of sponsors and supporters. www.youthglide.org.nz

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Agricultural Aircraft

Each year some 800,000 tonnes of fertiliser is dropped by air over New Zealand farms. It is a major business, with some 100 operators using both ÿ xed wing aircraft and helicopters. At Wings Over Wairarapa Air Festival 2017 we are proud to celebrate Hood Aerodrome’s heritage and ongoing role in aerial topdressing.

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Wings Over Wairarapa Air Festival 2017 will include both historic and contemporary agricultural aircraft; Hood Aerodrome was the base for the first major trials of aerial topdressing, during 1949.

from the Public Works Department, the Departments of Air, Scientific and Industrial Research, Agriculture, and the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Council.

In November 1947 a farm at Omarama in Central Otago was the site for the first aerial sowing over steep country in an effort to control erosion. But aerial spreading of fertiliser was a bigger challenge; it would require repeated precise flying, handling of cor osive chemicals and experiments to find the best systems.

The first trials we e at Ohakea in September 1948 with an RNZAF Grumman Avenger. Several flights at an altitude of 120 metres and a track spacing of 28 metres gave satisfactory results with superphosphate, at two hundredweight/acre. Trials followed on a hill-country farm in the Waikato, also with the Grumman Avenger.

The trials had extensive government backing

Len Daniell who then farmed near Alfredton, instigated

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a large scale official trial in which two RNZAF Avengers would topdress 1000 acres – 13 different properties were involved with sites offering different terrain, soil and pasture.

The RNZAF and official contingent arrived at Hood aerodrome on 30 April and on 3 May the trials began.

On 5 May aerial topdressing was demonstrated publicly, as 20 tonnes were spread that day over Awatoitoi and Waiere Stations.

Over the three weeks of the trials, 125 tonnes of superphosphate and 12 tonnes of lime were spread in 59 hours of flying time (only 26 minutes per flight)

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MILITARY VEHICLES

With some two dozen vintage and classic military vehicles on display, the military vehicle enthusiasts ( warhorses) supported by the Wellington Ri˜ es will have a living history display of a World War Two First Aid Station and a tactical Radio Station.

As well they will also have their familiar vehicle track, offering rides on some of their classic army vehicles such as the Bren Gun Carrier, for a gold coin donation.

And look out for the famous 25 pounder gun, limber and tractor!

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TheRNZAF

This year the RNZAF celebrates its 80th birthday (and the week after our Air Festival there is a military ‘Air Tattoo’ at RNZAF Base Ohakea). The highlight of this year’s Air Force display at Wings Over Wairarapa Air Festival 2017 is the ÿ rst full public display by the ‘Black Falcons’ aerobatic team, ° ying the new T-6C Texan II. The Texan made its public debut at Wings 2015 and has since become a familiar sight in the skies of the Manawatu.

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Plane spotter guide:

Depending on operational commitments the RNZAF will display the other types in its current, modern fleet:

NH90

A109

The powerful NH90 helicopters made an impact when they assisted people stranded by the Kaikoura, New Zealand earthquake.

The sleek A109, integral to the RNZAF’s helicopter pilot training system, is expected to show of its fine lines and sparkling performance.

Technical specifications Rotor span 16.3m Length 16.1m Speed 300kph

Technical specifications Rotor span 10.8m Length 11.4m Speed 285kph

T-6C Texan II

SH-2(I)

C-130 Hercules

The T-6C Texan II has good handling characteristics and a powerful turboprop; it is used by many air arms worldwide. (See also P11).

The SH-2(I) Seasprite will give a precision handling display, as befits an aircraft that operates from the Navy’s ships.

Mainstay of the air transport force is the mighty C-130 Hercules which will be on static display.

Technical specifications Span: 10.19m Length: 10.16m Speed: 515kph

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Technical specifications Span 40.5m Length 29.8m Speed 555kph

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Ground technology at Wings over Wairarapa Air Festival 2017

This year, Wings Over Wairarapa Air Festival 2017 is partnering with Wairarapa TV to provide comprehensive television content that will run alongside the Air Festival.

Starting from 12 February, Wairarapa TV will be taken over by Wings, broadcasting aviation features and information about the Air Festival. If you are visiting from outside the region, make sure you tune in to ÿnd out everything you need to know about the Air Festival including updates on the weather and the programme. You can pick up Wairarapa TV on Freeview channel 41 or download the Wairarapa TV phone app and watch it while on the go. The full audio and

video commentary will be broadcast to Televisions around the airÿeld as well as the country’s largest outdoor LED screen - at 40 feet long. You can use the Wairarapa TV phone app to watch it live or pick up the commentary. Wairarapa TV will be sending out push notiÿcations during the Air Festival through the phone app to keep you completely up to date on any changes.

Cameras dotted around the airÿeld will capture all the action. There will even be Spark live cameras installed

in the cockpits of some aircraft which will provide an absolutely spectacular addition to this year’s Air Festival.

The night show features the melding of technology and art as gliders perform aerial ballet, synchronised with sound, video and lighting.

This Air Festival is not to be missed and will be the ÿrst time anything like this has ever been seen before in New Zealand.

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The Vintage Aviator Flying weekends (the last weekend of March and April)

At 15,000 to 20,000 feet it’s bitterly cold up there. So everything from the leather ˜ ying gloves, the helmet, the goggles … all help to tell that story too.”

The Vintage Aviator Ltd (TVAL) ˜ ying weekends provide a great opportunity for the public to see the TVAL collection in the air, while allowing the pilots to practise operating these war machines. They also enable people to see the rare aircraft up close and meet the pilots.

Outside of ˜ ying times, visitors are able to take a guided tour through TVAL hangar and learn the amazing military stories associated with each aircraft. Gene de Marco, general manager and chief

Flying: 10.00am – noon and 2.00pm – 4.00pm Saturday and Sunday,

pilot of TVAL said, “When we bring people through the hangar, we tell them the stories of those young men who ˜ ew those planes. The Great War was fought every season of each year and at tremendous altitude.

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Wairarapa Balloon Festival

13th – 17th April (Easter)

High Kitty, the lucky charm of hot air, is one of two special hot air balloons to come to the 2017 Wairarapa Balloon Festival.

The 33 metre tall balloon comes from Dallas, Texas, USA to attend the Festival and she will be joined by 24 other hot air balloons, including a second specialshaped balloon (yet to be announced).

Festival Organiser Robyn Cherry-Campbell says

High Kitty will be a huge drawcard. “This enormous special-shaped balloon is going to excite the crowd.

High Kitty will certainly get noticed as it will be hard to miss the bright pink 33 metre ‘Manei-neko’ (Japanese for beckoning cat) and she’ll capture the imagination of everyone!”

The 2017 Balloon Festival features a week of balloon lift-offs and family-fun entertainment at various venues throughout the region, including a ‘Dawn Patrol’ when the balloons will lift off in the dark before sunrise. It will feature the popular Night Glow on Friday 14 April at Solway Showgrounds, where tethered balloons light up the night sky and family entertainment is provided.

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EVENTFUL AUTUMN IN The Martinborough Fair: 4 March 2017 The Rotary Martinborough Fair must be one of New Zealand’s most popular and most pretty. Held annually on the first Saturday in February and again in March, visitors to Martinborough can spend hours fossicking among the 450 stalls that radiate out from the Town Square.

The Fairs were first staged in 1977 with just 35 stalls.

Their purpose remains: to give craftspeople a chance to display and sell their wares whilst simultaneously providing the Rotary Club of South Wairarapa with funds to give to charities. www.martinboroughfair.org.nz

The Golden Shears: 2-4 March 2017 Each year Masterton hosts the Golden Shears, the world’s premier sheep shearing and woolhandling championship. For three-days of high level competition, the Golden Shears attracts both national and international competitors. The event was first staged in 196 and for the shearers, wool handlers and wool pressers the dream to compete, win and become supreme champion is still the same as it was 55 years ago.

Shearing has evolved into an international sport and our top shearers are elite athletes.While in Masterton

it’s a great chance to visit The National Museum of Sheep and Shearing on Dixon St. This offers visitors a realistic look into an important part of New Zealand’s pioneering history. www.goldenshears.co.nz

The Wairarapa Wines Harvest Festival: 11 March 2017 Town meets country at this wonderful wine and food festival held in the wine growing region of Dakin’s Road, Gladstone.

The festival is held at the beautiful, sheltered riverside setting

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locally known as ‘The Cliffs’ on the banks of the Ruamahanga River with its remoteness and vineyard setting adding to its appeal. In keeping with the informality of the event, visitors have the opportunity to meet the winemakers from the vineyards involved.

The restaurants taking part focus on the great local food and produce: Rabbit Pie, Goats Meat Brochette,

Ngawi Cod & Crayfis Cakes, Venison Burgers and Wairarapa Wild Pork & Pistachio Terrine are just some of the delicacies. www.wairarapaharvestfestival.co.nz

Castlepoint Beach Horse Races: 11 March 2017 Each year – favourable beach conditions permitting – Castlepoint (a 50 minute drive from Masterton) hosts its annual beach horse races, which date back to 1872. They are a unique

family day out with the emphasis on entertainment and picnicking.

The event attracts a mixture of professional and casual jockeys who contest up to eight races held along the main beach.

The prestigious Castlepoint Cup Open is always run when the tide is at its lowest and provides great excitement for the thousands of people who

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line the settlement’s sea wall or sit on the front lawns of the sea-side baches.

Betting is allowed under an equalisator system meaning punters are randomly drawn a horse after buying a $2 ticket. www.wairarapanz.com

Round the Vines: 19 March 2017 Held each March at Martinborough, this 10km or 21km walking or running event sees entrants pass

through vineyards and along quiet country roads that are otherwise inaccessible.

Themed drink stations throughout the course feature live music as well as samples of local wines for those who have a more relaxed approach to the day!

This fun day out is an annual fundraiser for Martinborough School.

Booktown Featherston 12 – 14 May Booktown is held annually in Featherston, celebrating everything to do with books, writers and reading.

A full three-day programme includes writing workshops; poetry readings; talks by authors and illustrators; theatre performances and a book fair. There are also events speciÿcally for children.

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Acknowledgements Wings Over Wairarapa would like to thank the following businesses and individuals whose hard work, support and contributions have made this event possible.

SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS Airways Corporation Baxters Catering Carterton Central Lions Colton Stuart Fencing Combined Rotary Clubs Of The Wairarapa Destination Wairarapa Entice Catering First Contact Security Fulton Hogan Harvest Electronics Hirepool Langlands Motor Cycles Master Roads McAuleys Transport New World Carterton Noise Productions Norwoods NZ Fire Service NZ Police Ordish & Stevens PGG Wrightsons Portacom Wellington Positively Wellington Tourism Quirke Electrical RNZAF Spik n Span Toilets Tranzit Coachlines

Wairarapa REAP Wellington Free Ambulance Wairarapa Machinery Services GRANT FUNDING Eastern & Central Community Trust Inÿnity Foundation Lands Trust Masterton Masterton District Council South Wairarapa District Council WINGS OVER WAIRARAPA COMMUNITY TRUST Bob Francis (Chair) Nick Rogers (Vice Chair) Sam Orsborn Norm Williams Kieran McAnulty John Lanham (Display Director) John McMullan WINGS OVER WAIRARAPA MANAGEMENT Jenny Gasson (General Manager) Chris Tracey (Operations Manager) Yvonne Way (Marketing & Business Development Manager) Aaron Bennett (Site Manager) NZ SVAS COMMITTEE Tom Williams John McMullan John Bargh John Lanham John Bushell Jeremy Traill Bruce Skinner David Cornick Aaron Bennett Grant Prankerd

THANKS TO Alan Flynn Alex Denby Anne Johnston Barb Hyde Bennett family (Daniel, Marie & Brittany) Bruce Skinner Chris Chapman Claire Lynch David Cornick David Hayes Janet Osborne Jeff Sayer Jeremy Traill John & Penny Bargh Katie Farman Merv Falconer Paula Moore Perry Matthews Phil Whalley Rebecca McNeil Richard Bibby Roydon McLeod Sally Barrett Bridget Evans Vanessa Jane Hunt Williams family (Tom, Gay, Angela, Tim & Guy) Wings Over Wairarapa would also like to thank our dedicated volunteers PROGRAMME DESIGN AND EDITORIAL: Bevan Wills Richard Jackson PROGRAMME PHOTOGRAPHS: Alex Mitchell Bruce Skinner Chris Gee Dave Cornick Gavin Conroy Ralph Starck Wairarapa Times-Age

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