An accident involving a wood-working machine may have scuppered plans by Colin Smith to join the Royal New Zealand Air Force but it didn’t deter him, along with his wife...
Every two years a number of the world’s best Warbird aircraft pilots head to Wanaka, New Zealand, to show off their skills at the world-famous Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow.
Behind every great aircraft displaying at the world-famous Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow is a team of dedicated people including some of the world’s best airshow display pilots.
Warbirds Over Wanaka Flying Scholarship recipient, Ryan Southam, has some advice for other pilots keen to pursue their dreams of flying Warbird aircraft at airshows like Warbirds Over Wanaka –...
They say patience is a virtue. It’s also a pre-requisite of being a Warbird owner. Blenheim-based Graeme Frew bought his Yak-3 WWII fighter as a project out of Sonoma, California...
New Plymouth-based pilot Fay Emeny has created a bit of history in recent times becoming the first female pilot to make the world-class Yak-52 aerobatic display team.