Thread: Tim Wallis

Originally Posted by zimmer

Bit OT but 30.06king's post reminds me of the last Mosquito rebuilt at Ardmore. They did a test flight south over the Waikato River and did a big banking turn not far from my place. The sound of the twin Merlins was music to the ears.

I saw that same Mosquito when it did a display over the race track in Pukekohe. The only time I've seen a Mosquito in flight in NZ. Such a beautiful aircraft, and the sound of those Merlins left me in rapture.
Thereafter I think the Mosquito got shipped off to it's new owner in Texas.
I've seen Mosquitos a couple of times in RAF aerial shows in the UK but it's that Kiwi flight that really sticks in my mind.
Also, my apologies also for being OT.

Originally Posted by 30.06king

I saw that same Mosquito when it did a display over the race track in Pukekohe. The only time I've seen a Mosquito in flight in NZ. Such a beautiful aircraft, and the sound of those Merlins left me in rapture.
Thereafter I think the Mosquito got shipped off to it's new owner in Texas.
I've seen Mosquitos a couple of times in RAF aerial shows in the UK but it's that Kiwi flight that really sticks in my mind.
Also, my apologies also for being OT.

The mossie flew down to karapiro for the armistice day event they hold there. I recorded the flight on my wife's iPad. Glorious.

Heard mustangs too when living just out of martinborough. Those Alison's sound cool.

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