Military Flypast Teams

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No. 14 Squadron Airspeed Oxfords

16th of Sept 1950

RNZAF Ohakea
Visitor's Day, 1950

Note:

This flypast is noted in the programme for the RNZAF Ohakea Visitor's Day on Saturday the 16th of September 1950. The programme notes that at 3.10pm there would be "Formation Flying by Oxfords of No. 14 Squadron."

No. 75 Squadron de havilland Mosquito Formation Flypasts

16th of Sept 1950

RNZAF Ohakea
Visitor's Day, 1950

Note:

This flypast is noted in the programme for the RNZAF Ohakea Visitor's Day on Saturday the 16th of September 1950. The programme notes that at 4.00pm there would be "Formation flying by Mosquitos of No. 75 Squadron."

Harvard Formation Flypasts

22nd March 1971

Harvard 30th Anniv. Flypast, Christchurch
(15 Aircraft)

NZ1061

NZ1065

NZ1075

NZ1076

NZ1078

NZ1079

NZ1080

NZ1083

NZ1085

NZ1087

NZ1091

NZ1092

NZ1096

NZ1098

NZ1099

24th of June 1977

Harvard Farewell Flypast, Christchurch
(17 Aircraft)

Wg Comm Don McAllister MBE
(OC FTW)

Gp Capt Geoff Hubbard
(CO Wigram)

F/L Kel Aldridge PTS

F/Lt Trev Butler DFC, CFS

F/Lt Gordon Wood PTS LFW/LRW

F/Lt Nigel Davey CFS

F/Lt Pete Garnett PTS

F/Lt Jim Barclay PTS

F/Lt Russ Cross CFS

S/L AR (Bud) Mills CFS

F/Lt Andy Lyttle PTS

Gp Capt Ian Gillard
CDR Support Group 1

S/L Gordon Thompson OC CFS

W/C Alan Dyer SASO Sup Gp

F/Lt Bruce Butterfield PTS

F/Lt Ron Ferguson PTS

S/L RA ( Del ) Lorenzo – OC PTS

NZ1015
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NZ1009
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NZ1037

NZ1056

NZ1061
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NZ1066

NZ1075

NZ1076

NZ1078

NZ1079

NZ1083

NZ1085
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NZ1087

NZ1091

NZ1096

NZ1098

NZ1099

Note:

Jim Barclay took part in this flypast, and gave a display afterwards. He remembers:

"There were 18 aircraft total, 17 of which were in the formation and F/L DM (Dave) Peters flew the spare NZ1065.

After the flypast at Wigram, and the landing of the other 16 Harvards, I joined with Don McAllister in Harvard 15 for a short co-ordinated display – Pairs Loop, breakaway over the top for Harvard 15 to do low passes while I positioned for the final display – run in at 600 feet 205K pull up to the vertical, at 2800 feet flick and hammer stall, vertical eight, derry turn, stall turn right, double barrel roll, 4 point roll, climbing aileron roll to slow loop, join up with Harvard 15 for line abreast run, split for opposed loop/ozzletwizzle, roll under break, land and pairs shutdown.

That was it – a glass of bubbly each to mark the occasion of the final in-service use of the Harvards dated 24 June 1977. A sad occasion for us all on behalf of many, many others who had flown the Harvard in RNZAF service.

Thereafter the Harvards were stored in the Wigram hangars awaiting disposal. On 12 July 1978 I flew 1076 (now ZK ENB) for two famil circuits at Wigram before ferrying the aircraft to Christchurch Intl Airport for the new owner (Rex Brereton, Air Traffic Controller, Ohakea). It was quite a buzz to add full power for takeoff and hear the noise and thrill of the Harvard's big radial again, compared to the sophisticated 210Hp Lycoming of the Airtrainer CT 4B we were now using for pilot and flying instructor training at Wigram."

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No. 75 Squadron Nine-ship Vampire Royal Tour Flypast

December 1953

Royal Tour Flypast, Wellington

No. 1

No. 2

No. 3

No. 4

No. 5

No. 75 Squadron Nine-ship Vampire Flypast

Early 1955

unknown event,
Wellington

NZ5703

NZ5727

NZ5730

NZ5732

NZ5733

NZ5734

NZ5736

NZ5741

NZ5744

No.75 Sqn Exercise Golden Kiwi Nine-ship Vampire Flypasts, Gisborne

7th of Oct 1969

8th of Oct 1969
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9th of Oct 1969
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9th of Oct 1969
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13th of Oct 1969
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practice at Gisborne

Flypast over Naval
Armada, Gisborne

Flypast Endeavour Park
for the main civic
ceremony in the main
street of Gisborne

Flypast Rubgy Park for arrival of VIP (Gov General?)

Flypast Gisborne-Wairoa
and then to Ohakea

Formation Members on First Flypast
9th of October 1969

Lt Cdr Fred Myers USN

P/O Ian 'Iggy' Wood

P/O Graeme Bethell

F/O Graeme Thomson

F/Lt Ken Gayfer

F/Lt Ross Ewing

F/O Jim Barclay

F/O Ken Cox

F/O Jim Jennings

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No. 1

No. 2

No. 3

No. 4

No. 5

No. 6

No. 7

No. 8

No. 9

Notes:

Sqn Ldr Pat Neville was passenger aboard the two seat Vampire flown by Jim Jennings

Jim Barclay recalls:

"The flypast was so low going past the dais that the white diesel smoke coming from five aircraft in the formation immediately enveloped the dignitaries. Fred Myers did a ‘low flyby' as leader of the formation but had forgotten that there were two layers of Vamps below him ! Passing the small Captain Cook ship mounted on top of the clock tower in the main street of Gisborne, Ross Ewing asked “ are you still there 9 ?” suggesting that 9 may have been scrapped off in the clock tower.

Pat Neville flying as a passenger with Jim Jennings at the bottom of the formation later remarked that he could see the new pair of underpants he needed quite clearly in Hallensteins shop window as we passed by VERY low up the main street !

Iggy Wood had a blocked ear after the morning flight on 9 Oct but I don't know who took his place for the afternoon flight."

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23rd of Nov 1972

Over Wellington

Sqn Ldr John Hosie

Leader

No. 2

No. 3

No. 4

No. 5

The 1977 Nine-ship Flypast Team

28th of Feb 1977

7th of Mar 1977

State Opening of the
New Zealand Parliament by
HM Queen Elizabeth II,
at Wellington

Farewell Ceremony for
HM Queen Elizabeth II
and HRH Prince Phillip,
at Christchurch

Sqn Ldr Graeme Goldsmith

No. 1

No. 2

No. 3

No. 4

No. 5

No. 6

No. 7

No. 8

No. 9

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18th of May 1980

Farewell Formation of Type, Over Christchurch
Formation included
Friendship NZ2781 and
Iroquois NZ3807 as
camera ship

NZ1803

NZ1805

NZ1806

NZ1807

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The CT-4B Airtrainer Nine-ship Flypast Team

1993

RNZAF Base Wigram and Christchurch - Final Flypast of Pilot Training Squadron
(16 Aircraft)

The CT-4E Airtrainer Nine-ship Flypast Team

June 2005

8th of Dec 2005

Flypast over National Fieldays, Mystery Creek
(nine aircraft!)

Parade, RNZAF Woodbourne
See Photo Here

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17th of Dec 1992

Strikemaster Final
Farewell Flypast

NZ6361

NZ6363

NZ6370

Display Dates

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Pilots

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16th of Sept 1950

RNZAF Ohakea
Visitor's Day, 1950
(Flypast of airshow participants so probably
Mosquitos, Dakota,
Auster, Devon,
and Harvards)

21st of Feb 1953

Air Force Day Ohakea
(Flypast of airshow
participants - Vampires, Avenger, Mustangs, Auster)

16th of May 1958

Singapore waterfront
(10 Venoms and 3 Vampire T.11's of No. 14 Squadron for Farewell of Sqn before return to NZ, They flew in a formation shaped as the number '14'. An aerobatic display followed the flypast)

Sqn Ldr A.F. Tucker

12 other pilots

No 1

22nd of Feb 1964

Air Force Day 1964
Formation Flypast of
RNZAF Devons and
Harvards

11th of Dec 1984

Strike Wing Flypast,
RNZAF Ohakea
The first time three strike
squadrons flew togetfer
in formation. The flypast
consisting of jets from
three Strike Wing
squadrons and the Officer
Commanding Strike Wing

Wg Comm John Lanham
OC Strike Wing

Wg Comm Jim Barclay

S/Ldr John Bates

S/Ldr Scott Glendenning

A-4G NZ6218

75 Sqn A-4

2 Sqn A-4

14 Sqn BAC167

1 Apr 1987
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RNZAF 50th Anniversary
RNZAF Wigram
Nine Skyhawks, and nine Strikemaster

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The 1974 Nine-ship Flypast Team

29th of Sept 1974

Arrival Ceremony for the
Shah of Iran at Christchurch