To answer your question, the two cranes were to be used for the sport aviation display that were going to shoot balloons filled with explosive off a wire stretched over that part of the infield. they had been there all week and all pilots were briefed as to their location. Wanaka uses the hard runway and another grass strip which is clearly marked running parallel to each other. The grass strip was definitely not where the yak touched down. Thankfully the pilot escaped unharmed and the plane can be rebuilt. Thank you for your footage ray. it was great to relive my time at Wanaka
Beautiful footage Ray. Nobody restores or rebuilds vintage aircraft like New Zealanders. I've seen that "Mossie" at air shows in both Canada and the USA. Not many sounds can match those two Merlins powering the wooden wonder through the air at 400 mph. If you are also a WWII aircraft junkie, you might enjoy my historical novel "Fighters, Bombers, Tanks, Wolves." Available at Amazon. Lots of technical detail about Messies, Spits, and Lancs. Cheers.
Nicely put together, just a correction or two. The Mustang in the photo is a P-51D not a P-51B. Also the 'ME-109' is a Messerschmitt BF-109 it is not a ME-109 as everyone seems to call them.
@@b577960 Actually, if you want to be pedantic, it's not a Messerschmitt at all. It's a licence-built copy, built by Hispano and labeled HA-1112. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispano_Aviación_HA-1112 will tell you more.
It was one of the new builds carried out by Yakovlev in the 1990s. Despite it being newly built, it is technically original because it was built by Yakovlev using the original tools and equipment to build it, apart from the Allison engine, of course.
To answer your question, the two cranes were to be used for the sport aviation display that were going to shoot balloons filled with explosive off a wire stretched over that part of the infield. they had been there all week and all pilots were briefed as to their location. Wanaka uses the hard runway and another grass strip which is clearly marked running parallel to each other. The grass strip was definitely not where the yak touched down. Thankfully the pilot escaped unharmed and the plane can be rebuilt. Thank you for your footage ray. it was great to relive my time at Wanaka
Rodney Miller , Hi Rodney. Thanks for clearing that up. Cheers.
Thanks for putting no music over it because the sound of props is music to my ears
Very professionally put together Ray. Well done!!
Just awesome. Well done
Beautiful footage Ray. Nobody restores or rebuilds vintage aircraft like New Zealanders. I've seen that "Mossie" at air shows in both Canada and the USA. Not many sounds can match those two Merlins powering the wooden wonder through the air at 400 mph. If you are also a WWII aircraft junkie, you might enjoy my historical novel "Fighters, Bombers, Tanks, Wolves." Available at Amazon. Lots of technical detail about Messies, Spits, and Lancs. Cheers.
Thanks for your fantastic work And NO music.
Just a note, the P51 Mustangs are D models not B models. Thanks for the video.
Great footage mate! Well done!!
@Cameron Hudock I refuse to give a Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo.
Awesome.
A BF109 with a Merlin?????? That's like putting a Chevy engine in a Ford
The Spanish versions developed during and after ww2 had Merlin’s fitted to them.
My thoughts exactly mate, sacrilege.
I watched a couple texans got into the nelson airport the other day
Who else is here trying to re live old memories
Nice video. You should do one on Omaka
I know this video is older but does anyone know if the Yak 3 was repaired and still flying today?
@MichaelKingsfordGray ?
Yep it’s been restored to airworthy condition.
Nicely put together, just a correction or two. The Mustang in the photo is a P-51D not a P-51B. Also the 'ME-109' is a Messerschmitt BF-109 it is not a ME-109 as everyone seems to call them.
Is it ME-109 in this case maybe because it had the MErlin in it? And wasn't an identical BF-109. Genuine question
@@braidos.k3657 Umm No, i still believe it should be BF-109
@@b577960 Actually, if you want to be pedantic, it's not a Messerschmitt at all. It's a licence-built copy, built by Hispano and labeled HA-1112.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispano_Aviación_HA-1112 will tell you more.
Why did you not include the F-16's??!?!?!
Why the hell was the cherry picker there?
Bloody amateurs.
That’s bloody dangerous.
I hope that yak wasnt original
It was one of the new builds carried out by Yakovlev in the 1990s. Despite it being newly built, it is technically original because it was built by Yakovlev using the original tools and equipment to build it, apart from the Allison engine, of course.
Good video, but the woman talking was annoying.