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Here's an interview with Craig Anderson, President of the Marlborough Aero Club, about the inaugural 'Healthy Bastards Bush Pilot Champs' held at Omaka Aerodrome in Blenheim, New Zealand.

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A great display by an Aero L-39 Albatros jet at the Warbirds Over Wanaka 2012 airshow held at Wanaka, New Zealand.

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This was one of the first public displays of a Yak52 formation aerobatics team display in New Zealand. The display was at Classic Fighters 2001 airshow held at Omaka Aerodrome, Blenheim, New Zealand.

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This clip shows a variety of aircraft that took part in the inaugural 'Healthy Bastards Bush Pilot Champs' at Omaka Aerodrome in Blenheim, New Zealand.

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The Royal New Zealand Air Force makes one of its last pubic displays of the A4 Skyhawk at the Classic Fighters 2001 airshow, just prior to the disbanding of the Air Force's fighter strike wing.

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Susan Scott takes another jaunt atop the wing of a de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth during a display at the Mosquito Launch Spectacular airshow held at Ardmore Airfield, Auckland, New Zealand.

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More thunderous Formula 5000 action from a race meeting at Manfeild in Feilding, New Zealand.

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This is a French built (i.e. Nord) version of the Messerschmitt Me.108 liaison aircraft which was the direct predecessor of the more famous Me.109 fighter of World War Two. This aircraft has starred in a number of movies, ...

Bill and Robyn Reid's superbly restored Avro Anson Mk.1 is shown here arriving at Ardmore Airfield in Auckland (New Zealand) during the Mosquito Launch Spectacular airshow.

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New Zealand's only airworthy Catalina PBY-5a undertakes a submarine bombing mission (tongue-in-cheek reenactment) during its display at the Classic Fighters 2003 airshow held at Omaka Aerodrome, Blenheim, New Zealand.

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Heavy Metal Thunder: Nine Second World War fighter aircraft take to the skies and zoom by low and fast during various displays at the Warbirds Over Wanaka airshow held at Wanaka, New Zealand in 2012.

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Well known New Zealand agricultural pilot Hallet Griffon displays his Beaver top dressing aircraft at the Mosquito Launch Spectacular airshow held at Ardmore Airfield in Auckland, New Zealand on 29th Sept 2012.

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A Curtis P40-N Kittyhawk (Warhawk) is shown here during its display at the Classic Fighters 2001 airshow held at Omaka Aerodrome, Blenhiem, New Zealand.

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View onboard and ground-to-air video footage as Dave Brown takes ex-RNZAF Strikemaster NZ6730 to the skies over Ardmore Airfield (Auckland, New Zealand) and performs a low level display routine for the crowd.

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The Royal New Zealand Air Force's Red Checkers aerobatic display team are shown here during their display at the Classic Fighters Marlborough 2001 airshow held at Omaka Aerodrome, Blenheim, New Zealand at Easter 2001.

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This beautiful looking aircraft was originally a Lockheed Hudson L-414 bomber, but after WW2 it was converted and re-registered as a 1954 Lockheed 18-56 'Lodestar'.

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Testing run of an Allison 1710 v-!2 engine as installed in a P40-N Kitthyhawk.

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Steve Ross races his McRae GM-1 Formula 5000 racer at Sydney's Eastern Creek Circuit, during the Muscle Car Masters series in 2012.

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Listen to the roar of seven World War Two fighters, including the magnificent de Havilland Mosquito FB.26 as they fly over in a large 'balbo' (formation) during a display at the Wings Over Wairarapa airshow held at Hood Ae...

Witness a dogfight between three WW1 fighter replicas -- Avro 504k (more commonly used as a trainer, but also used as a night fighter for Home Defence over London), a French Nieuport 24 and the menacing German Fokker D.VI...

Helio Courier and Piper PA-22 at Omaka Aerodrome (New Zealand) showing off their low and slow takeoffs and flybys.

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A classic comdey airshow routine where the thief steals and old aircraft and is chased about by the police. This was a display at the Classic Fighters 2003 airshow at Omaka Aerodrome in Blenheim, New Zealand.

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In the colours of Kiwi WW2 fighter ace Colin Grey, this twin cockpit Spitfire TR.9 is displayed by Gavin Trethewey at the Mosquito Launch Spectacular airshow at Ardmore Aerodrome in Auckland, New Zealand.

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This stunning 3/4 scale P-51 replica is shown here during its display debut at the Classic Fighters 2005 airshow at Omaka Aerodrome in Blenheim, New Zealand.

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WW2 European Theatre balbo: Two Douglass DC-3's (a.k.a C-47 Dakota) are seen displaying at the Warbirds Over Wanaka airshow in 2012, along with a fighter escort of two Spitfires and two P-51 Mustangs.

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Bill and Robyn Reid's immaculate 1934 Mark 1 Avro Anson taxis, takes-off and lands at Omaka Aerodrome in Blenheim, New Zealand.

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Awesome twin-Merlin sounds and great video of Keith Skilling and Dave Philips putting the newly restored World War 2-era Mosquito FB.26 fighter bomber through its paces during the aircraft's second display at Ardmore Aerod...

Stan Redmond races a few laps at the Manfeild circuit in Feilding (New Zealand) in his Lola 332 Formula 5000 race car.

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A closeup panning view of the cockpit of an original World War One Bristol Fighter F2.b aircraft.

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Built by The Vintage Aviator Ltd in New Zealand, and now with the Royal Air Force Museum in England, this exacting Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 reproduction is in all likelihood the first RE8 to fly anywhere in the world i...

Graham Bethell flings his P-51 Mustang (ZK-TAF) arround the skies during another stellar display at Ardmore Aerodrome in Auckland, New Zealand -- the home of the New Zealand Warbirds Association

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The New Zealand Warbirds 'Roaring Forties' Harvard aerobatic team are shown here during their display at the Royal New Zealand Air Force's 75th Birthday celebration airshow at RNZAF Ohakea.

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Tony Roberts races a few laps at the Manfeild circuit in Feilding (New Zealand) in his McLaren M22 formula 5000 race car.

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Experience jet fighter formation flying as seen from the cockpit of a BAC Strikemaster (flown by Dave Brown) which is in tight formation below and behind a de Havilland DH.115 Vampire jet flown by Brett Emeny.

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This Fouga Magister jet trainer was displayed at the Classic Fighters 2001 airshow held at Omaka Aerodrome in Blenheim, New Zealand.

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Air-to-air video of a Fokker Dr.1 Triplane in the dazzling colours of Ltn Hans Kirschstein in April 1918. After his death in a flying accident in July 1918, this aircraft was then flown by Ernst Udet, Germanys second high...

The only flying Mk1 Anson in the world makes its public display debut at Ardmore Aerodrome in Auckland (New Zealand)

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Twin engine run of two (ex-RNZAF) Rolls-Royce Merlin v-12 engines as currently fitted in de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito KA114. Originally Mosquitos built in Canada were equipped with Packard-built Merlins, but for this resto...

A few racing laps in Ken Smith's Lola 430 at the Manfeild circuit (Feilding, New Zealand). Includes a short interview with Ken as well.

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Short display at Ardmore Aerodrome (Auckland, New Zealand), including in-cockpit footage, from Brett Emeny in his de Havilland Vampire jet.

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A couple of laps of the Ruapuna track in Christchurch (New Zealand) in a Formula Ford racer.

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