Classic Fighters 2005 - Souvenir Edition [Book]
The First World War Aviation Historical Society (UK) reviewed this book and had this to say:
For all who missed it, this souvenir pictorial booklet of the third biennial Classic Fighters Marborough at Omaka Aerodrome, Blenheim, New Zealand over Easter 2005 certainly makes one want to be there for their next spectacular in 2007.
With 104 pages of glorious colour, half of those being full page photographs of the many aircraft taking part from all periods, this attractive booklet manages to record most of the action and atmosphere there, including re-enactments from both world wars. The WW1 flying pictures alone certainly make this worthwhile: the Sopwith Camel, Bristol F2B Fighter, DH2 and DH5 Scouts; a Nieuport 24, Pfalz D.III, Halberstadt D.IV and of course those five Fokker Dr.I triplanes, plus a BE2 under restoration.
The booklet is a labour of love covering everything that displayed, plus the various static displays, and provides a background to those who prepared the event, so it is thoroughly recommended, and an overall good read.
Major segments of the book include the following aircraft and displays:
- Sopwith Camel
- Fokker Dr.1 ‘Triplane’
- Bristol Fighter F2.b
- Halberstadt D.IV
- Airco DH-2
- Airco DH-5
- Pfalz D.III
- Nieuport 24
- World War 1 Reenactment
- Pither Monoplane
- Brough Superior Motocycle
- Percival Proctor V
- de Havilland Airliners
- Beech Model 17 ‘Staggerwing’
- Lockheed Electra 12a Junior
- Fleet 16b Finch
- Boeing 757 - RNZAF
- CT-4 Airtrainer - RNZAF
- Lockheed P3 Orion - RNZAF
- Bell UH-1H Iroquois / Kiwi Blue
- Last Flight Of The Red Baron
- Cri Cri
- Percival ‘Piston’ Provost
- Thunder Mustang
- Yakovlev Yak-52
- Nanchang CJ-6a
- Soko Galeb G2-A
- de Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk
- Air Tractor AT-402B
- Aerobatic Displays
- Consolidated PBY5a Catalina
- Douglas DC3 Dakota
- North American Harvard
- Curtiss P40 Kittyhawks
- North American P51-D Mustang
- Goodyear FG-1D Corsair
- World War 2 Reenactment
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