Gates open at 8.30am.
| Time |
Event |
Comments |
| 0600 |
Balloon launch |
Wind & weather permitting |
| 0900 |
Pilot briefing @SVAS |
|
| 1030 |
Take off & flag wave |
Polikarpov I-153, P-40N & L39 |
| 1100 |
DC3 with Kiwi Blue take off
Gyrocopter display |
|
| 1113 |
Parachute Drop |
Kiwi Blue |
| 1115 |
‘Ah De Havilland’
|
Flypast of all DH aircraft
Dancing Tigers
SVAS Tiger Moth display |
| 1130 |
Pitt Special |
Richard Hood aerobatic display |
| 1140 |
Corporate Express |
Beech Staggerwing flypast & display |
| 1145 |
Fling Wing Profusion |
Helicopters display |
| 1150 |
Il Silenzio |
Sailplane display [Saturday only] |
| 1155 |
Roaring 40s |
Harvard formation & display |
| 1200-1230 |
Lunch break |
Enjoy the wine & food! |
| 1230 |
Military Mules
The Big Race
Mini Mustangs |
Vintage & veteran military vehicles
Scorpion vs Hummer vs Truck
Two T-51 Mustangs display |
| 1300 |
War in the Pacific
|
The aircraft of WWII
Corsair & Kittyhawk
Catalina
DC-3 display |
| 1335 |
Thunder Mustang |
|
| 1345 |
Mr Percival’s finest
|
Proctor & Provost flyby
SVAS ProctorV display |
| 1350 |
Edgabatics |
Edge 540 aerobatic display |
| 1400 |
WWI Knights of the Air
|
WWI aircraft
Brisfit combat veteran display |
| 1410 |
The Topdressers
|
Contemporary agricultural aviation
AgCat
Air Tractor |
| 1430 |
Air War over Europe
|
Air combat in WWII
P-51D ‘bounce’
Polikarpov I-153
Douglas DC-3 |
| 1440 |
From Russia with Love
|
Yakobatics display
I-153 display |
| 1455 |
RNZAF display
|
C-130 & Kiwi Blue take off
Harvard NZ1015
Kiwi Blue drop
UH-1H display
C-130 display |
| 1525 |
The Red Checkers |
|
| 1545 |
Put a damper on it! |
Hughes 300/500 firefighting [Saturday only] |
| 1600 |
Airfield attack!
|
UH-1H troop insert
Harvards attack
Corsair/P-40/P-51 scramble |
| 1610 |
Fighter flypast |
Finale! |
The air display runs from 11.00am to 4.30pm on both Saturday and Sunday. 
