You’ll find the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) in the sky and on the ground at this year’s Wings over Wairarapa Air Festival, to be held at Hood Aerodrome in Masterton this weekend. <img src='https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2311/4698212d60b7ad6964eb.jpeg' .
Press Release – Wings Over Wairarapa Air Show B52 at Wings Over Wairarapa 2021 by Peter McDonald. While the weather gods shone on the Wings over Wairarapa Air Festival being staged in Masterton this weekend, the Covid gods did not. Last night, following the Governments announcement regarding …
B52 at Wings Over Wairarapa 2021 by Peter McDonald.
While the weather gods shone on the Wings over Wairarapa Air Festival being staged in Masterton this weekend, the Covid gods did not.
Last night, following the Government’s announcement regarding a change of Alert levels to New Zealand with the Wairarapa moving to Alert Level 2, organisers of the three-day event made the call to cancel Sunday’s air show. Chair of the Wings Trust Board Bob Francis said he was disappointed to cancel the third and final day and acknowledged many ticket holders will be feeling the same way. However he took heart that two of three fantastic days of the Air Festival had taken place.
Tuesday, 23 February 2021, 12:33 pm
The New Zealand Defence Force is always proud to support
the Wings over Wairarapa Air Festival and this year is no
exception.
Visitors to this weekend’s three-day
event being held at Hood Aerodrome in Masterton can expect
to see the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s NH90 Medium
Utility Helicopter, A109 Light Utility Helicopter, T-6C
Texan II and a C-130H (NZ) Hercules aircraft.
In
addition vehicles from the New Zealand Army include Light
Armoured Vehicle (LAV), Bushmaster, HMEE Tractor and a
Polaris MRZR while the Drone Display Team will also be there
too (note: aircraft may change depending on operational
Friday, 12 February 2021, 4:05 pm
Organisers
of Wings over Wairarapa Air Festival 2021 have put plans in
motion to bring the United States Air Force’s B-52
Stratofortress to this month’s event. Credit: U.S. Air
Force photo by Airman 1st Class Alexa Ann
Henderson.
Organisers’ of
Wings over Wairarapa Air Festival 2021 have put plans in
motion to bring the United States Air Force’s B-52
Stratofortress to this month’s event.
In addition to
having an extravaganza of aerial action lined up over three
days from February 26th – 28th, the air festival is set to
showcase high-end readiness, which is a key line of effort
Press Release – Wings Over Wairarapa Air Show Organisers of Wings over Wairarapa Air Festival 2021 have put plans in motion to bring the United States Air Forces B-52 Stratofortress to this months event. Credit: U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Alexa Ann Henderson. Organisers …
Organisers of Wings over Wairarapa Air Festival 2021 have put plans in motion to bring the United States Air Force’s B-52 Stratofortress to this month’s event. Credit: U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Alexa Ann Henderson.
Organisers’ of Wings over Wairarapa Air Festival 2021 have put plans in motion to bring the United States Air Force’s B-52 Stratofortress to this month’s event.