Just down the road from the Wanaka airfield is, of course, Lake Wanaka.
Therefore it was appropriate that there were some marine aircraft on display at the Show.
Unfortunatly the weather over Easter was such that, unlike some previous WOW events, none of these aircraft were actually able to alight on the lake over the weekend.
Lake LA-4-200 ZK-EEL/3 has a previous history operating in Australia, Fiji and Vanuatu following which it has undegone an extensive rebuild at Rangiora.
EDRA Aeronautica Supet Petrel LS ZK-ESS/2 has spent some time in Australia before arriving in NZ, and has been current here since December 2022.
The Progressive Aerodyne Searey ZK-WET/3 replaced an earlier model Searey (which has become
ZK-ZET) which was operated by the same Dunedin-based owner
The surprise was a Republic Seabee, N6224K "Honoria Glossop". Apparently this is currently living at Omarama.
Just to add a bit of floatplane flavour, Mike Scotter's amphibious C206 departed off the field on Sunday morning prior to the day's show starting.
I didn't expect to see myself in a post on this blog other than as a contributor: in the Buccaneer photo that's my partner, her father and me chatting with the owner! We had a terrific chat with him over about half an hour - very passionate about his machine and eager to share it. What a fun catch, thanks Peter!
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