Jason's question to you.

 Hi Dave,

My name is Jason and I just came across your blog post regarding the P-40N Kittyhawk 

ZK-CAG.   See HERE

My father took me to the 2000 and 2001 Whenuapai air shows when I was a kid. 

He had a friend called Mike (he can't remember his last name) who knew someone at Ardmore/involved with the P-40, who allowed us to sit in the cockpit while it was on display.

I recall the Whenuapai air show being around a week later in 2001. 

This was the first cockpit I ever sat in so it holds a special place.   

I always thought it was a Spitfire we sat in, mainly because we also purchased a copy of this Spitfire drawing by Kelvin? Andrews on the day - https://i.imgur.com/SI5lFcU.jpg 

My father is adamant it was a P-40 (his memory is likely better than mine as I was only about 10 years old, however unfortunately its not as good as it once was). 

From what I've read, the only Spitfire around in NZ in 2000/2001 was TB863 (the Spitfire in that drawing), and it apparently wasn't at Ardmore at the time and therefore didn't perform at Whenuapai's airshows (it wouldn't make sense for a Spitfire to be at Ardmore and not perform at Whenuapai).  

Based on your photos it looks like you were around those airshows and open days during that time. I was hoping you might be able to confirm:

1. Ardmore didn't have a Spitfire at its open day's in 2000/2001, and therefore:

2. It only had ZK-CAG on display.

This would confirm that it was ZK-CAG we sat in. 

If that's the case, and its probably not likely as they aren't in your post, but did you have any photos of ZK-CAG from Ardmore's open day in 2001, or know of any floating around on the net?

Apologies for the long email. Any additional info would be greatly appreciated.

Kind regards,

Jason