Oxford 'Wings With Wheels' last Sunday # 1

 The Oxford regions Lions Club held its now annual Wings With Wheels last Sunday - January 18th.
The weather was not brilliant with the rain ceasing just prior to the 10am opening - and started again early afternoon.
Over twenty aircraft were noted.
Here we have a small selection of them.

Tony Den Haan was in from Cust with his third ICP Savannah S ZK-BIC3 c/n 19-09-54-0686.

Just as the rain started again this Supermarine Spitfire Mk26B Replica suddenly appeared over the field but did not land.

In desperation I poked my camera at it and got a couple very long distance shots of it.

Above is an edited view which shows it to have been Gary Cotterell in his ZK-CPN2 c/n 85 which only came onto the register on 30-09-2025.

It carries the RAF serial of the Spitfire MkVB BL384 and the squadron markings BP of 457 squadron and aircraft letter N.

It also has the Donald Duck nose art as flown by John Gibson in early 1942.

For more detail on the original Spitfire - check it out on GOOGLE.

Returning to a new owner at Rangiora recently was this ICP Savannah XL ZK-CVK2 c/n 10-7-51-916.

Imported from West Australia in 2015 for the South Eyre Trust, it migrated north in April of 2019 to Stephen Williams of Auckland.

It returned to Rangiora in December for Gerard Coulson in December last.

An earlier post on ZK-CVK can be seen HERE

Gerard also operated the Jabiru J120 ZK-MLA.

          "B" is the R & B Bearhawk ZK-NSB c/n 1578B as built by Neville Bailey and operated as 'Bearhawk Bravo'.