To further celebrate the 80th birthday of the first flight of a Chipmunk in Canada on 22 May 1946, several local examples gathered at Te Kowhai today. There were six Chipmunks on the airfield:
The Brookland Syndicate's ZK-ARL from Waipukurau, flown up by Jerry Chisum.
Neil McHugh's Te Kowhai based ZK-UAS which didn't have far to come!
Doug Norman's recently acquired Walter LOM 332 powered Chipmunk ZK-LOM.
After an abortive attempt at some formation flying which was thwarted by the weather around midday, three of the Chipmunks launched again at 2 pm. First off was the NZ Warbirds ZK-RFS, owned by Vintage Wings of Auckland
The Chipmunk Syndicate's ZK-SAX was next.
And last off was Pro Flight New Zealand Ltd's ZK-CHP2 flown by Vaughn Davis. Later he flew a solo aerobatics routine.
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