Warbirds over monroe 20211/7/2023 ![]() If you’re in aviation come and find out what’s new, where you could be adding value to your aircraft. Hospitality tents and stalls will also be back offering a great selection of food and drinks alongside Aviation trade stands – offering everything from headsets and avionics to aviation software, Boeing navigation solutions, aviation tours and aviation safety. Over 40 food stalls with a huge variety of offerings and of course the real coffees. Scrumptious food and beverages are available with Central Otago delicacies and the Region’s Wine and Beer. Sport aircraft, including gyrocopters, RANS, Piper Cubs, Hornets, replicas and percentage scale aircraft will be displayed on the ground along with a various range of other aircraft from all eras. Over the years they’ve had the local and national warbirds favourites: a Hawker Hurricane, P-51 Mustangs, Spitfires, a Japanese Zero, one of the original Messerschmitt 109s from the “Battle of Britain” film, Russian Polikarpovs, Yak-3s, a Catalina, Corsair, Kittyhawks and more! Accompanying them were a range of WWI aircraft from Sopwith Camels and Pups, Bristols to Fokkers.Īlong with the aircraft, organisers are also reviewing all the ground displays to ensure that 2022 presents an absolute must for everyone. The show now boasts around 50,000 spectators and is claimed to be the largest warbird airshow in the Southern Hemisphere. With its overwhelming success and growth over the years, the show is now a biennial event over the long Easter weekend.Īs the show grew, so did its support and aircraft attendance (national and international). In 1988, aviation entrepreneur and pioneer Tim (now Sir Tim) Wallis presented an airshow and country fair that attracted 14,000 visitors to Wanaka airport. Tickets for the 2022 Airshow will go on sale in March 2021 when we will also be able to announce our first confirmed acts. The amazing pyrotechnics, the Warhorse re-enactor groups, the aircraft for sale and other exhibitors will all be back to make 2022 a truly unforgettable experience for everyone. While the aircraft are the main focus of their event, there are a lot of other displays on the ground which have made this show so successful over the past 33 years. All the aerial action will be backed up by stunning pyrotechnics, set against a backdrop of the majestic Southern Alps. In total more than 100 aircraft will be on display, from Spitfires and Mustangs, to the polished Harvard and Yak display teams. Information below is from the cancelled 2022 show … to be updated!Īirshow organisers also confirm that a rare German-based Polikarpov 1-16 will be at the Airshow along with the return of Jet Racing which lit up the skies in 2014, with five jets racing metres apart around an aerial racetrack. ![]() ![]() The amazing pyrotechnics, the Warhorse re-enactor groups, the aircraft for sale, air force recruiters and other exhibitors will all be back to make 2024 a truly unforgettable experience for everyone. While the aircraft are the main focus of our event, there are a lot of other displays on the ground which have made this show so successful over the past 30+ years. ![]() Warbirds Over Wanaka is famous for attracting a wide variety of privately owned Warbird aircraft along with their modern-day counterparts from the RNZAF, RAAF, USAF and French Air Force. Aircraft owners both in New Zealand and overseas are being contracted with a view to having them display at what will be the 17th edition of this world-renowned event. Following the disappointment of having to cancel the 2022 event due to COVID, organisers are working on a brilliant lineup for Easter 2024 (March 29th, 30th, 31st). Planning for the Southern Hemisphere’s largest Warbirds Airshow is well underway. The scenery this show is set in is spectacular! Renowned for its stunning mountains, lakes and wilderness, this natural amphitheatre provides a stunning backdrop for the Warbirds Over Wanaka Airshow. Three days of high-octane aviation excitement at Warbirds Over Wanaka International at Wanaka Airport, New Zealand.
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