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Canberra WT346 Fuselage located at Wigram. Photo Credit- Air Force Museum of NZ Back in November 2020, the Air Force Museum of New Zealand‘s Trust Board signed an agreement with the NZ Warbirds Association Inc. at Ardmore, for the loan of ex-RAF English Electric Canberra B(I)8 WT346. Part of this agreement involves this aircraft’s sympathetic restoration to static display condition; once restored, ownership should officially transfer to NZ Warbirds. The RNZAF Museum Trust Board purchased WT346 from a British scrap dealer in 1993 and shipped the historic aircraft to New Zealand, effectively saving her from certain destruction. The intention at the time was to use the nose, or possibly the complete airframe, in some way to represent a RNZAF B(1)12 variant. However, a later policy review prioritized projects with actual RNZAF provenance in line with the Museum’s mission, coupled with the fact that a Canberra was already on display at the Museum, meant that any eff ....
JOSEPH JOHNSON/STUFF A rare Canberra Bomber heads to Ardmore near Auckland minus its wings on the back of a truck from the Air Force Museum of New Zealand in Christchurch. Christchurch motorists have been treated to an unusual sight, with a rare vintage plane body starting the long journey to its new home on the back of a truck. A Canberra Bomber in storage at the Air Force Museum of New Zealand in Christchurch, is being relocated to New Zealand Warbirds at Ardmore, just south of Auckland – a 1200km trip by road. The main component, the 20-metre-long fuselage, departed on Thursday. ....
Thursday, 11 February 2021, 12:29 pm The annual Art Deco Festival launches next week, and this year some exciting new events at a new venue have been added to the calendar in Hastings on Thursday February the 18th, complementing the main activities happening in Napier. The Art Deco Market and Fashion Flaunt, a staple of the festival, previously held in the Hastings City Mall has now moved and taking place in Albert Park new and an exciting location for 2021. Running from 10am to 8pm, the market includes vendors selling their carefully collected new, vintage and second-hand Art Deco clothing, accessories and more. Music from the Lindisfarne Jazz Band, Deco Bay ....