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Croydon Aviation Heritage Centre
Rural53:
In the South Island of New Zealand at Mandeville there is the Croydon Aircraft Company and the Croydon Aviation Heritage Centre. The Heritage Centre has a collection of, mostly flying, vintage aircraft (This is a repost from my South Island trip photos as it should probably be in this section. Also I don't know why Tapatalk posts some photos smaller).
de Havlland 83 Fox Moth. This was the first registered passenger aircraft in NZ.
Locks for the folding wings
DH90 Dragonfly
DH83C Fox Moth, a Canadian built version
DH89 Dragon Rapide/Dominie. This one I've been for a ride in.
Another DH89 under restoration
Rural53:
Non-de Havilland
Snark HA1 composite single seater microlight, the prototype of more successful Snark designs.
Bantam microlight, now built by Croydon Aircraft.
Musger Mg 19a Steinadler Gull Wing Glider
Ex RNZAF Aermacchi 339CB
Auster J-1B Aiglet
Replica - 1910 Pither Monoplane. Completed in 2006 and flown at Mandeville. The pilot was microlight veteran Jerry Chisum who declared the design controllable - just!
Rural53:
A few DH82A Tigermoths
DeadNutz:
Great pictures and thank you. Does the 1910 Pither use wing warping instead of ailerons?
Rural53:
Yes, it uses wing warping. At about 1:00 in this video you can see the warping.
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg4jHzkLmWM
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