Adventure Aviation Flight

You choose the thrill; scenic, formation or aerobatics! Take to the skies of the Wairarapa from Hood Aerodrome, Masterton in one of two De Havilland Tiger Moths.

Zipping along the Tararua Range

Dusk on the rolling Wairarapa hillsand there's the pilottake off!

You can choose where you want to fly but here are some examples:

20 min. flight

  • a circuit around Masterton and Gladstone with the option of three basic aerobatic manoeuvers

30 min. flight

  • a circuit to Masterton and Gladstone plus an extended flight along the foothills of the Tararua Ranges

60 min. flight

  • fly as far as the vineyards of Martinborough and with some optional aerobatics

Everything happens from the George Hood Centre at Masterton Aerodrome, where all flights are processed and you receive your flying suit and helmet.

Both aircraft can be taken up at the same time for couples to take some photos of each other flying and share the experience.

Groups flying on weekends can wait for other members in the Kittyhawke Cafe, open from October.

On the last weekend of every month (October 2020 to April 2021) watch The Vintage Aviator train at Hood Aerodrome free of charge! Of course this is weather dependent. Learn more here. 

You're in good hands!
New Zealand Warbirds Ltd hold a Rule Part 115 Adventure Aviation certificate issued by the NZ Civil Aviation Administration. This allows the carriage of passengers in Special Category Aircraft such as Tiger Moths. The conditions of the Part 115 certificate require the same standards as airlines have to operate by and these standards apply to New Zealand Warbirds. Wairarapa Flying Tigers operate Adventure Aviation flights as a subsidiary of New Zealand Warbirds but under the same scrutiny as the parent organisation.

And what a magnificent backstory!
ZK-ANL was built in England in 1940 and started life as an RAF trainer. Soon after WW2 it was exported to New Zealand where it became the primary trainer for the Hawkes Bay and East Coast Aero Club based at Waipukurau. It was sold to an Agricultural Aviation Company in Hastings where it became a well-known Tiger spraying crops around Hastings. It became the last Agricultural Tiger Moth in the World when it completed its last Ag-flight on Christmas eve 1980. It then went into the ownership of several private owners and is currently owned by Penny Wylie. She has leased the aircraft to the Wairarapa Flying Tigers.

Phone: 
+64 6 377 3466
Email: 
info@flyingtigers.co.nz
Cost: 
See the price list on their website
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