Imagine soaring through the air in a unique warbird with the world racing beneath you.
Tauranga man Peter Meadows has transformed this dream into a reality by bringing a 1941 Harvard to Tauranga for air enthusiasts to have a go at flying in.
The plane, worth about $200,000, was relocated to Tauranga from syndicate owners in the South Island last week, and is the only one of its kind where customers can legally get in the plane, perform aerobatics or soar over the city.
Mr Meadows was awarded his Part 115 operating certificate from the Civil Aviation Authority in December last year and since then, he's added the Harvard to his fleet of planes, which include a Yak 52 which was initially designed for military pilot training.
Mr Meadows said the inclusion of the Harvard aircraft in his Double X Flight business made Tauranga the only place in New Zealand where flights in unique warbirds were legal.