A naval aircraft designed to hunt out enemy submarines, a 1965 Hercules and a legendary World War I British fighter plane drew thousands to the Classics of the Sky Tauranga City Air Show yesterday.
Day two of the biennial event started with the Royal New Zealand Airforce Kiwi Blue parachute display team dropping in on the huge crowd, which showed up despite the wet weather.
As World War I classics defied gravity in the skies above, hundreds lined up to get a look at the inside of a P-3K2 Orion, a naval aircraft and a Royal New Zealand Airforce Hercules on the ground.
Cloud cover meant the aircraft had to fly lower than expected, changing up their routines slightly, but it just added to the noise and excitment, according to show goers who said they were already looking forward to the 2016 show.
Tauranga's Sarah Rowlands said her family had a "fabulous time", despite the bad weather.