Wanaka Warbirds - Sir Tim Wallis's Alpine Fighter Collection
Reed Books, Auckland, 1998, 80 pages. Faded spine and some marks to cover, otherwise good secondhand condition.
The Alpine Fighter Collection is internationally recognized as one of the most outstanding and fascinating collections of historic and World War II fighter aircraft. Wanaka Warbirds introduces a selection of aircraft drawn from the Alpine Fighter Collection housed at Wanaka. The book contains full color photographs of each plane with pertinent details regarding the life and history of the aircraft flight capabilities, engineering details and color schemes. The book covers the following aircraft: Chance Vought Corsair; Curtiss Kittyhawk; de Havilland Chipmunk, de Havilland Fox Moth; de Havilland Tiger Moth; Grumman Avenger; Harvard/Zero Replica; Nakajima Hayabusa; North American Mustang; Polikarpov I-16 and I-153; S.E. 5a Replica, Vickers Armstrongs Spitfire Mk XVI; Westland Supermarine Spitfire; Yakolev Yak 50; Yakovlev Yak 3M; and Hawker Hurrricane ? A Future Flier.