Avro Anson - Classic Fighters Omaka

Bill Reid talks about his beautifully restored Mk.I Avro Anson. - Clip from the Classic Fighters 2019 DVD.
We are very proud to be home to this magnificently restored early WW-II bomber. A total of 11,020 Ansons were produced from 1935, right through WW-II with later, highly modified versions continuing to be built until 1952. Today just a single example of the war-era Ansons remains in flying condition and this is based right here at Omaka. Originally operated by the RAAF it was acquired by Bill Reid of Wakefield who spent the next 10 years with his small but dedicated team, returning it not just to flying condition but to authentic military fit-out so that it flies as almost a time capsule illustrating just what it was like flying in the early bombers of the Second World War. Omaka is the perfect place to base this wonderful machine, one you can actually buy a flight in!
www.classicfighters.co.nz

[@donaldripper3354]

What fun! Beautiful, thanks and congratulations.

[@Rugbyman269]

The anson is a really nice looking aircraft

[@DaveGIS123]

My dad was an observer and flew Air/Sea Rescue patrols in Ansons with 280 Squadron, RAF. Whenever I see shots of the interior of the Anson Mk.I (like at 1:31) I think of him over the North Sea, rising from his navigator's table to the folding jumpseat beside the pilot, and searching the waves for missing aircrew.

[@jp-um2fr]

My father, a teacher, knew sooner or later he would be called up during WW2. If you signed up, you had a choice and he chose RAF engine fitter. I still have his notebooks, mainly full of notes and sketches of bits of Anson engine. He was stationed at Halfpenny Green, it's in The Battle of Britain film as Halfpenny Field, gawd knows why. He had quite a scar on his bum due to a red-hot lump of shrapnel from a bomb. Dad couldn't get it off as there were 3 'oiks' on top of him in the slit trench.

[@MrSunlander]

So, I was quoting Robert Shaw's BOB character, during the air duels.....'taka, taka, taka, taka, taka, taka, taka, taka, taka, taka, taka, taka, taka, taka.....' Omaka is a gas!

[@allgood6760]

Awesome mate!.. where did you get the Tiger tank from?.. where does it live? 👍🇳🇿

[@MarsFKA]

6:37 They got that fire out pretty quickly - that tank is made of fibreglass...

[@grahamthebaronhesketh.]

Are you sure it was a bomber?