Spectators in the Gold Pass stand watch a fighter fly past. Photo by Marjorie Cook. : Warbirds wind up their display

Ryan Clements (5) and mum Robyn Clements of Wanaka. Photo by Marjorie Cook. : Warbirds wind up their display

Airshow founder Sir Tim Wallis (left) of Wanaka and British RAF test pilot David Lockspeiser. Photo by Marjorie Cook. : Warbirds wind up their display

Photographers line up. Photo by Peter McIntosh. : Warbirds wind up their display

The most famous of all de Havilland aircraft, the Tiger Moth was used as a RNZAF trainer, aero club trainer and topdresser and for private passenger use. Photo by Stephen Jaquiery. : Warbirds wind up their display

Aaron Bolger with Duke, 3 of invercargill spot planes. Photo by Peter McIntosh. : Warbirds wind up their display

Tilly Ruthven (2), of Dunedin, covers her ears. Photo by Peter McIntosh. : Warbirds wind up their display

F/A-18 of the Royal Australian Air Force. Photo by Stephen Jaquiery. : Warbirds wind up their display

F/A-18 of the Royal Australian Air Force. Photo by Stephen Jaquiery. : Warbirds wind up their display

Wing walker Peggy Krainz poses while her partner Friedrich Walentin flys the Boeing Stearman E75. Photo by Stephen Jaquiery. : Warbirds wind up their display

The crowd gazes skyward. Photo by Peter McIntosh. : Warbirds wind up their display

North American Harvard trainer. Photo by Stephen Jaquiery. : Warbirds wind up their display

Part of the large crowd covering their ears. Photo by Peter McIntosh. : Warbirds wind up their display

Lithuanian stunt pilot, Jurgis Kairys, does a low inverted pass. Photo by Stephen Jaquiery. : Warbirds wind up their display

Jurgis Kairys slips past at a seeminly impossible angle in the Juka aircraft which he designed. Photo by Stephen Jaquiery. : Warbirds wind up their display

Jurgis Kairys' Juka aircraft. Photo by Peter McIntosh. : Warbirds wind up their display

Two Harvard trainers trail smoke as they climb skyward. Photo by Stephen Jaquiery. : Warbirds wind up their display

Smoke and flames as Jurgis Kairys of Lithuania prepares to take off in his Juka. : Warbirds wind up their display

Harvard trainers. Photo by Stephen Jaquiery. : Warbirds wind up their display

The darling air-trainer of the RNZAF for more than 3 decades, the Harvard was first flown in 1937. Photo by Stephen Jaquiery. : Warbirds wind up their display

The Japanese Mitsubishi Zero, scourge of the Pacific during WWII, shows off its manoeuvrability. Photo by Stephen Jaquiery. : Warbirds wind up their display

Parachutists in action. Photo by Peter McIntosh. : Warbirds wind up their display

Spectators crowd the stand. Photo by Peter McIntosh. : Warbirds wind up their display

An RAAF F/A-18 carrying Richie McCaw does a low pass. Photo by Stephen Jaquiery. : Warbirds wind up their display

The Royal Australian Air force F/A-18 Hornet Fighters. Photo by Peter McIntosh. : Warbirds wind up their display

The RNZAF Kiwi Blue parachute team tumble towards a landing. Photo by Stephen Jaquiery. : Warbirds wind up their display

Royal Australian Air force F/A-18 Hornet fighters. Photo by Peter McIntosh. : Warbirds wind up their display

Royal Australian Air force F/A-18 Hornet fighters show their landing lights. Photo by Peter McIntosh. : Warbirds wind up their display

North American P-51 Mustang, de Havilland Vampire and Aero L-39 Albatros. Photo by Peter McIntosh. : Warbirds wind up their display

Four F/A-18 Hornet fighters of the Royal Australian Air Force head in to the sun. Photo by Stephen Jaquiery. : Warbirds wind up their display

With a top speed of 2,200kmph and a ceiling of 45 000 ft, the RAAF F/A-18 Hornet fighters were fast, noisy and impressive. Photo by Stephen Jaquiery. : Warbirds wind up their display

North American P-51 Mustang. Photo by Stephen Jaquiery. : Warbirds wind up their display

DC-3. Photo by Stephen Jaquiery. : Warbirds wind up their display

Supermarine Spitfire pilot, John Lanham, chats to a small crowd of admirers after his display flight. Photo by Stephen Jaquiery. : Warbirds wind up their display

Children had a chance to try their own aerial twists and turns on this bungy bouncer. Photo by Stephen Jaquiery. : Warbirds wind up their display

Duncan McGregor happily transported the Christchurch 1940’s style singing group, Frankie around the show. From front left, Cher Hunter, Nadine Hoskins, rear, Emily Trenberth, Catroina McDonald, Anna Jack and Lois Trenberth. Photo by Stephen Jaquiery. : Warbirds wind up their display

Wind gusted to over 30 knots not only affecting the aircraft display but also tipping tables and blowing dust clouds over the crowd. Photo by Stephen Jaquiery. : Warbirds wind up their display

North American P-51 Mustang sweeps towards the crowd. Photo by Stephen Jaquiery. : Warbirds wind up their display