The Yak 52 team paint patterns in the sky as they perform in the feisty Russian trainer aircraft.
Former USAF F-16 pilot Paul ‘‘Sticky’’ Strickland performs an inverted pass in an Aero L-39 Albatros jet trainer.
The Avro Anson Mk 1 (front) and a Supermarine Mk IX Spitfire.
The RNZAF T-6C Texan II trainer aircraft cross the sun at the 30th Warbirds Over Wanaka air show.
Jurgis Kairys spirals his Juka stunt plane earthwards.
Capable of flying at Mach 2, United States Air Force F-16s do a slow pass over Wanaka Airport.
Visible in the front window, the pilot of the 34-tonne C-130 Hercules powers his plane into the sky.
Brett Emeny, of New Plymouth, dives his T-28 Trojan, a US turboprop trainer.
John Romain (UK) flies his Messerschmitt Buchon ME-109 which got its ‘‘Battle of Britain’’ colours in 2016 to star in the 2017 blockbuster film Dunkirk.
The F-16 thrilled the Warbirds crowd.
The Mustang pilot waves to the crowd as he performs a low pass.
Pilots and supporters from the Yak 52 chill out after a display.
Photos from the 30th Warbirds Over Wanaka.
