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Omaka WWI airplane exhibits.
Omaka WWI airplane exhibits.
Join me on a tour of the amazing WWI Fighter Plane collection at the Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre in Blenheim. Photos can't do justice to this world class, in fact world leading, display of WWI aircraft. Peter Jackson and Weta Workshop have made full use of their prodigious talents here. Enjoy. (Note there are 2 pages - 1,2 - above the second photo.)
A De Havilland DH2 pusher
A De Havilland DH2 pusher 
 
A strange looking but excellent aircraft which has the propellor behind the pilots seat. This gave it superb visibility and the ability to fire forward at enemy aircraft and was able to hold its own against the Eindecker. It was nicknamed "the witches broom" and is a very stable and agile aircraft.