Rare aeroplane sold to trust
PA Auckland Glory days with gung-ho pilots and dog-fight battles may have ended with World War 11, but not for Mr Tim Wallis. In spite of a helicopter crash in 1968 in which Mr Wallis broke his back, the Wanaka man aged 50, is still keen to fly. While he is the managing director of the Alpine Deer Group, his true passion is for vintage planes. But it is a passion that has forced him to sell his 1944 P5l-D Mustang fighter for $710,000. He had the plane restored in the United States and shipped to New Zealand in 1985. The American plane, which could fly at 800 km/ h and fire 1000 bullets a minute, was sold to the New Zealand Historic Aircraft Trust. It was officially handed over to the trust yesterday at Ardmore, south of Auckland, and will now be used in air shows. While the Mustang was the only one of its kind still flying in New Zealand Mr Wallis said he needed the money from the sale to buy another rare bird — a Mark 9 Spitfire.
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