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Tauranga
 By
Richard Moore
Hotels in Mount Maunganui
Hotels in Tauranga
Places
to Eat
One
of the gems in Tauranga is the Classic Flyers Museum near the city
airport in Mount Maunganui.
Classic
Flyers is a museum that not only has a great collection of aircraft
and military items, but also hosts major airshows.
 It
was created by people who want to preserve New Zealand's rich aviation
history and has grown into a terrific living museum.
The
aircraft at Classic Flyers include a Fletcher top-dresser, ex Royal
New Zealand Air Force Harvards, a CT-4B air trainer, DeHavilland
Devons, a Hawker Hunter, a half-scale Focke Wulf 190 and, best of
all, a full size replica Spitfire MkV!
In
the military museum there are plenty of vehicles, weapons, photographs
and other interesting pieces of memorabilia.
 The
museum puts on at least one major airshow a year and these are pretty
spectacular events that include aerial dogfights, military re-enactment
battles and demonstration tabletop wargames.
Classic
Flyers is well worth a visit if you are in Tauranga or Mount Maunganui.
It
is located at 8 Jean Batten Drive, Tauranga Airport, Mount Maunganui.
Phone: 07 572 4000.
The
museum is open from 10am to 4pm, 7 days a week and has a Café &
Bar open from 8am to 5pm every day.
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