Aviators from Auckland to as far south as Queenstown flew in with a wide range of aircraft to participate in the annual Healthy Bastards Bush Pilot Championships. Helen Nickisson/Stuff Mark O'Sullivan's 1941 Harvard was one of the heavier aeroplanes in the line up at the Healthy Bastards Bush Flying Championships. (Short Take-off and Landing) events, designed to test their bush landing skills. Helen Nickisson/Stuff Spectators turned out in large numbers to watch pilots display bush landing skills at the Omaka airfield on Heritage Day. Photo supplied Bulls Flying Doctor Dave Baldwin, left, addressed pilots at the Healthy Bastards Bush Pilots Championships about men's health, and also launched the new line of Healthy Bastards undies.

Source: Stuff February 10, 2021 16:00 UTC