The practice display attack took place out of the public eye between hangar rows and involved the capture of an aircraft hijacker.
It involved only police dog handlers, with Jason Carswell being the bad guy taken down by handler Mark Chapman’s dog Nitro and Dave Robison’s dog Ice.
Three times Jason was taken down in the heavily padded arms by the dogs, and held until their handlers arrived to secure the dogs, and pull him to the ground to be captured.
The ‘armed hijacking scenario’ will be spiced up on the day – Sunday, January 26 – at the airshow with the addition of weapons and the Armed Offenders’ Squad, says the hijackee, Tauranga detective Ian Chapman.
With just more than a week to go, tickets sales to the airshow are starting to move quite quickly, says Classic Flyers CEO Andrew Gormley.
Four WW1 fighter aircraft will be on display at the airshow, and are scheduled to arrive in town by road next week.
Andrew says lots of aircraft rides have been sold. “There is a huge uptake; Kittyhawk, Mustang, Spitfire and Strikemaster jet rides are all selling well.
“We have about 17 rides; it’s almost unheard of,” says Andrew. “If you look out in the skies just prior to the show you will see a whole lot of fighter planes just doing their thing.”
A Rotary club raffle, selling tickets, $5 for a Stearman ride and $15 for a ride in a jet, will mean some airshow-goers will get free sky-high jaunts.
“Twenty dollars buys an option in each; a chance in a jet and a chance in a Stearman; a pretty easy way to begin to connect. Those will get drawn on the weekend.”
Trade sites are also ramping up and organizing staff will start putting in some long days to get the event ready during the next week.
Source: http://www.sunlive.co.nz
Constable Jason Carswell working with a police dog.
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