Classic Flyers CEO Andrew Gormlie is confident one of the retired Royal New Zealand Air Force Skyhawk fighter aircraft will come to rest at the Tauranga aviation museum.
'We are ecstatic we are part of the group that will actually see one,” says Andrew.

Classic Flyers CEO Andrew Gormlie says there is room for a Skyhawk in Tauranga.

'It's pretty important to New Zealand's history – not just aviation history, but New Zealand history in general.
'There's a lot of our Kiwi culture attached to these things for the last 40 years.
'We got them in 1970 and we are very pleased that we have been thought of as some place that's worthy, and we will certainly look after it.”
He's expecting to receive confirmation there will be a Skyhawk for the museum's main hangar in the next few weeks, but believes it will be some months before transport can be arranged from Blenheim.
They can't fly it up, and the museum will have to sign an agreement that they will not fly it, says Andrew.
'As far as Kiwi military are concerned, they have an agreement with the US from when they bought the things that they won't operate them unless sanctioned by the US.
'You can't sell them off to people and have them flying around as a weapon.”
Defence Minister Wayne Mapp announced on Wednesday that eight of the 17
Skyhawks are going to qualifying museums in New Zealand, and one to Australia for heritage and display purposes.
Successive governments have unsuccessfully tried to sell the fighter aircraft since Prime Minister Helen Clark scrapped the air force's strike wing in 2001. Since then they have been parked at Woodbourne air base near Blenheim.
Four of the aircraft already have new museum homes. One single-seat and one two-seater are going to the Air Force Museum of New Zealand at Wigram.
Another is going to the Museum of Transport and Technology in Auckland.
A fourth is going to the Royal Australian Navy Fleet Arm Museum at Nowra, Australia – fulfilling a longstanding agreement.
Ten of the RNZAF Skyhawks are former Royal Australian Navy aircraft.
Six of them later returned to fly out of Nowra in exercises with the RAN.
The prospect of Classic Flyers getting a Skyhawk is exceptionally good, says Tauranga MP Simon Bridges.
'Some months ago Classic Flyers contacted me about the possibility of getting a Skyhawk and I have since contacted Minister Mapp many times about this by letter and personally. I have made it clear that Tauranga wants one,” says Simon.