The Tauranga Model Aircraft Club's annual auction of model aircrafts is getting ready to take flight.

The auction, which is typically held in June and raises funds for the club, is being hosted on Sunday, June 12, at the Classic Flyers Aviation Museum at 9 Jean Batten Drive, Mount Maunganui.

The event is bringing people from across the country to look at bidding on gliders, scale models, aerobatic aircrafts, learner aircrafts, and even state-of-the-art gas turbine remote control aircrafts in a number of auctions on the day.

'It's hard to put up a catalogue before the auction,” says club president Dave Marriott. 'People come from across the country to participate. It's a bit of a lucky dip as to what gets put up for auction.”

Dave says the model aircrafts can range from $20 for a training model, to $10,000 for a remote-controlled model jet.

'There's always a big variety. We have a table of different parts such as transmitters, engines, tanks and all of the things that go with model aircrafts. We also have some fixed sales going on, so not everything that is sold will be an auction.

'People tend to think that there's only auctions, but we have standard sales too.”

Dave says the venue is a big attraction for people attending. 'Classic Flyers and the model aircraft flyers, we understand each other well,” Dave laughs.

'There's a big open space in their hanger for all of the aircrafts, and there's amazing exhibits to look at.

'Each room in the museum has several scale aircrafts on display too, that's because at a lot of the auctions Classic Flyers will buy a model aircraft to put on display in one of their rooms.”

Dave says his club's model flying site is located at TECT Park, and is open to the public if they would like to drop in. 'People can come and see what we're up to. Club day is every Sunday that has suitable weather.”

For more information on the Tauranga Model Aircraft Club, visit: Taurangamodelfly.org.

For auction details, call Dave on 021 909 407, or email: taurangamodelfly@gmail.com