Wellington teenager Timothy Anderson - one of six people killed in Monday's air crash in Central Otago - died having fulfilled his dream.
"His ultimate dream was to go to Warbirds Over Wanaka ... he died doing what he loved," his mother Robyn said.
"He would have died fulfilled, I think, havingbeen there. That was just his dream."
Timothy, aged 13, was one of six people in a Cessna 206 piloted by Wellington man Bill James, 55, which crashed into a hillside near the summit of the Lindis Pass.
He survived the impact but died on the way to Dunedin Hospital. The other five passengers were killed on impact.
Timothy's father, Brian, was a passenger in one of five other planes in the convoy, which was returning to the Kapiti Coast after flying down for the airshow on Friday.
Mrs Anderson had spoken with her son each night he was away. She had stayed home in Paua-tahanui with her 14-year-old daughter, Kirsten.
Timothy had hoped to follow in his father's footsteps and become a pilot. He enjoyed flying with his dad, who had just built a two- seater aeroplane for them to use.
They had started it last week but put off plans to fly it to Wanaka because it was not ready.
"He just loved being with his father," Mrs Anderson said.
The other people killed in the crash were Jamie Tevendale, 45, of Wellington, Kevin Thomas Ratcliffe, 37, of Otaki, his partner Ann Patricia Wat-son, 25, of Otaki, and Carlene Ann Bleakley, 32, of Palmerston North.
Mr Tevendale and Ms Bleakley both had private pilots' licences, and Ms Watson was learning to fly.
Civil Aviation Authority inspectors have completed their exami-nation of the wreckage.
The managing director of Associated Aviation flying school, Russell Jenkins, said Mr James was an experienced flyer who had flown in the Wanaka area many times. He owned two planes, which he kept at Paraparaumu.
He had been flying for about 20 years and had owned the plane for about 10, Mr Jenkins said.
Some pilots have been critical of Mr James' decision to fly through the pass in bad weather.
He was apparently flying under low cloud and mist near the summit and seemed to make a last-second attempt to turn around when the crash happened.
