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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 11, 2012 9:00:47 GMT 12
Get out and support the Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre on the 20th of October 2012:  |
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Post by ZacYates on Oct 12, 2012 11:00:34 GMT 12
I wish I could be there.
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Post by ngatimozart on Oct 17, 2012 20:30:20 GMT 12
Me too
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Post by DragonflyDH90 on Oct 18, 2012 7:17:37 GMT 12
I was hoping to be but the forecast doesnt look good for me to get up and back home in the alotted time.
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Post by Officer Crabtree on Oct 18, 2012 20:41:14 GMT 12
ATC annual 'big camp'is on that weekend unfortunately.
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Post by lumpy on Oct 19, 2012 6:18:45 GMT 12
I guess the long weekend suits some people and not others . I intend to be there ( but then I live here , so would be it be a pretty sad thing if I didnt go ) . The weather forcast is looking quite positive too at this stage .
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Post by patmurphy on Oct 19, 2012 11:46:57 GMT 12
Please, Please, Please have an Open Day while I am there in December (12th to 15th)  |
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Post by Gavin Conroy on Oct 21, 2012 6:50:07 GMT 12
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Post by lumpy on Oct 21, 2012 8:23:03 GMT 12
Looks like I must have left too early !( only about 15 mins from the scheduled end ) . When I left it didnt look like they were going to fly the Yak ( they had been taxing it a few times ) , and I never saw the L39 . Oh well , that will teach me ! It was a shame the Anson and P40 that were expected were unable to make it , but it was still a really good day , well done to all concerned ( and great photos Gavin . I actually watched you take the photo of the firey Yak startup - you obviously knew you caught it judging from the head nodding and wild grinning ) ;D
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Post by Peter Lewis on Oct 21, 2012 8:33:09 GMT 12
Nice to see the Nord ZK-WFI out and about again.
I was thinking, at the Mosquito launch event, how I'd not seen it around recently and that perhaps it had been exported.
Good one.
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Post by Gavin Conroy on Oct 21, 2012 12:15:35 GMT 12
Looks like I must have left too early !( only about 15 mins from the scheduled end ) . When I left it didnt look like they were going to fly the Yak ( they had been taxing it a few times ) , and I never saw the L39 . Oh well , that will teach me ! It was a shame the Anson and P40 that were expected were unable to make it , but it was still a really good day , well done to all concerned ( and great photos Gavin . I actually watched you take the photo of the firey Yak startup - you obviously knew you caught it judging from the head nodding and wild grinning ) ;D It was a good day Beagle, the P-40 had just had some work done on its radiator and radio's and not enough time to do some thorough test flying before coming down so Frank and Liz flew down in Harvard 57. The Anson was due to get here on Friday but snow in the Cook Strait area put the stop on that, not a great day for flying. Was good to see the Me-108 and L-39 as well as the other biplanes on display. The display by Frank in the Fw190 was great and the sound of the engine thundering across the valley was very cool. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 21, 2012 12:27:02 GMT 12
Very nice photos there Gavin. You'd hardly think it had snowed nearby the day before, it looks like high summer!
The Me108 is based in Tauranga now, isn't it? Is that canopy framing as it was fitted when manufactured by Messerschmitt or rebuilt by Nord? Or is that a much later alteration?
What are those huge crop circle things in the paddocks? Is that how they have planted the grapes or is that irrigated fields from a rotating irrigation apparatus? It looks like a huge roundel.
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Post by baz62 on Oct 21, 2012 12:37:51 GMT 12
Sooo jealous!! Great photos though so thanks Gav. Man I love the 190, she looks better with the enlarged canopy too I think.
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Post by Radialicious on Oct 21, 2012 13:20:07 GMT 12
From those that I have spoken to, it was a successful day in the sun for everyone. Sadly I couldn't make it up there due to being on reserve duty with work. Mind you I did have a productive day in my workshop.
Those big circles are in the Waihopai Valley about 5 miles from Omaka. The spy station would have been just out of shot behind the FW-190. The circles are formed by the tracks of large centre-pivot irrigators. There is often a differing appearance in the crops grown or levels if grazing in each circle which makes them fairly distinctive. They are useful for practicing the CPL activity of constant radius turns. On a breezy day the various bank angles required to maintain the radius are well illustrated. Years ago that was one of two published low flying areas in the WB control zone.
Fingers crossed I can make the next AHC flying day. It's been a while since I've enjoyed Omaka, its airspace and hanging with the people that go with it.
Well done to GMO and the team up there.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 21, 2012 13:38:05 GMT 12
Thanks for that Al.
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Post by Gavin Conroy on Oct 21, 2012 17:43:46 GMT 12
The Me 108 was modified in the US many years ago by Piper Aircraft to look like a Me 109 and it went on to fly in a few movies.
The wings are original as is the fuselage from behind the cockpit to the rear of the aeroplane.
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Post by Gavin Conroy on Oct 22, 2012 6:25:20 GMT 12
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Post by nuuumannn on Oct 22, 2012 13:52:03 GMT 12
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Post by nuuumannn on Oct 22, 2012 14:07:01 GMT 12
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Post by martytheduck on Oct 22, 2012 19:37:47 GMT 12
Nice pics Gav, sorry you missed the Bristol engine run up.
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