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Post by kiwi on Mar 27, 2010 16:31:18 GMT 12
I was at Mangere dropping off a passenger leaving for the States and decided afterwards to pop up to the viewing area upstairs . The windows were crowded with people and I quickly realised the Aussies were about to leave , I managed to get the camera out just in time to see the Tanker rise and by standing on a rubbish bin also caught the two pairs and singleton F18's climb into the sky . Why did they not use Whanuepai ?
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 27, 2010 16:38:28 GMT 12
Maybe they couldn't find Whanuepai on the map?  |
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Post by shorty on Mar 27, 2010 16:40:03 GMT 12
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Post by mcmaster on Mar 27, 2010 23:00:48 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 28, 2010 7:29:57 GMT 12
That is the point I was trying to make... ;D I know how to spell it, I used to live there!
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Post by mcmaster on Mar 28, 2010 11:13:01 GMT 12
no worries dave, I thought your point was about RAAF nav skills ;D and pronouncing whenuapai - another matter entirely eh. BTW, was the base name abbreviated by you guys there e.g. "Willi" - Williamtown |
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Post by shorty on Mar 28, 2010 11:35:13 GMT 12
Some pronounced as "When yer happy"
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 31, 2010 0:30:15 GMT 12
I've never heard Whenuapai being abbreviated, McMaster, but Hobsonville was often known as Hobby, and Woodbourne as Woody Valley.
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