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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 3, 2010 11:03:50 GMT 12
Craig, though I would never bother to do the planespotter notebook thing, I think there are people here on the forum who do, and they do come in handy years later when a historian wants to find out what was where, when. I prefer photographic evidence though of course.
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Post by corsair67 on Apr 3, 2010 11:58:12 GMT 12
Dave, that certainly is true - plus I know a lot of photographers do also note down which aircraft were at a show, so they can refer to it later if they haven't got clear shots of the particular aircraft's serial/rego.
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Post by nzav8a on Apr 3, 2010 14:54:09 GMT 12
Richie McCaw gets a ride to Wanaka from Christchurch in A21-107 "Richie06"
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Post by furyfb11 on Apr 3, 2010 15:08:11 GMT 12
Craig, though I would never bother to do the planespotter notebook thing, I think there are people here on the forum who do, and they do come in handy years later when a historian wants to find out what was where, when. I prefer photographic evidence though of course. It helps to keep fact from fiction.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 3, 2010 15:32:16 GMT 12
It is good to see the RNZAF's secret weapon is getting some fighter time up.
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Post by sqwark2k on Apr 3, 2010 21:13:48 GMT 12
Was in the ATR waiting for the boarding to finish when Richie06 did a fair decent buzz and break pitching into the 20 circuit....sounded AWESOME!!!!
Don't know if he went Wanaka or not, took off and landed at CHCH in a short space of time. There looked like there was plenty of media etc looking over the othe 3 F/A18's on the Deepfreeze apron.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 3, 2010 21:28:36 GMT 12
They showed Richie's flight on the news tonight (I think it was TV1 but I was swapping about so not sure). He did fly over Wanaka and they interviewed him afterwards and he seemed pretty stoked. He better not follow the other RNZAF pilots and jump the ditch to the RAAF now...
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Post by mumbles on Apr 4, 2010 16:29:57 GMT 12
Sam thanks for ahem .... A21-20 from a darker life 17 years ago. and where did that maverick under the wing come from - definitely not form RAAF stocks - must have nicked it from RNZAF ;D Again, not a problem Yeah, it is hard to see on the scan, but on the original print the launch rail for the maverick is a suspiciously local shade of green . I found another print of the same occasion. Again it is hard to see on the scan, but in addition to the maverick on the port side, there is an LGB to starboard, and what looks like a CRV-7 pod on the centreline, all of which were A-4 used. The overall darker scheme is a bit more apparent from this angle, although it looks like the underwing pylon is in the original lighter colour.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 4, 2010 18:19:52 GMT 12
I wonder if the RAAF Hornets here for Wanaka have been zapped by the RNZAF yet?
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Post by amec on Apr 4, 2010 19:49:26 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 4, 2010 21:12:26 GMT 12
Nice photos Andrew.
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Post by mumbles on Apr 4, 2010 22:08:11 GMT 12
Some pics of the Hornet's heading to Wanaka Yesterday morning 9.30am. It was a good spot to watch them taxi past and take off. Went out again this morning, just to get another dose of some real aircraft. Heck, it was worth going out there for the whole day last week just for the noise Nice atmospheric shots there
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Post by mcmaster on Apr 4, 2010 22:44:15 GMT 12
Thanks Sam for investigating the mysterious case of the A4/F-18 ordnance swapping. and more great images by the fence (that isn't) by Andrew, thanks mate . Seems all the good photographers were at Ohakea not Wanaka by the lack of photo evidence so far on the other thread ;D
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Post by corsair67 on Apr 5, 2010 12:41:09 GMT 12
Okay, I'm letting my guard down here, and I'll prove that I'm a real planespotter just like Mr McMaster, with a bit of RAAF Hornet trivia. A21-107 was the first RAAF Hornet to have Centre Barrel Replacement work done on it. The work was undertaken in Canada, and the aircraft was returned to Australia in September 2008. Here is the aircraft upon its return to Australia - ADF Official.
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Post by baz62 on Apr 5, 2010 16:24:42 GMT 12
And the centre barrel is???
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Post by corsair67 on Apr 5, 2010 17:49:41 GMT 12
And the centre barrel is??? Baz, to quote the RAAF: "The centre barrel is the major structural element of the aircraft to which the wings and main undercarriage are attached. The centre barrel is susceptible to structural fatigue from wing and main undercarriage mechanical loads." Initially there was talk of needing to replace the centre barrels on at least 40-50 of the RAAFs Hornets, but as I understand now, no more than 11 Hornets will have this work undertaken.
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Post by mcmaster on Apr 5, 2010 19:38:02 GMT 12
Okay, I'm letting my guard down here, and I'll prove that I'm a real planespotter just like Mr McMaster, with a bit of RAAF Hornet trivia. Knew you were one of us C67 ;D and top pics there of the 20CU fin flash Gotta think soon the hornets will be constrained (if not already) on G limitations, landing cycles etc given the big reduction in CBR a/c numbers.
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Post by baz62 on Apr 6, 2010 16:02:27 GMT 12
And the centre barrel is??? Baz, to quote the RAAF: "The centre barrel is the major structural element of the aircraft to which the wings and main undercarriage are attached. The centre barrel is susceptible to structural fatigue from wing and main undercarriage mechanical loads." Thanks Corsair you have raised my Hornet knowledge a smidgeon! ;D
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Post by Ykato on Apr 12, 2010 15:38:40 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 12, 2010 17:45:41 GMT 12
Craig, why don't they simply call it the fuselage?
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