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Post by emron on Jul 25, 2023 14:12:50 GMT 12
Next instalment on the captivating topic of Sunderland floorboards. Now that the wooden ones for the rear compartment are painted, they needed some minor trimming before they fitted. That’s been done to the first four and they are in the process of being secured in place. I decided to re-work the fifth one as that was the only original left, but the light wood was split and broken on the ends, so I’ve glued and patched them to return some strength. This board is the final one that butts up to the bulkhead forward of the rear turret. There are some panels missing from that area which I may need to re-create before everything will connect. I’m still not sure if a step was there too, as it’s quite a climb into the turret from up the back.
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MOTAT
Jul 25, 2023 21:42:20 GMT 12
Post by shorty on Jul 25, 2023 21:42:20 GMT 12
Would be nice if, before they empty the silver out of the spray gun, they were to wander over to the Vampire and give the ejection seat a squirt! Or even use a rattle can!
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Post by emron on Jul 27, 2023 11:52:44 GMT 12
Last time I looked it didn’t have an ejection seat. But you’re right, we should call time on those erroneous stencils. That standing joke has gone on for long enough. What may have started out as a bit of fun for painting apprentices at the TTS before WR202 was donated to MOTAT, has raised more than a laugh or two in the years since. We’re aware of other things that should be done to improve the FB.9’s appearance too, but let’s leave it to the Collections team to decide when and how to carry out the re-vamp as it were.
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MOTAT
Jul 27, 2023 14:38:21 GMT 12
Post by Antonio on Jul 27, 2023 14:38:21 GMT 12
Please explain. I'd love to know what is painted on
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Post by shorty on Jul 27, 2023 16:43:01 GMT 12
Please explain. I'd love to know what is painted on It has ejector seat warning signs painted on (red triangles below the cockpit )Single seat Vampires never had ejection seats!
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MOTAT
Jul 27, 2023 17:45:22 GMT 12
Post by Antonio on Jul 27, 2023 17:45:22 GMT 12
Please explain. I'd love to know what is painted on It has ejector seat warning signs painted on (red triangles below the cockpit )Single seat Vampires never had ejection seats! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh Thank you
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Post by ErrolC on Aug 2, 2023 18:49:40 GMT 12
We recently had a special delivery in the form of a Sikorsky S-76A “Juliet”, generously donated by the team at Northland Emergency Services Trust.
Watch the full video here:
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Post by emron on Aug 2, 2023 20:05:29 GMT 12
Northland Emergency Services Trust Rescue Helicopter, Helimed 1, Sikorsky S-76A, ZK-ISJ “Juliet.” Former operators include Royal Jordanian Air Force, Round the World record holder, Dick Smith (first east-west circumnavigation as VH-CFH, 1995) and Order of St John’s Auckland rescue helicopter service 1997-2000.
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MOTAT
Aug 2, 2023 21:43:11 GMT 12
Post by ZacYates on Aug 2, 2023 21:43:11 GMT 12
Excellent news, well done to all involved!
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MOTAT
Aug 3, 2023 8:31:40 GMT 12
Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 3, 2023 8:31:40 GMT 12
Well that is a great new addition to the MOTAT collection. But I am puzzled, I watched the TV series Dick Smith made where he flew the helicopter around the world and I am pretty sure his helicopter was a Bell Jet Ranger? Did he circumnavigate the globe twice, in two different choppers?
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MOTAT
Aug 3, 2023 8:33:12 GMT 12
Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 3, 2023 8:33:12 GMT 12
We recently had a special delivery in the form of a Sikorsky S-76A “Juliet” Are you working/volunteering at MOTAT these days, Errol?
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Post by ErrolC on Aug 3, 2023 10:04:26 GMT 12
We recently had a special delivery in the form of a Sikorsky S-76A “Juliet” Are you working/volunteering at MOTAT these days, Errol? No, I was sharing from my phone while doing other stuff, and it doesn't quote well (and Twitter killed the old app for Twitter that I used to use, which had a 'share text' function. And a bare link to Twitter seems unreliable.
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Post by emron on Aug 3, 2023 11:30:57 GMT 12
Well that is a great new addition to the MOTAT collection. But I am puzzled, I watched the TV series Dick Smith made where he flew the helicopter around the world and I am pretty sure his helicopter was a Bell Jet Ranger? Did he circumnavigate the globe twice, in two different choppers? Dick Smith completed the first solo circumnavigation of the World in a rotary wing aircraft, aboard Bell 206B JetRanger III, VH-DIK, during 1982/3. VH-DIK is now preserved in the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney.
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MOTAT
Aug 3, 2023 11:36:26 GMT 12
Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 3, 2023 11:36:26 GMT 12
Thanks, that is what I thought. So did he do it again in this S-76A?
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Post by emron on Aug 3, 2023 12:31:51 GMT 12
He flew eastwards during the solo circumnavigation in the JetRanger (following the prevailing winds) and then later (1995) he was first to fly a helicopter around the globe the other way, accompanied by his wife, Pip, in this Sikorsky.
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Post by planecrazy on Aug 3, 2023 23:19:44 GMT 12
Some footage from 2005 of the two Flying boats, my family and I got to go through the Solent, amazing how far the Sunderland has come, well done to all.
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MOTAT
Aug 4, 2023 20:12:24 GMT 12
Post by camtech on Aug 4, 2023 20:12:24 GMT 12
That brings back memories of working on the Solent way back in the late 60's and early 70's, while a volunteer at MoTaT. Mainly cleaning, rust removal refitting some seats and chatting with other volunteers at Meola Rd.
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Post by emron on Aug 13, 2023 16:13:14 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 12, 2023 11:08:53 GMT 12
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MOTAT
Sept 13, 2023 4:55:10 GMT 12
via mobile
Post by ZacYates on Sept 13, 2023 4:55:10 GMT 12
How cool!!
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