woody99
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Post by woody99 on Dec 12, 2009 12:55:40 GMT 12
Hi Everyone,
Would there be any photo's of Ag-DAKS out there, especially James's aircraft?
Would love to see some of AZA if anyone has the odd shot laying around! have searched older threads but could not see anything..
Cheers
Woody
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Post by agile on Dec 12, 2009 16:35:31 GMT 12
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Post by flyernzl on Dec 12, 2009 20:20:49 GMT 12
These two, at least, have been posted in threads here before:   |
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Post by dave.k on Dec 14, 2009 21:31:06 GMT 12
I think this is AZA at Taieri in the late 70s at the airshow the Queen attended.  |
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Post by Bruce on Dec 14, 2009 21:40:37 GMT 12
Definitely 1970s!  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 14, 2009 23:45:30 GMT 12
I was just thinking the other day you never see people in Swannis like you used to.
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Post by agile on Dec 15, 2009 7:22:02 GMT 12
Is it just my perception (or sketchy research) or did the Ag-Dak have a relatively enviable safety record for an ag aircraft in NZ? The obvious and unfortunate exception to this being ZK-AOI, which according to Phillip Treweek's website crashed at Clarence (or was it Seddon - quite a long way away) in 1973 after a structural failure?
For a large aircraft in intensive use, at low altitude and in a role for which it had not been designed, this seems counter intuitive. Or have I got this wrong?
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Post by tbf25o4 on Dec 15, 2009 7:43:53 GMT 12
Indeed the AG DAKS had a very good safety record.
It was the fact that the DAK being readily available at low cost, and having no
"Life time" on the spars etc meant they were suited for these operations.
The crash of AOI was due to structural failure and probably as the result of the way in which that particular pilot operated the aircraft (as the rumour mill said at the time and ever since)
Paul
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Post by 43willys on Dec 29, 2009 15:24:10 GMT 12
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Post by studentpilot on Dec 29, 2009 18:54:34 GMT 12
That last one's a ripper shot with the pax conversion to the cropmaster.
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Post by angelsonefive on Dec 29, 2009 19:14:48 GMT 12
That last one's a ripper shot with the pax conversion to the cropmaster. And Inky Pinky as I remember her from her stay with the Wgton Aero Club. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 29, 2009 20:27:09 GMT 12
Classic photos there Mike. In that first one, what is that on the ground in front of the C-47? Is it a dog?
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woody99
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Post by woody99 on Dec 30, 2009 8:26:34 GMT 12
Great photo's thanks folks!! Love the last one with cars you just don't see anymore.
I grew up in Whakatane and as a kid, managed a few rides with Bill Petersen when he came through once or twice a year. Last ride in an ag-Dak was with Bruce Thompson in GS in BBJ not long before her final flight as a topdresser. Great days!!
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Post by furyfb11 on Dec 30, 2009 10:35:28 GMT 12
 AZL Palmerston Nth.  APB Palmerston Nth.  AOI Hamilton  Palmerston Nth. 5/2/71 |
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Post by dave.k on Dec 30, 2009 12:06:32 GMT 12
How many daks were coverted to ag flying, seems to be quite a lot.
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