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Post by starr on Mar 14, 2012 11:17:02 GMT 12
As far as I know Graeme. Definitely at the time. 1967.
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Post by ZacYates on Mar 14, 2012 17:34:04 GMT 12
Does anyone have any photos of CAW when owned by WAW/Richmond Harding? As far as I know it never flew operationally but was at Wanganui Airport for a time.
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Post by dakman on Mar 14, 2012 18:48:23 GMT 12
Hey Zac can not help there .but possibilities??
may be one RJD might have photographed it .
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Post by fu24lover on Mar 15, 2012 20:39:06 GMT 12
Hey Mr Starr.... many years ago,a course I was on went into great detail about how to hand start a dak with the leather caps that go over the blade tips,a long rope and a team of blokes to pull it...... The instructor went on to say that James Av had refined this somewhat by using a Fiat Bambina instead of the blokes. Please tell me this is not true.....  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 15, 2012 20:54:12 GMT 12
That method was definitely used at Ardmore to start Corsairs in WWII due to a shortage of starter cartridges, they used manpower on the rope, not a car. There's even a photo of this in Warrem Russell's Corsair Special book.
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Post by starr on Mar 16, 2012 10:47:57 GMT 12
Yes fu24lover, thaqt is true. Even used Fordson loader at times. i must admit this method did not have to be used very often.
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Post by ZacYates on Mar 25, 2012 17:15:30 GMT 12
Lovely, thanks Graeme!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 27, 2012 17:29:53 GMT 12
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Post by starr on Apr 28, 2012 17:13:25 GMT 12
Yes I did thanks Dave. Well done. Hope to see you later next month.
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Post by rhyno on Apr 28, 2012 18:45:15 GMT 12
So how many pilots were there, that had a single pilot rating in the DC-3?
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Post by starr on Apr 28, 2012 21:38:36 GMT 12
At a rough guess I would say about 28. There were 13 aircraft converted to the ag role.
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Post by starr on Apr 29, 2012 7:14:33 GMT 12
Mike Feeney did not fly daks topdressing.
Forgot about Mike Judd and Tiri Manahi.
Add Dick Brooks (American)
Murray Eastman (Australian
Gerry Oman
That makes 30.
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Post by starr on Apr 29, 2012 7:18:47 GMT 12
There were several others who flew AZL before it was converted to single pilot.
From memory the ones I can recall were
Bruce Oliver
Peter Anderson
John VeLuen
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Post by Tony on Apr 30, 2012 15:29:21 GMT 12
I was on a Falcon's Roost to Gisborne (unsure of the aircraft or the year but it was about November) and was able to score a ride in an AgDak with Bruce Thompson.
A 40 minute sortie to the back of beyond. The 2nd best flight I have ever had..
I remember that Christmas Santa brought me a copy of John King's VINTAGE AEROPLANES IN NEW ZEALAND and there was the famous pic taken from the flight deck of the Dak in a hard bank -the pic entitled "Mind the coffee Bruce"
I showed it to my wife and she just shook her head and walked away.............. ;D
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Post by dakman on Apr 30, 2012 19:31:26 GMT 12
Macfire a flight in a DC3 second best flight ever ?
What was number one
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