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Post by 185skywagon on Sept 16, 2009 21:51:41 GMT 12
What ever happened to BTC ? Is it still in a hangar in Tauranga ?
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Post by flyernzl on Sept 16, 2009 21:55:52 GMT 12
One is on 26th August, the other on the 28th! but yes there is not a lot in it. I guess in many cases the answer is that the repainting of the signwriting on the actual aircraft limped a long way behind the company name change. I'm sure that there are still a couple of Fletchers around bearing remnants of James Aviation and Robertson Air Service markings. According to my records, ZK-BKH went to Aerodress Ltd., Dannevirke 3/3/1956, to Aerial Farming of NZ Ltd., Palmerston North 18/3/1960 and then owner changed to Aerial Farming (Holdings) Ltd. at a later date. ZK-BRU went to Aerodress Ltd. 30/5/1957 and then directly to Aerial Farming (Holdings) Ltd. later. Can't help you with the ID of the AF Cub, I guess they would have rotated them through? My only photo of ZK-BNP was taken at Masterton 22Jan1977 in her later glider towing days, white and blue at that time.  |
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Post by eieio on Sept 20, 2009 21:16:59 GMT 12
185skywagon..BTC remains recently was said to be somewhere at Hamilton... The big hangar at tauranga is gone.
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Post by 185skywagon on Sept 21, 2009 18:38:06 GMT 12
Oh ok thanks.
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Post by dave.k on Sept 30, 2009 20:33:18 GMT 12
BFV, Believe this is 180hp, used for glider towing at Omararma.  |
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Post by zkbhj on Jul 8, 2010 20:13:19 GMT 12
Taken november 2006  |
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Post by avagwhiz on Jul 9, 2010 12:25:57 GMT 12
Thomarse-Western AirSpray had a green and white spraying Cub at Wanganui mid60's.
I have a slide of it-sort of sea green rather than skyblue.BTI was the rego.Still looking for the b/w shots up in the roof somewhere.I know there are many of the cubs.
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Post by cessna180 on Jul 15, 2010 20:50:11 GMT 12
ZK BOY  |
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Post by thomarse on Feb 9, 2011 11:54:49 GMT 12
Any more ag-Cub shots anyone?
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Post by flyernzl on Feb 9, 2011 18:26:28 GMT 12
Give furyfb11 a rev.
He'll have plenty from the 1960s, used to live at Palmy.
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Post by furyfb11 on Feb 10, 2011 13:03:37 GMT 12
Yeah thanks Peter I'll have to start digging.
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Post by dakman on Feb 10, 2011 18:26:52 GMT 12
Hi Thomarse have been looking back through my cub pics from 1964 69
Wonder if your blue and white cub may be BRP.Have a BW pic of it at
Fielding OCT 1966 BW with full spray gear . It came to Masterton sans
ag gear in late 68 69 in a blue and white scheme later going to a red and
white scheme owned by Rik Homewood .Flew BNP too ??
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Post by dakman on Feb 10, 2011 18:37:43 GMT 12
Recall way back in 1966 Jeff Sayer in BNP climbed to over 30.000
feet over Masterton But not sure if was some record but hey
not bad for a Cub
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Post by thomarse on Feb 10, 2011 21:22:24 GMT 12
Re BNP, yep, flew her (towing and instructing - type and tow ratings) over there on a number of occasions between 1982 and her tragic demise 11/1/87.
Also flew BRP for a while in 1983 towing at Kaitoke, where of course she has now been resident for some years - if I'm not mistaken, she'd been back spraying with Rowley in between?
I guess she was Aerial Farmings? If so, I suspect she will be my Wanganui one. Standard 1957 scheme but blue/white, as was BNP in black/white.
I think that flight of Jeff's was a record, but maybe unofficial?
Interestingly, my 1957 Super Cub brochure states "Standard colors Daytona White with Cadillac Red" and doesn't list options. The Tripacer brochure for the same year lists a raft of optional colours, but black isn't one of them.
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Post by rhyno on Oct 29, 2011 19:12:43 GMT 12
Here is our cub that was lovingly restored over 5 years by my father and me (mostly him) and his band of helpers. It was formally owned by Jim Frogley Snr and then Chris Pask before heading up north,where my father found it and brought it. It has since been sold (bugger!) but It is now back in the Bay again! Rhyno Attachments:
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