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Post by Dave Homewood on May 8, 2011 18:45:01 GMT 12
This just in from the Classic Flyers Museum:  |
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Post by jonesy on May 9, 2011 16:35:19 GMT 12
Its a good idea, and I'm signing up for it. Hell, I'll even pop in once a fortnight to give it a clean! Only need 500 to join up.
BTW, what are any other organisations doing in the same situation?
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Post by Officer Crabtree on May 9, 2011 17:16:10 GMT 12
$60? Heck, even I could afford that! I am going to try this!
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Post by ZacYates on May 9, 2011 19:55:08 GMT 12
I am quite keen on this, their website wasn't updated to reflect this as of last night though. Do you have bank details, Dave?
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 9, 2011 20:00:48 GMT 12
No I don't. Send them an email.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 10, 2011 21:54:39 GMT 12
Classic Flyers' coup for aeroplane buffs
9th June 2011
People will be able to go and watch the Classic Flyers' Skyhawk being reassembled once it has been delivered in September. Photo / File. When an ex-RNZAF Skyhawk fighter is delivered to the Classic Flyers aviation museum in September, visitors will be able to watch as the 1960s-era aircraft is re-assembled.
Classic Flyers chief executive Andrew Gormlie says some aircraft now in the organisation's hangar will be temporarily moved, and an area cordoned off, where air force engineers will put the jet back together again.
It will be delivered to Tauranga in pieces in a convoy of five or six large trucks, but will take just a week to 10 days to rebuild, Mr Gormlie says.
"We will have it in the main hall and people will be able to come and watch as the air force engineers put it back together in front of them."
Seventeen of the jets have been in storage at the RNZAF's Woodbourne base since they were decommissioned by the Government back in 2001.
Their sale to an American buyer fell through, and some will now be displayed at aviation museums around the country.
Classic Flyers is getting a particularly significant Skyhawk.
Number 01, it was the first to be delivered to 75 Squadron and is in pretty good order, Mr Gormlie says.
"It's been a bit of a coup for us being able to get it."
Three weeks ago Classic Flyers embarked on a fundraising project to raise the $30,000 required to cover the cost of dismantling the fighter, trucking it to Mount Maunganui and rebuilding it.
About $5000 has been raised so far through a combination of public and business sponsorship.
In return for a minimum $60 contribution, donors get Classic Flyers membership, a certificate, a photo of the Skyhawk and an invite to a special function which will be held to mark its arrival.
In the meantime, museum volunteers are making good progress on another exciting project.
It's another rebuild involving a former air force fighter, but a much older one - a Kittyhawk P42, as used by the RNZAF in the Pacific during World War Two.
Being built largely from spare parts from an aircraft restorer, the project has reached the halfway stage, Mr Gormlie says.
It will join other aircraft in the Classic Flyers main hall as a static display.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 10, 2011 21:55:26 GMT 12
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Post by oggie2620 on Jun 11, 2011 5:00:24 GMT 12
Dont have £60 to spare at the moment but if I did I would be donating. Perhaps will visit them in March next year when I come to NZ!
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Post by ZacYates on Jun 12, 2011 16:51:04 GMT 12
And they're getting a P-42? How come we hadn't heard of this before now? ;-)
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Post by baz62 on Jun 12, 2011 17:53:14 GMT 12
And they're getting a P-42? How come we hadn't heard of this before now? ;-) Yeah a 2 seat P40. Come on Zac where've you been? mars? ;D ;D ;D |
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