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Post by phil82 on Jun 5, 2012 4:39:49 GMT 12
I recall that Albatross display..very graceful I thought, and an unusually good-looking aircraft from a Russian factory where the usual impression gained was that they made tractors one week and aircraft the next.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 5, 2012 8:47:23 GMT 12
Excellent photos Junior, and I love that story of powering up the cockpit too.
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Post by phil82 on Jun 5, 2012 13:03:39 GMT 12
Not Whenuapai but Ohakea and in similar vein...
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Post by phil82 on Jun 5, 2012 13:06:02 GMT 12
Air Force 1
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Post by phil82 on Jun 5, 2012 13:08:47 GMT 12
Air Force One
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Post by junior on Jun 5, 2012 14:11:00 GMT 12
Nice pics Phil82.... surprised the snipers on the roof didnt get you for pointing a camera at the Chiefs plane LOL
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Post by phil82 on Jun 5, 2012 15:01:13 GMT 12
I don't think they were as paranoid then as now, a few of us were even given the grand tour of Air Force One! Very posh indeed!
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Post by phil82 on Jun 5, 2012 15:06:09 GMT 12
USN Deep Freeze R4D
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Post by ngatimozart on Jun 5, 2012 16:41:02 GMT 12
There was a story floating around that when LBJ came out Air Force One flew out of OH with a kiwi painted high upon the tail.
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Post by junior on Jun 5, 2012 22:23:00 GMT 12
That wouldnt surprise me ngatimozart. As was common practice, stealth manouvers during the night would see most foreign visiting aircraft surrepticiously tagged somewhere. These ones were taken on Exercise Fleet Concentration Period 1/90. Me (in the cool aviators) and Noddy Sinclair tagged a visiting Kanuck Aurora.... and in a very prominent place and in broad daylight!..... coz thats how S&S rolls! Note someone had tagged the roundel already lol. Also note that the old tower is still there. .
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Post by beagle on Jun 5, 2012 22:24:41 GMT 12
Oh you naughty S&S boys
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Post by beagle on Jun 5, 2012 22:26:54 GMT 12
The aussies had one of their Herks in 40 Sqn hangar one night. "that was asking for it" when they left it was sporting a bright orange/red kiwi underneath about 6ft in dia
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 5, 2012 22:59:05 GMT 12
I'd love to see a photo of that one Beagle!
Great shots Junior. I really enjoy seeing these zaps.
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Post by zolteg on Jun 5, 2012 23:10:51 GMT 12
I seem to remember we put up the crew of that IL-76 in the old Vincent block. Rumour had it they stripped their rooms bare when they departed, and sundry wash basins, mattresses, light fittings etc had to be 'unloaded' from the IL-76 before the Russians were allowed to depart.
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Post by phil82 on Jun 5, 2012 23:23:26 GMT 12
I seem to remember we put up the crew of that IL-76 in the old Vincent block. Rumour had it they stripped their rooms bare when they departed, and sundry wash basins, mattresses, light fittings etc had to be 'unloaded' from the IL-76 before the Russians were allowed to depart. I had a 36 hour stopover in Moscow in 1975 and the signs were all there then of infrastructure failure. The system just wasn't working. I recall joining one very long queue outside a store simply to see what it was they were queuing for, and it turned out to be tinned fish: max two cans per customer!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 7, 2012 0:22:28 GMT 12
Vincent Block was a total dump when I lived there 1989-90. Nothing looked newer that 1960. And there were no washbasins in the rooms so they must have stripped the ablutions block if that rumour was true. Unless it has been completely remodelled by 1992?
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Post by pjw4118 on Feb 8, 2014 18:57:54 GMT 12
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Post by Andy Wright on Feb 10, 2014 10:27:50 GMT 12
Looking through photos for the B17 page, I found a few other unusual types shot at Whenuapai A mixture of White/National Library and Album photos What other unusual visitors has Whenuapai had over the years, perhaps a comment? Far out, Peter, you know how to get a bloke excited. Great photos! Thanks for taking the time to put them up.
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Post by pjw4118 on Feb 14, 2014 14:12:32 GMT 12
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Post by nuuumannn on Feb 14, 2014 15:57:02 GMT 12
Wow! fantastic photos, thanks for sharing them with us, Peter. Interesting to see the different Liberator variants. The second from top of the first lot is a Liberator II transport conversion, the Lib II was built especially for the British; it had no American equivalent and had Boulton Paul gun turrets and non-turbocharged engines; it was the first with the lengthened nose. Initial production Lib IIs were fitted with Curtiss Electric props, but this one has Ham Std Hydromatic ones. A number were converted as transports; you can see the plated over nose glazing and the bomb bay doors remain. The second to last pic is a Liberator C.IX transport.
The London Aero Motors Services Halton is interesting too.
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