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Post by jonesy on Apr 20, 2012 11:33:58 GMT 12
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Post by jonesy on Apr 20, 2012 11:36:03 GMT 12
This is the farm as viewed from SH 1 on the Kapiti Coast, very thick fog on that day made searching impossible.  |
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Post by jonesy on Apr 20, 2012 11:40:14 GMT 12
Fast foward to '88, photos by me...Bits recovered with help from 3 Sqn. Most (or all) smaller bits had been plundered over the years. Tailplane:  Thats Kapiti Island in the background. Truckload of bits (possibly engine?)  Another shot of the tail.  |
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Post by jonesy on Apr 20, 2012 11:41:50 GMT 12
We're interested to hear from anyone involved with or having pics of the Hudson that these bits may have ended up on.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 20, 2012 12:10:39 GMT 12
Fascinating stuff. So I assume the tail ended up on NZ2013, at Wigram?
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Post by gunny on Apr 21, 2012 2:58:03 GMT 12
WOW jonesy that is as they say "close to home" really bad pun intended, is that what got you into this as a hobby? (for want of a better word)
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Post by jonesy on Apr 21, 2012 11:32:05 GMT 12
WOW jonesy that is as they say "close to home" really bad pun intended, is that what got you into this as a hobby? (for want of a better word) A little. I guess its in the blood a bit too. Dad flew Mosquitoes for the Pathfinders in WW2, and my grandfather was in WW1. The only time I was in conflict was during Gulf War 1, when I guarded the 2 Sqn hangar as best I could whilst under the influence of alcohol  ! |
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Post by Peter Lewis on Apr 21, 2012 18:32:14 GMT 12
Very interesting old photos. Instrument approaches were certainly very risky in those days. One small point, however - the Lodestar involved was ZK-AKX 'Kereru' not ZK-AHX 'Karoro'. See: aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19490318-0Newspapers in those days were no more reliable than now! ZK-AHX survived its NZ service and went back to the USA in 1952 as N4636V, later N171Q, finally being cancelled from the USA register 9Dec64. We're interested to hear from anyone . . . having pics of the Hudson that these bits may have ended up on. Certainly Sir - NXZ2013 at Wigram January 2011:  |
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Post by jonesy on Apr 21, 2012 20:04:41 GMT 12
Yes indeed, I've changed the header to read accordingly, looks like the first reports wrongly named it, with later ones correcting it. Interesting to read the planes sent up for the initial search when it was first called overdue- 2 Austers, 2 Harvards and 4 Mosquitoes! That alone wouldve been a sight and a half! Imagine seeing that today...  I've got a whole shopping bag full of newspaper clippings from the incident. Thats a beaut pic of the completed Hudson, good to know the parts may have helped in its restoration. We had the main door in our woolshed during the 70's whilst I was growing up on the farm, but it disappeared when we moved. I was told that a couple of guys carried out the main part of the nosewheel and strut assembly back to Te Horo-no mean feat, through rugged hill country wouldve taken them quite some time! I might chuck a few more pics up when I get back home, theres a few interesting ones there. Speaking of pictures, a press guy took pictures of the recovery in 88 and I've got the proofs of them, theyre not negatives, but little black and white pictures, all on one or 2 sheets. Does anybody know how I can get these scanned to save them? they show RNZAF personnel from Shelly Bay that were involved and I'd be interested if anyone would recognise them. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 22, 2012 11:25:02 GMT 12
If you have a decent scanner that can scan at large dpi and also at bigger percentage you should be able to get fairly good scans of the proofs. If you haven't, get in touch, I could do it.
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Post by baz62 on Apr 22, 2012 13:29:12 GMT 12
I was told that a couple of guys carried out the main part of the nosewheel and strut assembly back to Te Horo-no mean feat, through rugged hill country wouldve taken them quite some time! Tailwheel I think you meant.  |
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Post by jonesy on Apr 22, 2012 16:00:47 GMT 12
Doh! yep typo on my part.... of course!
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