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Post by Peter Lewis on Sept 2, 2012 21:34:12 GMT 12
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Sept 2, 2012 21:39:05 GMT 12
NZ2539....is that the Avenger that used to be in the kids' playground in the park at Havelock North?
If so, I used to play in it when I was a kid.
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Post by Peter Lewis on Sept 2, 2012 22:27:48 GMT 12
NZ2539 - Sold Waitomo Aviation 23Sep59; resold to Hastings Jaycees, arr 24Aug65 for Havelock North playground, to K Jacobs of Auckland
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 3, 2012 21:29:16 GMT 12
look at the massive job that has been ongoing for some years now at MOTAT to repair their Avenger, which was reasonably intact and sound when they began, and you will realise there is no hope whatsoever for NZ2539. Buy a new one if you want a flyer or decent museum piece.
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Post by jp on Jul 12, 2017 18:40:06 GMT 12
hmmmmm....don't tell Classic Flyers....
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Jul 12, 2017 19:15:11 GMT 12
LOL!!!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 12, 2017 19:27:13 GMT 12
Shoosh the lot of you!!
I'm off to the naughty corner for being short sighted.
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Post by planewriting on Jul 12, 2017 23:27:55 GMT 12
Yep Dave, you've been sin binned for ten minutes and without any referral to the TMO (French, Australian or anywhere else), off you go...
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 12, 2017 23:57:27 GMT 12
My prediction was
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Post by ZacYates on Jul 13, 2017 9:59:05 GMT 12
A big lack of foresight! Very big! YUGE! look at the massive job that has been ongoing for some years now at MOTAT to repair their Avenger, which was reasonably intact and sound when they began, and you will realise there is no hope whatsoever for NZ2539. Buy a new one if you want a flyer or decent museum piece. Would I get banned for putting this as my new signature?
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 13, 2017 10:27:05 GMT 12
Yes!!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 13, 2017 10:27:48 GMT 12
I still think it will probably be more economic to buy a flying example, they are not that expensive.
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Post by baz62 on Jul 13, 2017 13:44:03 GMT 12
I still think it will probably be more economic to buy a flying example It would have course have to be a TBM-3 since there are no flying TBFs sadly but I agree Dave you spend a hell of a lot of money buying and overhauling missing parts and dealing with corrosion (especially for something that's been in outside storage). As an example I read on WIX from a T6 owner saying he had spent hundreds of thousands of US dollars on everything from the firewall forward because the project he bought was missing everything firewall forward. And thats not counting overhauling everything firewall back!His advice but a complete aeroplane (something I didn't do with the Auster Yes if I wanted an Avenger (and wasn't filthy rich) I'd buy one already flying too or at least all there.
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Post by TS on Jul 13, 2017 15:30:36 GMT 12
But they don't want it to fly and the labour is voluntary so it still should be cheaper to just stick together with a less exspensive aluminium than getting an airworthy one wouldn't it? just sayin....
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Post by baz62 on Jul 13, 2017 15:52:21 GMT 12
I think Dave means if it was to be restored to fly, at least that was the point of my post.
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Post by shorty on Jul 13, 2017 15:54:59 GMT 12
All you need is a data plate!
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Post by chbessexboy on Jul 13, 2017 17:58:10 GMT 12
I still think it will probably be more economic to buy a flying example, they are not that expensive. But the point is that this is an RNZAF survivor isn't it? I have often thought that if I were in a position to buy a warbird, an Avenger would be a good choice for all sorts of practical reasons - but to own an ex-RNZAF one is surely impossible. I am surprised at some of the comments aired here about NZ2539's worthiness to deserve restoration. I'd be happy to see it preserved even as a static - and If I lived closer I would be volunteering my time to see that achieved. Despite the lack of protection over the last 50 years, it is remarkable that it has survived in a structurally sound state at all. A fantastic start to a rebuild to any stage.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 13, 2017 18:34:52 GMT 12
Yes, yes, it is fantastic that the museum has stepped up to do this,and I doubt anyone else in the country could and world have. A genuine RNZAF example is to be saved, great.
There are actually apparently still other ex-RNZAF ones existing, apart from the four in Museums. You just need the where-withall to go get them. They are sitting in the jungle with some RNZAF Corsairs, apparently.
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Post by jp on Jul 13, 2017 21:06:46 GMT 12
I've heard of those...they are right next to the 50 carefully crated and preserved Spitfires.......
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 14, 2017 8:50:41 GMT 12
When the info comes from a man who has made a successful lifelong career of recovering and restoring aeroplanes from the Pacific, it's worth listening to.
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