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Post by Luther Moore on Sept 4, 2012 17:14:36 GMT 12
Just thinking today how much I love and love learning about the 60's,although I wasn't there at the time.If you could go back in time, what era would you go back to and why?
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Post by beagle on Sept 4, 2012 17:35:06 GMT 12
sleep
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Post by Luther Moore on Sept 4, 2012 18:52:59 GMT 12
Ahh The dream time..
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Sept 4, 2012 20:12:01 GMT 12
Hah! Beagle you crack me up. Aviation-wise I love the 'golden age' '50s and '60s. So much growth and development. Ahh brand spanking new Cessna 180s even at aeroclub level... sigh
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Post by Luther Moore on Sept 4, 2012 20:25:19 GMT 12
The 50's also when the Huey was born.
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Post by TS on Sept 4, 2012 21:17:21 GMT 12
Rukuhia!!!! after the war and stash away as many airframes as poss. Knowing what we all know now that would have your finances sorted out when you fastward as long as you remember where you put them and of cause nobody else has found them.... minor detail...  |
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Post by jonesy on Sept 5, 2012 0:54:48 GMT 12
Knowing what we all know now that would have your finances sorted out when you fastward as long as you remember where you put them and of cause nobody else has found them.... minor detail... I cant remember where I put the house keys sometime..and thats just from last nite.....how the hell could I remember where I buried that secret stash of Merlins and assorted parts? ;D |
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Post by expatkiwi on Sept 5, 2012 2:12:33 GMT 12
Aviation-wise, the '60's. Personal-wise, the eighties.
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Post by phil82 on Sept 5, 2012 4:59:23 GMT 12
Ah..the 'swingin' sixties' , all that free love, flowers in the hair stuff. New Zealand was a very different place then. You wouldn't have been able to buy a new Cessna, or a new car for that matter unless you were in possession of the magic 'overseas funds', and in the case of new cars, they were virtually rationed and you needed both those overseas funds and a trade-in before a car dealer would talk to you. Cow cockies always seemed to find a way of course!
Nobody went on their 'OE" by air, it was all ships, and multi -berth cabins. International air travel was not only expensive but no where near as frequent. A BOAC Comet from Whenuapai took four days to get to the UK!
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Post by TS on Sept 5, 2012 9:14:20 GMT 12
Nobody went on their 'OE" by air, it was all ships, and multi -birth cabins. International air travel was not only expensive but no where near as frequent. A BOAC Comet from Whenuapai took four days to get to the UK! To add to this how about the Fifties? Being on the Coral route in ZK.AMO or alike, now that would be a great experience.... who needs the need for speed there....  |
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Post by TS on Sept 5, 2012 9:16:15 GMT 12
Knowing what we all know now that would have your finances sorted out when you fastward as long as you remember where you put them and of cause nobody else has found them.... minor detail... I cant remember where I put the house keys sometime..and thats just from last nite.....how the hell could I remember where I buried that secret stash of Merlins and assorted parts? ;D I hear ya!!!!! ;D ;D |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 5, 2012 12:15:43 GMT 12
For me it would have to be the early 1940's. The aeroplanes around then like the Kittyhawks, Hudsons, Corsairs, Venturas, Vincents, Baffins, Express and Empires - wow. And not only that but the people were great then too, the greatest generation. I think I'd head for 1941 thanks, armed with my camera and video camera.
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Post by Luther Moore on Sept 5, 2012 20:06:39 GMT 12
For me it would have to be the early 1940's. I'd head for 1941 thanks, armed with my camera and video camera. You would probably have been thrown in jail and tried for being some sort of high tech spy ;D |
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Post by The Red Baron on Sept 5, 2012 20:16:57 GMT 12
The '60s...one TV channel that came on 2pm and knocked off at 10pm...you picked up the phone and the whole neighbourhood was on the line...yeehaa those were the days.
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Post by ngatimozart on Sept 5, 2012 20:44:09 GMT 12
Yep definitely the 60s. Space race was on and aviation was advancing fast.
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Post by corsair67 on Sept 5, 2012 22:44:23 GMT 12
Any time up to 1493 - back in the good old days when you could burn a witch at the drop of a hat!  Nowdays, we make them Prime Ministers! ;D |
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Post by jonesy on Sept 5, 2012 22:53:11 GMT 12
Any time up to 1493 - back in the good old days when you could burn a witch at the drop of a hat! Nowdays, we make them Prime Ministers! ;D Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha....got rid of the NZ one, just gotta ditch this Aussie one now... |
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Post by Tony on Sept 5, 2012 23:06:02 GMT 12
Late Fifties - early Sixties.
When I really became interested in aviation.
I post a new thread with my musings such as they were,
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Post by Bruce on Sept 5, 2012 23:25:24 GMT 12
The 1960s I think, when flying was cheap and the likes of the Space programme allowed people to dream big and think that anything was possible. Dreaming big isnt allowed nowadays...
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Post by strikemaster on Sept 6, 2012 0:13:38 GMT 12
Any time up to 1493 - back in the good old days when you could burn a witch at the drop of a hat! Nowdays, we make them Prime Ministers! ;D Ah, yes, but how do you know she was a witch? She did neuter the Air Force and it still hasn't got better  Early 80's, back home. Skyhawks, Strikemasters and other assortments flying over the house. Iroquois landing in the back paddock for a free ride and surveying and Scorpion tanks in the driveway. I shit you not. The good ole days, indeed. To be fair, I'd have been all over the 40's. When aircraft had real style. |
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