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Post by mstokes on Sept 23, 2012 1:07:25 GMT 12
Hi all, Just placed onto YouTube is 'Land From the Sky', historical film about topdressing in the great prose and unscripted style of the NFU  Boring things like avengers in target towing colours spreading fert won't interest some  but still nice to see where some of the stills from the early top dressers came from |
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Post by obiwan27 on Sept 23, 2012 17:06:22 GMT 12
Nice, and featuring NZ2504 (the Avenger on display at the Air Force Museum) to boot!!!
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Post by corsair67 on Sept 23, 2012 17:56:12 GMT 12
Fantastic! |
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Post by Bruce on Sept 23, 2012 21:04:30 GMT 12
Also has Ag-Dak ZK-AZL doing some impressive work!
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Post by The Red Baron on Sept 26, 2012 15:47:18 GMT 12
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Post by ngatimozart on Sept 26, 2012 17:18:02 GMT 12
Brilliant. I was bought up in an area in Aastern Southland with topdressing airstrip about mile and a half away. My first flight was at age 4 in a Tiger Moth from the airstrip circa 1961. My old man said he could hear me screaming from the ground  I haven't seen "Land From The Sky" before and it's brillant. I'll watch the Barons two later. |
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Post by baz62 on Sept 26, 2012 17:22:06 GMT 12
Interesting that the Avenger changed paint schemes from the earlier blue with yellow tail for the actual topdressing trials to the later 1950s silver with yellow and black stripes. Obviously filmed after the paint scheme change.
EDIT: I also note what looks like the remains of the RNZAF stripe on the Dakota top dresser?
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Post by kiwipathfinder89 on Sept 29, 2012 19:45:59 GMT 12
Fantastic footage! |
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Post by mstokes on Sept 29, 2012 23:11:17 GMT 12
On te avengers Baz, there were 3 attached to the RNZAF trials and one suffered a collapsed undercarriage very early on and was WFU after the accident. That probably accounts for the scheme differences you see in the footage.
I can't remember if there were any austers in that footage... That would certainly be neat to see.
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Post by fadge on Oct 21, 2012 18:40:00 GMT 12
Was good to see Bob Scott, Jack Roberts and Alan Nicholas in that footage.
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Post by The Red Baron on Oct 21, 2012 19:41:57 GMT 12
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Post by starr on Oct 22, 2012 11:41:48 GMT 12
I agree with you John. Good to see those 3 in action. Alan Nicholas used to share his time between Rotorua and Ardmore. He used to fly over our house each day when coming home to, as he said; To check in at Headquarters. His brother Greg had a sign writing business in Papakura.
As to seeing AZL sowing lime on the Rukuhia swamp, my Great Grandfather would probably have a fit if he could see what has happened to that area. He at one time owned the whole of the Swamp, but had to walk off because he could not make any money out of it.
Jack Humphries and Jack Priest hold the record for tonnes sown in AZL which was on the Swamp. A short day from what I have been told. Total tonnage for the day was 310.
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Post by spongebob206 on Oct 22, 2012 12:04:56 GMT 12
Awesome link Thanks |
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Post by baz62 on Oct 23, 2012 11:52:15 GMT 12
On te avengers Baz, there were 3 attached to the RNZAF trials and one suffered a collapsed undercarriage very early on and was WFU after the accident. That probably accounts for the scheme differences you see in the footage. I can't remember if there were any austers in that footage... That would certainly be neat to see. Correct but both ground shot and air shots were NZ2504. And i did see an Auster.....I think. ;D |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 23, 2012 13:05:11 GMT 12
That Land From The Sky film is really fantastic. Some brilliant footage there.
Was the main character there who was telling the story really an ag pilot or just an actor?
The re-enactment of the Avenger trials is great, it must have been among the last flights for RNZAF Avengers making that film? I realise some of it was genuine 1940's footage of course.
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Post by baz62 on Oct 23, 2012 17:45:12 GMT 12
Yes it must have been close Dave. NZ2504's last flight was 1959 and she was the last one. When did they stop flying NZ2527? NZ2503 of course ended up in the water. However i was at the RNZAF archives at Wigram looking at photos of the Avengers and saw a photo of NZ2503 after they recovered her from the sea. She was sitting on her belly with engine cowlings removed (maybe trying to see what caused the accident?)
Yes a very neat film and great to see one of my favorite aircraft in it!
(Avenger not the other one.......)
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but still nice to see where some of the stills from the early top dressers came from
I haven't seen "Land From The Sky" before and it's brillant. I'll watch the Barons two later.
