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Post by corsair5517 on Jan 18, 2013 22:32:53 GMT 12
 ... it's in here somewhere, chaps!!  Found! Even when we KNEW where it was, it took quite some finding, making me believe that if NZ5517 is to be found, it'll be by accident!  In a big cargo net  Smoke for the helo...  ... the cavalry arrive!  .. and out it goes, leaving us to walk the 3 and a bit hours out!  ... the guys who went in.  Concorde at Chch airport. NASAs flying telescope - a C141A - was there too, and I got a look through that! |
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Post by Ykato on Jan 19, 2013 12:17:24 GMT 12
Thanks for shareing the pics cheers  . |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 22, 2013 7:50:41 GMT 12
Where did the wreckage go to, Wigram?
I have heard all about Little Malaya but seeing it really brings home how much it does look like tropical jungle. Hard to believe its in cold old Canterbury.
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Post by mit on Jan 22, 2013 8:30:47 GMT 12
Which Auster is this?
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Jan 22, 2013 9:45:55 GMT 12
Makes Baz's find look like new!
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Post by corsair5517 on Jan 22, 2013 10:02:49 GMT 12
What I was told all those years ago was that it was parked in a tree in the late 50s/early 60s on an Army co-op exercise - I shall check with a colleague - and yes; the wreckage went to Wigram, though I took a small piece of wing leading edge as a souvenir!
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Post by Peter Lewis on Jan 22, 2013 10:57:27 GMT 12
Auster J-5 NZ1703 Cr in bush Eyre River area, Oxford, 20Aug59. Pilots Lts Andrews & Brown. Before: When was the recovery carried out? |
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Post by baz62 on Jan 22, 2013 11:57:17 GMT 12
Man that is a wreck alright. Was it a fatal accident? I got a late Xmas present from my brother in law. The pictorial history of the Auster (came from Amazon in the US!) and it shows a photo of an early Auster which crashed. The fuselage was perfectly straight from the tail right up to the doors and then the front was all pushed in and up so it must have gone in near vertical but a lot faster than BRA did.
Not a pretty sight to see here. I wonder if I have any bits off her? I have a "boot" cowl that is camoflaged that is off an ex RNZAF Auster which is reasonably straight and which i'm giving to Anthony for his T7 at least as a pattern plus various electrical bits and bobs that might be military.
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Post by corsair5517 on Jan 22, 2013 15:19:59 GMT 12
Recovery in 88 or 89.
No, I don't think it was a fatal; it was very low and very slow and just sort-of fell into a tree from what I was told!! The pilots I believe were Army blokes on a photo exercise and they both got out OK. I'm also sure that the engine and one or two other bits were salvaged at the time.
Once again, I'm dredging my memory here and the info I'm remembering may well be apocryphal!! Besides, that particular organ is prone to failure nowadays and probably needs re-booting!!
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Post by htbrst on Jan 22, 2013 15:59:51 GMT 12
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Post by ngatimozart on Jan 22, 2013 17:16:53 GMT 12
When I was at 3TTS in 1975 we got 'volunteered' to go walkabout in Little Malaya. Was summer and persisited down. Used half parachutes as bivvies. Great fun.
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