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Post by corsair67 on Feb 8, 2013 18:12:19 GMT 12
A mate of mine is a sales rep who does quite a bit of travelling around the South Island. Anyway, to cut a long story short - he rang me this afternoon to say that while he was on the road this morning not far out of Wanaka, he passed a large truck that was carrying what appeared to his eyes to be the Hurricane - in a disassembled state and covered in plastic!!!! At first I thought he was pulling my leg - but he's 99.9% sure that what he saw was actually what-he-saw. While I wouldn't necessarily trust him to be able to differentiate between an F-14 and an F-15 - he certainly does know what a Hurricane looks like. Can anyone here confirm this?
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Post by ZacYates on Feb 8, 2013 20:51:46 GMT 12
Well I wouldn't be surprised as it has been for sale for some time. If so, I hope it will fly again rather than be grounded.
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Post by vs on Feb 8, 2013 21:07:06 GMT 12
Bit of a bummer for all the guys who worked on it
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Post by TS on Feb 8, 2013 21:15:18 GMT 12
I agree with that. Lets all hope she stays in good old NZ, and gets another new lease of life.. you never know Would be a shame if she ends up in a museum ( Static). AGAIN...
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 8, 2013 21:36:37 GMT 12
A - it has been static in a museum for years
B- don't count on it staying in NZ, that's hugely unlikely after the long period it has been for sale
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Post by beagle on Feb 8, 2013 21:54:50 GMT 12
there is lotto tomorrow night
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 8, 2013 22:06:10 GMT 12
Winning lotto means nothing if it's already sold beagle. And as it's on its way to a port by the sound of things, then you might as well buy something else. Mosquito?
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Post by DragonflyDH90 on Feb 9, 2013 8:25:29 GMT 12
The other thing is if it were going to a collector somewhere else in NZ chances are it would fly there, by the information that it has been disassembled I would guess it is of overseas somwhere. If going to a museum it would be a very, very expensive purchase for static and I certainly can't imagine it as a lone airframe as it was a fairly big drawcard at the new museum in Wanaka.
Sad news indeed and very covert to avoid public backlash I would guess.
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Post by aeromedia on Feb 9, 2013 8:39:06 GMT 12
When I last saw it, in the new museum at Wanaka, I did a double take. It didn't look like what I remembered. I kept going back to it and my wife remarked the same. It looked like (and this is going to sound weird), someone had replaced the original with a good but not great, mock up. It's perplexed me ever since. Had it got that tired?
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Post by McFly on Feb 9, 2013 8:39:45 GMT 12
Perhaps it might be this one....?? Just saying... Warbirds and Wheels Collections - www.warbirdsandwheels.co.nz/warbirds-and-wheels-collections/warbirdsHAWKER HURRICANE
The Hurricane is the unsung hero of the Battle of Britain and one of the most versatile fighters of World War II. It was the first eight gun monoplane fighter to be produced by Britain and the first fighter to exceed 300 mph. Test flown on November 6, 1935, the Hurricane was exceptionally manoeuvrable with tight turning radii and excellent gun aiming stability.
From the outset of World War II, the Hurricane proved its mettle. Thirty squadrons underpinned RAF Fighter Command successes. Hurricanes served in France before and during the German Blitzkrieg, were prominent at Dunkirk and in the closing stages of the Battle of France. A squadron was based at Narvik during the last stages of the Norwegian Campaign. Aircraft from this squadron were lost when the carrier HMS Glorious was sunk. Hurricanes were the nemesis of the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain and were particularly effective against the Messerschmitt Bf110 heavy fighter.
This replica plane has been kindly supplied by Sir Peter Jackson.
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Post by aeromedia on Feb 9, 2013 8:41:27 GMT 12
Was the truck pointing towards Temora? Haha
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Post by aeromedia on Feb 9, 2013 8:43:35 GMT 12
Thanks McFly. Explains everything.
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Post by aeromedia on Feb 9, 2013 8:53:39 GMT 12
Had no idea that replica existed. But then, who really knows what else is ferreted away out there, apart from multiple Lancasters stored in multiple containers. I looked over under and around that Hurricane at the time. Did my head in.
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Post by ErrolC on Feb 9, 2013 8:55:39 GMT 12
Was the truck pointing towards Temora? Haha That would be one of the better realistic outcomes from NZers' POV.
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Post by aeromedia on Feb 9, 2013 8:59:48 GMT 12
I'd be absolutely delighted if that we're to be the case. But I'm not sure just how high on David Lowy's priority list, a Hurricane might be? But no harm in wishing eh?
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Post by aeromedia on Feb 9, 2013 9:07:15 GMT 12
Whilst the Hurricane is blowing strongly on this thread, perhaps it's a good time to come up with the relatively short, but definitive list of those who flew it here. From first flight, to date. I know Steve Taylor flew it towards the end. Can we assemble a list? Stu Goldspink? John Lamont. Did Keith ever fly it?
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 9, 2013 9:24:49 GMT 12
Stu certainly flew it at WoW 2006 with Nigel Lamb in the Spitfire.
Tom Middleton was also rated on it from memory. I'm pretty sure Keith Skilling has flown it, yes.
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Post by aeromedia on Feb 9, 2013 10:39:56 GMT 12
If it was going offshore, would it be reasonable to assume it would have been containerised at Wanaka?
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Post by JamesStokes on Feb 9, 2013 10:46:53 GMT 12
Keith flew it at Wanaka in 2000 I believe, I know for certain that he did display it, whether WoW2000 or not I am not sure. He may have done test flying too.
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Post by TS on Feb 9, 2013 11:03:17 GMT 12
If it was going offshore, would it be reasonable to assume it would have been containerised at Wanaka? Thats a very valid comment, they don't need to road freight it to CHCH then containerise, so the plot thickens..........
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