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Post by ErrolC on May 17, 2014 16:08:26 GMT 12
Yes. Only a few minutes from the freeway, and you normally get a 15-25 min walkthrough by a volunteer. You can stand in the bomb-bay. Currently most of the turrets are on stands next to the fuse. They are using their Oxford bits as templates for a replica. I'd dearly love to see cockpit photos even if it has no gauges to be able to used on the internals of a Flightsim B-24 . My photo of the fairly complete Liberator cockpit is included at rnzaf.proboards.com/thread/21393/24-liberator-wirrabee-victoriaHere is their Oxford! Oxford remains by errolgc, on Flickr
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Post by Ian Warren on May 17, 2014 17:00:41 GMT 12
Crikey .. where do you start! Just shows the talent out there when deciding to take on a build project like this, at least the Wigram aircraft was a little more intact.
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Post by corsairarm on May 18, 2014 9:02:51 GMT 12
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Post by vs on May 18, 2014 10:14:24 GMT 12
wow…that looks amazing! Is it very complete inside? Are there any plans to get another Seasprite as the new ones arrive?
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Post by corsairarm on May 18, 2014 12:48:21 GMT 12
Didn't get to stick my head inside and I don't have any pictures to post so can't say. Perhaps some other forum member got some photos that they may like to post. Seasprite? Don doesn't have one of those. The helicopter you see is a Wasp.
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Post by Ian Warren on May 18, 2014 13:57:24 GMT 12
and Dons is even more so. Amazing what pops out off the woodwork so to speak, amazing to see how intact or appears the perspex nose is by compare to the rest of the aircraft, I would have thought that would have stained over time.
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Post by beagle on May 31, 2014 16:30:17 GMT 12
never been to Don's place, so is that a Canberra there
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Post by komata on May 31, 2014 17:56:41 GMT 12
Beagle
Thanks for asking if that is a Canberra 'lurking' in the background.
The answer is no, it looks like a Meteor variant, and because it's carrying TT markings, it is either an (F)TT Mk. 8, a TT Mk.20 or an NF 14.T. It's definitely not a Canberra, as it's too small, the wing is placed too low on the fuselage and the geometry of the main undercarriage assembly is definitely 'Meteor'.
Hope this helps.
BTW: Does anyone know the significance of the legend 'L.J.B. Aramoho' on the Oxford? Was it applied by the RNZAF or does it have some 'civilian' relevance?
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Post by baz62 on May 31, 2014 18:05:29 GMT 12
BTW: Does anyone know the significance of the legend 'L.J.B. Aramoho' on the Oxford? Was it applied by the RNZAF or does it have some 'civilian' relevance? Was that who it was sold to post war?
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 31, 2014 18:23:56 GMT 12
It's a night fighter Meteor. NF.11 perhaps from memory?
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Post by komata on May 31, 2014 18:39:09 GMT 12
Thanks Dave. If it one of the night fighter versions, it would therefore be either a TT Mk.20 (conversion of an NF.11) or an NF.14T (conversion of an NF.14) sub-version. These were conversions of the Night Fighter types built by Armstrong Whitworth Ltd.
Can anyone confirm the variant that Subritsky's own?
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Post by ErrolC on May 31, 2014 18:58:38 GMT 12
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Post by komata on May 31, 2014 19:56:52 GMT 12
Thanks Errol
WD767 is an Armstrong Whitworth-built Meteor TT.MK.20, an NF.11 conversion, and is one of the 'framed-canopy' NF Meteor's. Her first flight was in 26 May 1952.
Hope this helps.
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Post by shorty on May 31, 2014 21:51:13 GMT 12
LJB Aramaho is the guy who bought it post war
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Post by baronbeeza on May 31, 2014 21:58:06 GMT 12
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Post by ZacYates on Jun 1, 2014 19:20:58 GMT 12
Aramoho being the north-western suburb of Wanganui :-)
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Post by komata on Jun 1, 2014 19:31:19 GMT 12
ZacYates Thanks - I knew that . . . Not sure where it would have been 'demobbed' but towing a (presumably) 'wingless' Oxford (possibly from Ohakea) would have no doubt been an interesting exercise, especially over metalled roads, and around very tight corners....
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Post by camtech on Jun 2, 2014 17:44:00 GMT 12
NZ1332 is recorded as being sold to J Gould, and was sold at Woodbourne
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Post by komata on Jun 2, 2014 17:49:08 GMT 12
Camtch
Thanks. Therefore J Gould was not 'L.J.B. Aramaho', and Woodbourne is a little distance from Aramaho (with some water in the way, just to complicate things).
Do we have a 'minor mystery' here? 'In service' or 'In storage' graffiti perhaps?
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Post by baronbeeza on Jun 2, 2014 18:29:30 GMT 12
This from Dave Homewood on that previous thread.
I thought they decided it came from a Mr Bergersen that lived at Aramaho.
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