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Post by baz62 on Dec 23, 2014 20:43:44 GMT 12
As mentioned in the thread started about George Jaunzemis here is the first video. This was actually Super 8mm film (with no sound sadly) I took during the mid 1980s and this one in particular is a snapshot of the Air Force Mueseum's aircraft collection at the time. You will note the TBF has no engine installed. This had been removed and sent to Woodbourne for possible repair but as it turned out this was a wasted effort as it came back untouched and went back in the aircraft for Prince Charles and Lady Diana's visit in 1983. George is a bit hard to make out but he is driving the big forklift in one part. And in the scene folding the Bristol Freighter's tail he can be seen in the flying jacket helping bring it down.
One of the films has some good shots of the combined Red Checkers and Harvard NZ1015 display at Wigram for the Royal couples visit and others have some Wings and Wheels footage from other years including Strikemasters, Skyhawk, Hercules and Orion.
Now these were fairly random films so there is some family stuff in amongst it all. God knows why I filmed my Mum and my brothers German Shepard!! And most horrible of all is Obiwan27 (my brother Ken for those who don't know)wearing short shorts. My eyes my eyes!
I would recommend clicking on the Youtube icon to watch it on Youtube then watching in Theater mode as going full screen is quite grainy. Anyway have a look and I'll gradually upload the others over the next few days.
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Post by baz62 on Dec 23, 2014 21:04:14 GMT 12
Just noticed that Obiwan27 is shown unscrewing a panel on the tail of the Bristol Freighter.
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Post by lumpy on Dec 23, 2014 21:16:16 GMT 12
Great footage Baz . Love the step ladder on the fork lift ! ( no comment on Ken's shorts )!
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Post by baronbeeza on Dec 23, 2014 21:52:44 GMT 12
Who belonged to the Beetle ?
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Post by obiwan27 on Dec 24, 2014 9:24:57 GMT 12
That is George's vehicle. It had a bumper sticker on it "I love Lativia", if I recall correctly. We got a heck of a surprise one Sunday afternoon when we walked into his office in 7 hangar. George was on the phone talking to someone and we couldn't understand a word he was saying.
It was the first time we came to know of his origins, although the story, as we have all came to know eventually, was quite a lot more than what we knew then.
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Post by obiwan27 on Dec 24, 2014 9:26:00 GMT 12
Great footage Baz . Love the step ladder on the fork lift ! ( no comment on Ken's shorts )! It was the eighties bro!! ;-) |
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Post by obiwan27 on Dec 24, 2014 9:41:45 GMT 12
 In this screenshot of the tail removal process, I can spot Hamish Kim, George, Brendon Pett and Alex Warriner. Alex is holding the rod that was used to support the vertical stabiliser during the folding process. Hamish and George had the hardest part, removing the rudder. I remember them saying it was jolly heavy!! |
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Post by obiwan27 on Dec 24, 2014 9:44:47 GMT 12
God knows why I filmed my Mum and my brothers German Shepard!! And most horrible of all is Obiwan27 (my brother Ken for those who don't know)wearing short shorts. My eyes my eyes! Dear Baz, there's this thing called video editing software. Regards, your younger brother. |
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Post by baz62 on Dec 24, 2014 14:30:59 GMT 12
Dear Obiwan. Why would I miss an opportunity to take the mickey out of my younger brother? Regards Your older (and wiser) brother  |
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Post by xbaggy on Dec 24, 2014 14:31:38 GMT 12
Does anybody know about the folding tail. I worked at ARS, Number 1 Repair Depot, doing Major Servicings on the Freighter and never saw a tail being folded. Love the video worked with George when he was in the engine bay at ARS Woodbourne.
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Post by baz62 on Dec 24, 2014 14:39:24 GMT 12
Xbaggy this was only done for NZ5903 once she was retired. I seem to recall they sent the fin to Woodbourne to be modified in the 80s?
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Post by xbaggy on Dec 24, 2014 14:54:27 GMT 12
Thanks Baz had me scratching my head for a moment. Wish that we had that mod in the 60's would have saved a lot of heartache lol.
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Post by baz62 on Dec 24, 2014 19:06:46 GMT 12
New videos with Air Show content I am now posting in the Airshow thread: Click HERE |
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Post by oj on Jan 13, 2015 20:13:15 GMT 12
I would like to take some screen-shots off this video as well but can't find a way without doing a "lucky-stop" screen-dump and cropping each frame.
Is there an easier way? And how do you just advance it one frame at a time from pause?
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Post by obiwan27 on Jan 14, 2015 7:07:37 GMT 12
Hi oj. Just play the video on You Tube and when you hit pause, your will see a white circle appear on the screen. You can then use your mouse or whatever tracking device to manually drag/track through the video until you find the frame/shot you want. The 'frames' will appear as you are dragging the circle along. Then take your screen shot.
It's probably best to let the video load up first as it will make the process easier.
The screen shot I took above was taken using this method, while watching the video on You Tube. I took a screen shot and saved it. I then enlarged it to what I felt was the optimal size and then posted it as part of my post.
Have a go as it took a bit of trial and error but was the technique that worked for me.
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Post by obiwan27 on Jan 14, 2015 7:13:42 GMT 12
Thanks Baz had me scratching my head for a moment. Wish that we had that mod in the 60's would have saved a lot of heartache lol. From memory we were told that the mod was a one-off, not suitable for an airworthy BF. However I imagine if someone had put their mind to it in the 1960's an airworthy mod could have been manufactured for the type. Possibly cheaper to modify the hangars to allow a tailplane slot to accommodate various big aircraft? |
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Post by oj on Jan 16, 2015 20:05:45 GMT 12
Thanks obiwan27; It worked OK. I made up a nice little "safety-training for forklifts" item for our Health and Safety Committee to cogitate on.
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Post by tbf25o4 on Jan 23, 2015 7:43:18 GMT 12
The hinged tail fin for NZ5903 was required as the height of the lintel on the hangar doors for No.7 hangar was too low to accommodate the fin of the freighter.
As the aircraft was never to be flown again the 'modification' was the most practical way of keeping the aircraft looking intact once it was in the hangar and on display.
A recent visit to Wigram museum and a look inside the freighter made me a little sad that no preservation has been taken on it, especially the canvas passenger seats that
were definitely rotten in some places and looked very tatty
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Post by baz62 on Jan 23, 2015 11:37:48 GMT 12
A recent visit to Wigram museum Give us a shout next time you are around Paul, I know Ken and myself would love to catch up and talk about the old days! |
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Post by camtech on Jan 25, 2015 14:38:28 GMT 12
The hinged tail fin for NZ5903 was required as the height of the lintel on the hangar doors for No.7 hangar was too low to accommodate the fin of the freighter. As the aircraft was never to be flown again the 'modification' was the most practical way of keeping the aircraft looking intact once it was in the hangar and on display. A recent visit to Wigram museum and a look inside the freighter made me a little sad that no preservation has been taken on it, especially the canvas passenger seats that were definitely rotten in some places and looked very tatty Agree, Paul. I was there weekend before this and felt the Freighter and Andover looked very tatty, both inside and out. I guess the best feature is that they are both inside, but obviously need considerable work to bring them up to display standard. One thing hasn't changed and that is the smell of the aircraft!! |
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