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Post by beagle on Jan 9, 2015 18:01:49 GMT 12
120 knots. whats the fastest any of ours did or were permitted to do.
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Post by raymond on Jan 9, 2015 18:32:31 GMT 12
UH 1D, Lycoming L11 engine, Pitot tube nose mounted, no window in front cargo door were the main differences. With the arrival of the H model our D's were uprated so the fleet had commonality. Although windowless doors swapped back and forward for quite some time. After a few days in the jungle up Malaya there was no better sound than wock wock of the Huey coming to take you home. The wock wock noise more pronounced at 120knots above Lake Taupo on a very cool morning, more like crack crack, absolutely beautiful. Some of the Avionics systems were not upgraded and remained (I suspect to today)as supplied.
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Post by vansvilla on Jan 9, 2015 20:34:10 GMT 12
120 Knots was VNE, usual cruise was 105 - 110 Knots, was easier on a/c and crew. Transit times not affected very much.
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furd
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Post by furd on Jan 10, 2015 7:50:19 GMT 12
The site also says '04 and '05 were both delivered to Auckland on the 9th of January 1969, but '04 wasn't brought on charge with no. 40 Squadron till the 22nd of May 1969, and '05 on the 6th of June 1969. Why was there so many months of inactivity between delivery and entering service? I'd have thought they'd have been keen to get them straight into service considering there was a war on at the time. NZ7004/5 did enter service straight away Dave. From my log book I did an air test on 04 on the 15 Jan 69 followed by an internal to OH on the 17th and to WB-CH return on the 19th. On the 25 Jan to the US with 05 for two weeks, dropping off 5 sqn ground crew at the Moffett navy airfield for a sqn exercise with the US navy, returning them to WP on the 8 Feb. We went on to spend several days flying around the US for training purposes !! returning to Moffett to pick up the ground crew at the completion of the exercise. A great trip. Furd
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 10, 2015 9:35:34 GMT 12
Thanks Furd! That's great info. I knew you flew in the Hercs but I had not realised you were flying them that far back. Great stuff.
Given that the Hercules in RNZAF service is now reaching the half century I'd love to do a Wings over new Zealand Show special on them. Would you be keen to be interviewed? Could you recommend some other early Hercules crew members who might make good interviewees?
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Post by beagle on Jan 10, 2015 16:37:20 GMT 12
if you do dave, maybe some crew who flew during the first gulf war might be cool too.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 10, 2015 17:19:59 GMT 12
Absolutely Beagle, if I can track any down.
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Post by harrysone on Jan 29, 2015 20:33:34 GMT 12
Not wanting to spread or confirm rumours, BUT I overheard some conversations (while waiting in the cue for lunch) at the "Shared Skies" RPAS Symposium in Masterton (Senior RNZAF officer talking to a retired colleague?), apparently the MoD is not at all happy with the long gestation and $$ of the NH90s to the point that any considered C-130 replacement or upgrade will be American and (quote) "not f****ing European"! I heard mumble...mumble...C-17s...mumble...mumble no way will they consider A400s!
They also said something along the lines that the latest C-130 upgrades were something of a white elephant, costing a whole lot more than their worth for virtually no reward
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Post by frankly on Jan 30, 2015 7:27:37 GMT 12
I've heard exactly the opposite thing from some MoD types - that they found the Europeans much easier to deal with.
The lesson is really that anything not in production will take longer and have more delays. Both the finalists for the Huey replacement weren't in full rate production when the selection was made.
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Post by beagle on Jan 30, 2015 7:42:32 GMT 12
I thought they were pretty happy with new nh90's yes they were a bit late Aarriving but have full fleet etc etc
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Feb 16, 2015 21:22:28 GMT 12
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on May 5, 2015 15:06:09 GMT 12
from Radio New Zealand National — Afternoons with Simon Mercep....• Iroquois — David WatmuffNumber 3 Squadron Iroquois, with a monsoon bucket.The RNZAF says goodbye to the last of its Iroquois helicopters.• IROQUOIS (11min 52sec) (left-click to listen directly from Radio NZ's website; or right-click and select Save target as... to save as MP3 to your own storage medium)• Photograph Gallery
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