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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 17, 2015 13:41:00 GMT 12
It doesn't seem that long ago bit 19 years ago today the fantastic Lockheed Hudson NZ2013 was placed on public display for the first time at the RNZAF Museum on the 17th of July 1996, following its restoration.  |
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Post by Mustang51 on Jul 19, 2015 12:46:20 GMT 12
Dave, In the 1980s I missed buying that machine by about three days from the property down south. Wandered all around and through it as the owner was nowhere to be found. If I remember correctly he may have been a truck or tourist coach driver. Now very glad that I missed it and it is preserved for all to see in NZ.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 19, 2015 13:12:32 GMT 12
So am I, Pete! Haha.
I think he worked for NZ Railways, from memory. I believe it was a huge fundraising effort by the Air Training Corps, the RNZAF Association and the Friends of the RNZAF Museum to get the cash together to purchase and transport it to the Museum. A wonderful team effort, and a fantastic restoration by F/Sgt Alan Woodley and his team at the time.
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Post by vs on Jul 19, 2015 13:57:29 GMT 12
Amazing restoration. I see they posted some pictures of the Oxfords progress. What is next on their list?
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 21, 2015 10:42:27 GMT 12
I hope after the oxford rolls out that the Vildebeest project will be restarted, fingers crossed.
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Post by vs on Jul 21, 2015 11:05:47 GMT 12
Do they have the wings for the PBY? That one that was destroyed in the States a few weeks ago could be a good donor? Is the Seasprite back in one piece?
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Post by jonesy on Jul 21, 2015 11:12:10 GMT 12
Wow, 19 years! Theres a bit of history for me, I remember (hopefully correctly) in late '87 going out to the back of our farm in Waikanae with a bunch from Shelly Bay to retrieve bits from ZK-AKX which crashed there in '49. Apparently a few of those bits were used for the resto of NZ2013, I do remember the Huey taking out a few sling loads of stuff, including the tailplane.
History for me, as Dad was involved with the locating of the plane and recovery of bodies. We kept a fair bit of memorabilia from that (newspaper clippings etc) and even had the door hanging up in our woolshed for many years until it disappeared....
Great to see the end result is still looking fantastic! Well done those craftsmen!
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